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Cabin Fever
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Cabin Fever (2002) -- 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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Overview

User Rating:
5.3/10   26,083 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Eli Roth (written by) and
Randy Pearlstein (written by) ...
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Release Date:
12 September 2003 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Unsichtbar. Lautlos. Tödlich. (Invisible. Silent. Deadly.) more
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 6 nominations more
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(238 articles)
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Why all the hate??? more (729 total)

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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and gore, sexuality, language and brief drug use.
Runtime:
93 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Out of 347 films shown at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival, Cabin Fever (2002) was screened last, and became the highest selling movie at the festival. Nearly all of the nine studios who engaged in a bidding war had passed on the movie at the script stage (the exception being the eventual winner, Lion's Gate, which was not in existence when the script was first written). more
Goofs:
Boom mic visible: When Marcy is washing her face in the bathroom, and turns around to see the red marks on her back in the mirror, the shadow of the boom mic is visible just over her shoulder (in the mirror). more
Quotes:
[first lines]
The Hermit: Hey, boy. Hey, boy. Hey, boy. Unn? C'mon, boy. Hey. Hey. Hey, fella.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "30 Even Scarier Movie Moments" (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Wastin' Time more

FAQ

How did each person get infected?
Whats with the guy wearing the bunny suit in the hospital?
When Marcy has unprotected sex with Paul, who is infecting who?
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4 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Why all the hate???, 7 October 2005
9/10
Author: SickBoySimon from Brentwood, USA

Wildly shocking and amusing debute film for young director Eli Roth is perhaps the best example of current old-school horror around!

Five youths retreat to a cabin in rural North Carolina, where they come in contact with a deadly flesh-eating virus!

Packed with tension, gore, psychological terror, and dark humor Cabin Fever is a knock-out of a horror film and very clever in its premise. Director/writer Eli Roth shows that he's a genre fan, making references to a number of classic horror films, not to mention using some of David Hess's original songs for Craven's Last House on the Left (1972). Roth manages to use slick humor and spine-tingling horror together in a very effective way! The film has many of the horror movie conventions, yet never really falls into the cliché trappings of so many B horror flicks. You simply don't know where the twisting plot of the movie is going at any time.

The movie is nicely shot in Mount Airy, NC. Roth tosses in some style in his direction, making some of the moments of dream-like psychological horror nightmarishly good. The musical score is quite good. David Hess's son Jesse Hess does a good cover on his father's old song 'The Road Leads to No Where' for the films closing credits. The makeup FX for this film are outstanding and stomach-churning! There's plenty of blood to be had for the gore-hounds.

The cast is great. Rider Strong is good in his role of a teen struggling to survive. Beautiful Jordan Ladd does a heart-felt performance as Strong's love interest. The ever-funny James DeBello is perfect as a jerky friend. Cerina Vincent and Joey Kern also turn in good performances as the other desperate-to-survive youths. Giseppee Andrews does a humorous turn as a local deputy/"party man" and Roth himself appears as a stoner camper. The rest of the cast, most of whom play weird country characters are solid as well.

Why so many people have come to dislike this movie is a mystery to me! Many complain about Roth using both horror and off-beat humor, but it works! At any rate, Cabin Fever was one of the most successful horror movies of it's year and is probably one of the most entertaining horror films in many years. Genre fans simply shouldn't miss it.

*** 1/2 out of ****

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