When I heard they were remaking the classic 1990 Jacob's Ladder I rolled my eyes knowing it was going to be terrible. When it's trailer was finally released I watched it and groaned with disdain at how horrible and not in a good way it looked. Finally when it came out I watched this so called movie and had my head in one hand for most of the movie shaking my head thinking "why was this even made its just terrible". For the most part there is no real story not even one that closely resembles the original. The only thing they kept from the original was the movie's title and the lead characters name everything else is a flaming train wreck of immense proportions. There was little to no visual or slight gore horror not to mention when there were horror elements they weak and all CGI, as apposed to the original which was all practical effects. Sure they took some scenes and dialogue from the original and slopped them onto film but still this doesn't make a decent remake. This movie is a decent representation of remaking a movie that was amazing to begin with and just holding its head under the water until the little bubbles stop. Avoid this movie at all costs and just watch the 1990 original as it was a massive inspiration for the first 4 Silent Hill games.
Review of Jacob's Ladder
