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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.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for strong violence and gore, sexuality, language and brief drug use

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

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... 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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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 Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
09/12/03
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

Cabin Fever arrives to remind us of just how spooky, silly, and magnificent the genre can be.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
09/12/03
Pam Grady
Pam Grady
Reel.com

A taste for horrendously graphic effects is a must: One scene of a personal-hygiene regimen gone bad reminded me that no, my stomach has not seen everything.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
09/12/03
Steve Schneider
Steve Schneider
Orlando Weekly

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

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
09/12/03
Jay Boyar
Jay Boyar
Orlando Sentinel

It's so by-the-numbers and clumsy that it will only appeal to that little sect that's managed to wear out their Evil Dead, Friday the 13th, Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street DVDs.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
09/12/03
Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy
Oregonian

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

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
09/12/03
Bob Campbell
Bob Campbell
Newark Star-Ledger
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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 horror fans.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
09/12/03
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News

A piece of derivative camp that is too busy paying homage to Tobe Hooper and Sam Raimi to bother coming up with much new on its own.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment 1 Comment
09/12/03
Glenn Whipp
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News

This over-heated gorefest never achieves the fever pitch it promises.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
09/12/03
Louis B. Hobson
Louis B. Hobson
Jam! Movies

The real horror deal.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
09/12/03
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

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 Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
09/12/03
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail

This B-movie revels in its silliness, doing so with smarter humor than you'd expect.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
09/12/03
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
09/12/03
Lisa Kennedy
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post

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 Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
09/12/03
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The movie adds up to a few good ideas and a lot of bad ones, wandering around in search of an organizing principle.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
09/12/03
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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The movie is well shot and decently acted for its genre, but it lacks the distinctive vision to make it of value to anyone not already convinced of the inherent entertainment value in flying body parts.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
09/12/03
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe

A flesh-eating virus has polluted the local reservoir. Pointless and egregiously bloody violence ensues, and Cabin Fever benefits greatly from its go-for-broke aesthetic.

Full Review Source: ToxicUniverse.com | comment Comment
09/12/03
Jeremiah Kipp
Jeremiah Kipp
ToxicUniverse.com

Scarier than Ann Coulter but a lot more fun.

Full Review Source: Denton Record Chronicle (TX) | comment Comment
09/12/03
Boo Allen
Boo Allen
Denton Record Chronicle (TX)

Because of its gruesome subject matter, it is difficult to describe such a vile movie as being good, or even well made, but this one really is.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
09/12/03
Guylaine Cadorette
Guylaine Cadorette
Hollywood.com

Because of its gruesome subject matter, it is difficult to describe such a vile movie as being good, or even well made, but this one really is.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
09/12/03
Guylaine Cadorette
Guylaine Cadorette
Hollywood.com
 
 
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