Brilliant remake of Wes Craven's 1972 horrific shocker is almost as shocking and vile as the original even if it's quite tame. Dennis Illedas with producers Wes Craven and Sean S. Cunningham who collabrated on the original did a terrific and entertaining redux with great acting from the cast including the adorable Sarah Paxton who is such a cutie and Tony Goldwyn.

The rape sequence is not as horrifying as the original but the violence is quite intense including the ending that has to be seen to believed even if it's unintentionally funny.