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Five college buddies retreat to the woods for a little R & R and end up getting a horrific lesson in infectious disease in this low-budget shocker. Cabin Fever stars Rider Strong as the geeky Paul, wh... read more read more...o hopes to settle in around the campfire with his brash buds Jeff (Joey Kern) and Bert (James DeBello), and make the moves on the nubile-but-shy Karen (Jordan Ladd). Unfortunately, a wayward, forest-dwelling vagrant (Arie Verveen) stumbles into their lives, his skin badly desiccated by a mysterious virus. Fearing for their own lives, the quintet decide to do away with the man, with little success: He stumbles away from the campsite and into a nearby stream, where his disease quickly infects the local water supply. It isn't long before the oblivious co-eds get a taste of the man's illness, and in their desperation, each learns that he or she will stop at nothing to survive. Cabin Fever premiered at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival, where it was snapped up by Lions Gate for a fall 2003 release. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: Eli Roth

Release Date: September 1, 2002

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DVD Release Date: January 20, 2004

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  • fb619846742
    December 31, 2011
    fb619846742
    An entertaining, consistently funny gory mess of a film concerning five brainless college students who head off into the woods in hopes of a relaxing few days after completing college. However, when a diseased man invades their premises and spreads an infection that appears to be... read more flesh-eating and fast-moving, their vacation takes a back seat to survival. Say what you will about Eli Roth (his acting is less than stellar, let's just leave it at that), but the man knows what he wants to do and does it well. Might sound like a bland generalization, but it's the truth. He knows what kinds of movies he wants to make and he has a fun time doing it. This film is a great throwback to cheesy 70's horror films, only this one is much funnier and has a strong lead character we can pull for throughout (in this case, Rider Strong's). It has its ridiculous scenes that have no place being in the film, but Roth's ability to keep this thing trucking along (at a tight 100 minute run-time) and us laughing about the ridiculousness of it makes this thing a winner. It's basically a slice of "Deliverance", only with much worse acting and it does not get ultra-serious, it stays light throughout, and it just flat-out works.
  • lewiskendell
    November 4, 2011
    lewiskendell
    I've wanted to see this for a while, and upon finally viewing it, I have a very mixed opinion. Part of it is a pretty decent, bloody, creepily effective horror movie, the other part is a wonky, left-field spiral into absurdity. This could have been a worthy horror flick if it wou... read moreld have stayed on it's initial path, but the silliness sucked the atmosphere out of it like a vacuum hose from hell. Overall, meh.
  • LorenzoVonMatterhorn
    August 16, 2011
    LorenzoVonMatterhorn
    "Terror... In the flesh."

    A group of five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.

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    The whole idea of this film is pretty basic: it's the usual five kids taking a trip to a cabin in the woods, and so on. However, the approach is a bit different. While the movie is extremely bloody, and some parts are pretty shocking, the fact is that it's just all really funny. The characters were believable enough, but they were also presented in an unfavorable light that made them easy to laugh at. It was as if Eli Roth did not take any of his characters all that seriously, so he had no trouble making fun of them. The humorous twist made watching this movie a highly enjoyable experience. Also, I found it intriguing how after the initial encounter with the diseased man, the only threat was the possibility of being infected. I think this helped the film to seem more realistic and more terrifying than if it had gone in the more typical direction of having the kids fight off the same already-dead people for the duration of the movie.

