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Cabin Fever (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 132 Fresh: 83  Rotten:49 Average Rating: 5.9/10
 
Consensus: More gory than scary, Cabin Fever is satisfied with paying homage to genre conventions rather than reinventing them.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Theatrical Release: Sep 12, 2003 Wide

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 their last days of decadence before entering the working world. Then somebody gets sick. Karen's... 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]

Genre: Horror/Suspense

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

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

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 17, 2004

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentaries (4)
  • Featurettes - 1. Making Of
  • 2. DIRECTOR'S SHORTS: THE ROTTEN FRUIT
  • 3. PANCAKES!
  • Music Only Track

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4/5

An unabashed homage to grungy '70s and '80s rural horror.

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02/03/08
Rob Gonsalves
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It's apparent on screen that Roth hasn't an original creative bone in his entire body as he brainlessly throws a variety of contrived elements that make a horror movie but never succeeds in assembling them and pulling it off...

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07/10/07
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
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3/5

What it loses by trying to be a comedy, it makes up by trying to be a showcase for the grotesque.

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06/11/07
David Cornelius
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12/30/06
Empire Magazine
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2/5

Tenta desesperadamente criar uma aura cult ao estilo Evil Dead, mas consegue apenas ser patético em seu racismo, sua homofobia, sua misoginia e seu senso de humor adolescente.

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07/18/06
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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Time Out
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Film Threat
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12/06/05
Film Threat
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Les références aux classiques de l’horreur, l’humour franchement drôle à certains moments et tout le gore réussiront peut-être à ne pas faire regretter l’achat du billet.

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12/16/04
Louis-Jérôme Cloutier
Panorama
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3/5

Fever packs its share of jolts and none-too-shabby black humor, both worthy of a place alongside Romero

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09/30/04
Jay Antani
Los Angeles Alternative
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3/5

Like 2000's Ravenous, it mixes up the gruesome and the funny so that your own reactions - laughter tinged with outrage - startle you.

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03/19/04
Jake Euker
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02/25/04
Hanh Nguyen
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02/02/04
Paul Sherman
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01/15/04
Guardian [UK]
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Hardly the horror masterpiece that far too many people are making it out to be.

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01/15/04
Andrew Manning
Radio Free Entertainment
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Cabin Fever is no Evil Dead, though on its own terms it somewhat gets the job done.

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11/10/03
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing
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A seamless pastiche of 1970s and early 1980s horror, resulting in a blend of mean-spiritedness, gore and comedy that is truly infectious.

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10/28/03
Anton Bitel
Movie Gazette
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Definitely unforgettable, it's destined for cult classic status.

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10/22/03
Jamie Russell
BBC
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10/11/03
This is London
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In an era of campy horror movies, it's a pleasure to see one that's the real thing.

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10/05/03
Harvey S. Karten
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