Dull, tedious, boring and pointless remake
I was a fan of the original as I thought it brought a refreshing new angle to the genre and skillfully crafted genuine tension and fear from unseen threats.
Like any remake you need to bring a new perspective to the material and try and better the original otherwise why bother.
This move failed in just about every aspect from the direction, plot (what plot?), writing, camerawork and total lack of any mood.
Running, screaming, crashing through undergrowth followed by shaky hand held cameras and merit less jump scares do not invoke fear in a wise and weary audience.
Repeated jump scares generated by people randomly bumping into inanimate and animate objects and shrieking into the camera are sure signs of a movie that has nothing else to offer.
Wingard needs to find another career or a genre that he is comfortable operating in because horror certainly isn't one of them.
He even managed to turn the promising start of the Guest into something that resembled a poor 80's TV movie.
As I said in the thread title dull, tedious, boring and pointless remake demonstrating a lazy and talent less approach to film making.