    The film contains a number of tributes to classic horror films that are sure to please any fan, yet is still original and brilliant in its own right. It has everything: blood, suspense, humor, a great score, and an ending that is ironic and amusing.
  • fb100000040220993
    August 12, 2011
    fb100000040220993
    I've always liked this movie. It's actually a pretty effective horror movie. It interjects a very disturbing use of gore into very tense situation. I always liked that the there was no supernatural antagonist hunting the victims, but an unlikely source of terror. Sometimes th... read moree inappropriate sense of humor works for me, and sometimes it doesn't. I wonder how intense the film would have been without any humor? In any event, this is a demented and enjoyable way to spend an hour-and-a half.
  • murphmann93
    June 23, 2011
    murphmann93
    Scary yet some of the scenes were definite 'What the fuck' moments.
  • 3niR
    April 21, 2011
    3niR
    This is a horror movie? Seriously? That police (Deputy Winston) made it look like a spoof movie. And it didn't explained the main thing (like where did that disease came from and blah blah). I thought I'd have a nightmare after watching this but this movie, itself, is a nightmare... read more. Waste of time. Don't recommend it to watch.
  • MizturY0da
    March 15, 2011
    MizturY0da
    three stars
  • TheDudeLebowski65
    February 23, 2011
    TheDudeLebowski65
    Eli Roth's debut feature echoes hints of old school Peter Jackson gross out horror. The only difference is, Jackson's films are classics and Cabin Fever will never attain that status. Though a good effort, and unlike Roth's following films Hostel, 1,2 (the first was better, the s... read moreecond was garbage), this film does have decent enough scares throughout. The tactics used by Eli Roth in Cabin Fever are nothing really new, and have already been done before in many films. Cabin Fever mostly plays out like an homage to the gross out flicks of the 80's. The film will definitely appeal to gore fans as Roth crafts a film that focuses more on the gore than on the plot. In many cases, especially with Peter Jackson earlier efforts and the bulk of Lucio Fulci's finest films, it does work very well, and the finished product is very good despite the lack of a credible plot. In Cabin Fever, the film does have high points, but the scripts limitations are apparent. Eli Roth said that one of his inspirations for Cabin Fever was The Evil Dead. Combining elements from that film with an infection / rash type of disease is an interesting idea. But it doesn't have anything truly entertaining to offer. In a way the stuff we've seen here are nothing new. But for what it's worth, Cabin Fever is a decent enough horror film, but it's lack of good acting and paper thin plot won't make it a classic any time soon.
  • crunchbunch
    January 17, 2011
    crunchbunch
    A gruesome horror by Eli Roth that pays homage to the classic Evil Dead (particularly Evil Dead II).

    Five college kids rent a cabin in the woods for a getaway vacation only to discover that theres something not quite right out there in the woods. All the classic horror ingredie... read morents are there, stupid kids, gratuitous nudity, gun toting hicks and enough gore to fill a bath.

    This film combines horror with comedy and does a good job in doing so. The horror is particularly disturbing by adding elements of the with large injections of the bizarre (PANCAKES, PANCAKES!) that will leave you feel adequately violated.

    "Yeah, he's a professor... OF BEING A DOG! OOOH, FACED!... Scratch moded! "
  • FrizzDrop
    November 16, 2010
    FrizzDrop
    There's something to be said about the innovative horror genre that Eli Roth has seemingly invented out of thin air. We all are scared of torture and violence, which is exemplified in Roth's later film Hostel. This is more like a dumbed down version along with the precondition of... read more a biological disease, and mass panic. It's Dawn of the Dead with chainsaws. Basically just annoying, it's still something new to a medium that'll never die out.

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Critic Reviews

Richard Roeper
September 15, 2003
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

... disgusting and brainless ... Full Review

Peter Howell
September 12, 2003
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

You've got to love a horror movie that wears its bloody influences so happily on its sleeve, and then proceeds to roll it up and start swinging the axe in a different direction. Full Review

Peter Hartlaub
September 12, 2003
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle

Cabin Fever starts small, and stays small, never reaching the transcendent Blair Witch heights of the biggest low-budget successes. Full Review

Joe Baltake
September 12, 2003
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

Cabin Fever gets the job done. It's appropriately gruesome and genuinely scary -- and, despite the body count and the way people die here, it has a wicked sense of humor. Full Review

Jay Boyar
September 12, 2003
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel

Movies about flesh-eating viruses don't come along every day. Cabin Fever, which opens today, demonstrates why.

Bob Campbell
September 12, 2003
Bob Campbell, Newark Star-Ledger

Like much of Cabin Fever, the performances are competent and uninteresting. Full Review

Elizabeth Weitzman
September 12, 2003
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News

Other than a few witty jokes and a game cast, there's nothing particularly special here. Still, the nods to masters like Wes Craven and George Romero -- along with buckets of blood -- ought to thrill ... Full Review

Rick Groen
September 12, 2003
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

Cabin Fever is imitative, but it's honestly and even reverentially so -- what Roth borrows he at least has the grace to pay back. Full Review

Lisa Kennedy
September 12, 2003
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post

A clever and bloody romp over the turf of friendship and fear. Full Review

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
September 12, 2003
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Taken on its own repellently coarse and shocking B-movie terms, it's every bit as infectious in its way as the gross-out virus it depicts. Full Review

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    • Marcy: He's a doctor like a physician or a professor?
    • Justin: Yeah, he's a professor... OF BEING A DOG!
    • Dennis: Pancakes, pancakes!
    • Bert: No, no pancakes.
    • Dennis: PANCAKES!
    • Fenster: NO PANCAKES!
  • None of the characters dies from the disease in the film.
  • Terror.. in the flesh.
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