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I agree with you Loomis...I love that hands-on approach to filmmaking. Cabin Fever showed signs of it...to me it had that essential quality that all good independent films have. That slightly rough, unrefined appearence that can't be defined, but you know it when it's there.
I see what you mean about the FX. However, I'm not trying to sway you here, but let me offer you another perspective on the NOES effects. I think it should be taken in the context of the movie...here you have a movie that exploits dreams and the use of them to kill someone. Weird crap happens in dreams and I think they wanted to show that when they could. Could they have done it a better way? Perhaps. But the essence of that movie revolves around the dream state and they played that up which I don't think is a bad thing. And I don't think they overdid it either. Again, it's all a matter of opinion and I respect yours, i just wanted to provide a different view.
All in all, it is a cyclic genre. Just when you think it's dead and gone, there is a rebirth. Horror is neccessary in this society, whether fundamentalist Christian groups, concerned parents, or anybody else may like it or not. Good or bad, it will always be here.
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