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Cabin Fever (2003)

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Reviews Counted:134

Fresh:84

Rotten:50

Average Rating:5.9/10

Consensus: More gory than scary, Cabin Fever is satisfied with paying homage to genre conventions rather than reinventing them.

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

US Box Office: $21,113,424

Synopsis: As a last hurrah after college, friends Jeff, Karen, Paul, Marcy and Bert embark on a vacation deep into the mountains. With the top down and the music up, they drive to a remote cabin to enjoy... As a last hurrah after college, friends Jeff, Karen, Paul, Marcy and Bert embark on a vacation deep into the mountains. With the top down and the music up, they drive to a remote cabin to enjoy their last days of decadence before entering the working world. Then somebody gets sick. Karen's skin starts to bubble and burn as something grows inside her, tunneling beneath her flesh. The group is so repulsed, shocked and sickened watching their friend deteriorate before their eyes; they lock her in a shed to avoid infection. As they debate about how to save her, they look at one another and realize that any one of them could also have it. What soon began as a struggle against the disease turns into a battle against friends, as the fear of contagion drives them to turn on each other. The kids confront the terror of having to kill anyone who comes near them, even if it's their closest friend. The survivors have to find help before they're all killed by the virus, or by the local lynch mob out to destroy anyone who may have come in contact with it. Based on skin-curdling tales of the real life "flesh eating virus," CABIN FEVER blends the elements of classic horror films of the 70's and 80's with modern day medical terror. Necrotising Fasciitis, the flesh eating strep, devours over 1500 victims annually in the United States alone, releasing toxins in the body that can eat through a human in a matter of hours. CABIN FEVER is the directorial debut of Eli Roth, a protégé of master filmmaker David Lynch. Roth co-wrote the screenplay with Randy Pearlstein from a story by Roth. Produced by Lauren Moews, Sam Froelich, Evan Astrowsky, and Eli Roth, executive produced by Susan Jackson. Edited by Ryan Folsey, with music by Angelo Badalamenti. The film stars Jordan Ladd (Never Been Kissed, Club Dread), Rider Strong ("Boy Meets World"), James DeBello (Scary Movie 2), Cerina Vincent (Not Another Teen Movie), Joey Kern (Super Troopers, XXXY) and Arie Verveen (The Thin Red Line). -- © Lions Gate [More]

Starring: Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, Joey Kern, James DeBello

Starring: Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, Joey Kern, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent, Giuseppe Andrews, Arie Verveen

Director: Eli Roth

Director: Eli Roth
Screenwriter: Randy Pearlstein, Eli Roth
Producer: Eli Roth, Lauren Moews, Sam Froelich, Evan Astrowsky
Composer: Nathan Barr, Angelo Badalamenti
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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Even though it stars a Disney sitcom actor, Cabin Fever is not for kids -- or for anyone else with intelligence.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
09/11/03
Mack Bates
Mack Bates
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

While many films of this kind are undermined by amateurish performances, the main cast is solid and some of the supporting performances (many from non-professionals) are small gems.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
09/11/03
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

[Roth] has more going for him cinematically than the folks who did The Blair Witch Project.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
09/11/03
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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An unusually potent blend of dread, gore and gallows humor.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
09/11/03
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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Roth and co-writer Randy Pearlstein choke up the occasional belly laugh in Cabin Fever, but they're so busy selling their jokes and their film-geek smarts they never figure out how to scare us.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
09/11/03
Manohla Dargis
Manohla Dargis
Los Angeles Times
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Endlessly entertaining horror film.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
09/11/03
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

It’s scary enough for suspense fans and gory enough for slasher fans.

Full Review Source: Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies | comment Comment
09/11/03
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

A well-timed examination of moral ambiguity.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment 1 Comment
09/11/03
Chris Vognar
Chris Vognar
Dallas Morning News

Mishmashes together every plot element from every slasher film you've ever seen, without adding anything new.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
09/11/03
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Deals more in 'arrrgh, gross!' moments than in genuine fright.

Full Review Source: San Jose Mercury News | comment Comment
09/11/03
Glenn Lovell
Glenn Lovell
San Jose Mercury News

A ferociously entertaining and mean little horror movie that achieves the kind of outrageous vibe best enjoyed in a crowded, noisy theater.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
09/11/03
Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
Miami Herald

The 31-year-old, Boston-born Roth, who makes his feature debut here, pays tribute to many films that have scared him and puts a spin on each.

Full Review Source: Charlotte Observer | comment Comment
09/11/03
Lawrence Toppman
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer

This impressively icky, witty scare pic from director Eli Roth combines the hillbilly-country horror of the first Blair Witch Project with the viral decimation and paranoia of 28 Days Later.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
09/11/03
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer

Only the true aficionado of the horror/slasher/ deadly virus/ mutant-hillbilly movie will appreciate Cabin Fever at all, much less make any sense of it.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
09/11/03
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday

Horror fans that felt there wasn't enough bile-spewing in 28 Days Later will delight in the buckets of gooey flesh and blood thrown around here.

Full Review Source: Citysearch | comment Comment
09/11/03
Bill Pearis
Bill Pearis
Citysearch

Coasts on the kind of moxie that hazards a reference to Dragonslayer in the middle of its Guignal horrorshow.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
09/11/03
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

The result is something neither scary nor funny ... but marked by a self-satisfaction that permeates every corner of the film like its own contagion.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
09/11/03
Scott Foundas
Scott Foundas
L.A. Weekly

It's just a watery, undeservedly smug update of the low-budget, kids-stranded- in-the-sticks bloodfests of the 1970s and '80s.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
09/11/03
Ellen Fox
Ellen Fox
Chicago Tribune

Horror fans will cherish Cabin Fever, and stout-hearted movie lovers in general would be wise to scope it out even if they have to peek between their fingers.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
09/11/03
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune

So clearly constructed for home video worship, (it) should go directly to the shelves so fanatics can start establishing midnight screenings in their darkened basements.

Full Review Source: Eclipse Magazine | comment Comment
09/11/03
Sean O'Connell
Sean O'Connell
Eclipse Magazine
 
 
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