Cabin Fever2002
Cabin Fever (2002)
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Critic Consensus: More gory than scary, Cabin Fever is satisfied with paying homage to genre conventions rather than reinventing them.
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Cast
as Paul
as Karen
as Jeff
as Marcy
as Bert
as Henry
as Deputy Wilson
as Cadwell
as Justin
as Tommy
as Dennis
as Fenster
as Andy
as The Hog Lady
as Shotgun Casey
as Beautiful Wife
as Justin
as Lemonade Boy
as Lemonade Girl
as Shemp
as Fake Shemp
as Ray Shawn
as Evil Deputy
as Cadwell's Crush
as Doctor 1
as Happy Wednesday Band
as Happy Wednesday Band
as Happy Wednesday Band
as Happy Wednesday Band
as Happy Wednesday Band
as The Sheriff
as Evil Deputy
as Shiloh's Girlfriend
as Shooter No.1
as Shooter No.2
as Shooter No.3
as Guitar Man
as Harmonica Man
as Troubadour
as Winston's Date
as Underage Girl
as Cerina's Brother
as Rider's Brother
as Sir Chug-a-lot
as The Bad Influence
as Cat Hat Girl
as Doctor Mambo, The Dog
as Shocked Guy
as Shocked Girl
as Mr. Mom/Bowling Alley Victim
as Shooter
as Doctor No.2
as Helpless Bystander
as Dennis Double
as Hospital Attendant
as Hospital Hottie
as Bowling Alley Killer
as Happy Bald Guy
as Bowling Alley Victim
as Doctor P. Frink, Doctor 2
as Bowling Alley Victim
as Bowling Alley Victim
as Bowling Alley Victim
as Bowling Alley Victim
as Bowling Alley Victim
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Critic Reviews for Cabin Fever
All Critics (141) | Top Critics (34) | Fresh (88) | Rotten (53) | DVD (14)
... disgusting and brainless ...
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.
You won't want to eat, drink or be touched after a bout of Cabin Fever.
Cabin Fever starts small, and stays small, never reaching the transcendent Blair Witch heights of the biggest low-budget successes.
Movies about flesh-eating viruses don't come along every day. Cabin Fever, which opens today, demonstrates why.
Like much of Cabin Fever, the performances are competent and uninteresting.
Audience Reviews for Cabin Fever
There is no other way to put it, but Eli Roth is a dick - a nihilistic, misogynist, homophobic and racist dick - and this piece of crap is like a horror movie made by Adam Sandler full of odious characters who are stupid beyond belief, and I couldn't wait to see that guy Bert get torn to pieces.
Super Reviewer
Cabin Fever unabashedly gives in to all of the horror genre's conventions and the result is an entertaining diversion, but nothing special. It's neither scary or very interesting thanks to bad acting and writing, but can sometimes be funny because of this. Other times I just wanted to punch people in the face for their sheer stupidity. All of this should come as no surprise if you are a fan of the genre. It's plenty gory and one scene in particular will stick with me for awhile. If you just want an old-fashioned horror film that has some positives and most of the negatives of the horror genre, give this a whirl. Otherwise I wouldn't really bother.
Super Reviewer
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 second 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's 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. However Cabin Fever is a film that just relies more on old school splatter elements than great story telling, and with that said, this should be a good time for gore hounds. In a way the material that Eli Roth presents the viewer with here is nothing new, but sometimes that's all you need for an effective horror yarn. Despite this, Cabin Fever is a decent enough horror film, but its lack of good acting and paper thin plot won't make it a classic any time soon.
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Cabin Fever Quotes
| Marcy: | He's a doctor like a physician or a professor? |
| Justin: | Yeah, he's a professor...OF BEING A DOG! OOOH, FACED!...Scratch moded! |
| Justin: | Yeah, he's a professor... OF BEING A DOG! |
| Dennis: | Pancakes....pancakes! |
| Dennis: | Pancakes, pancakes! |
| Bert: | No, no pancakes. |
| Dennis: | PANCAAAAAAAAAKES! |
| Dennis: | PANCAKES! |