Cabin Fever

 

 

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Wow, I was really surprised to see that this movie got bad reviews from some people. In my opinion this film is nothing short of a classic! I absolutely loved it! I had always had an itch to rent this film, since I am a huge horror fan and since it had received such enthusiastic reviews from movie critics (which is rare for horror films), but being the geek that I am, I sometimes do a little background research before renting a movie. This often includes consulting with the Amazon crowd to get a general idea of what the public consensus is before heading to the video store. Consequently, I kept passing up this film due to one too many negative reviews.

Well, I finally decided to give a shot, and I have to say this is by far and away one of the best horror movies I have ever seen! Ok...if you are not a fan of the horror genre, chances are you are not going to appreciate this film. But for genuine horror fans, I think that most will agree that it doesn't get much better than this. Everything about this film works-the cinematography is extraordinary, the special effects are brilliantly gruesome, and the musical score creates a tension that is beyond anything I have ever experienced during a movie (if you watch it a second time pay careful attention to the music and you will understand why this movie causes so much tension). The acting performances are above average for a horror film, and the dialogue is unforced and natural. One of the major flaws in horror movies is that bad acting and unnatural dialogue are distracting and prevent the audience from getting involved with the film. The characters in this film are believable, which is more than you can ask for in this genre.

I get so bored with some horror movies, and my mind starts to wander away and think about work or making a pastrami sandwich. But Cabin Fever sucked me in...big time. When a movie can draw you in and make you experience what the characters are experiencing--than it is successful. Overall, I would say that this film is a contemporary horror masterpiece. But don't just take my word for it--check out what some other critics had to say about it http://www.cabinfevermovie.com/reviews.html

Five teenagers, freshly graduated from college, decide to rush off to a cabin in the woods that they rented to party and celebrate their graduation. Ostensibly they rented the cabin from someone, which should mean that there's a line of communication available to them later in the film when they desperately need it, but apparently there isn't.

So it's a horror film, and with these kids in the cabin we should be expecting a clone of Jason Voorhees or some clone to come crash the party and kill them all, right? Wrong. The culprit is a flesh eating virus, and eventually "culprit" becomes plural as they turn against themselves and others. The movie gets a small nod for an intriguing approach (flesh eating virus instead of Jason clone), but no marks beyond that.

Saddest to see was that the Director/Writer Eli Roth and the entire cast took this film seriously. The dialogue was unrealistic and laughable at times, and each scene appeared either more improbable or ridiculous than the one before. The surviving characters also gained an interesting quality that most characters shouldn't gain in a film that strives to take itself seriously: stupidity. Yes, they get dumber. Their collective and individual responses to stress and difficult situations actually get worse as the movie progresses. In whatever art form that aims to take itself seriously - be it writing a book or making a film - characters are supposed to grow, to learn. With one exception, these characters start with a brain, and end with a mostly empty cranium. The one exception is a character that begins with an empty cranium. Surprisingly, he alone experiences a small amount of growth. But it doesn't matter, because it's too small and irrelevant.

There's a frustrating dearth of good horror films. There's no shortage of horror movies that began with an imbecilic notion and carry it through to an imbecilic end. To me there is little more frustrating than a well intentioned horror film with a unique and fresh approach that gets it all wrong.

This could have been one of the few good ones. Instead it turned out to be a parody of itself. As the movie came to conclusion, I really wasn't sure whether or not I was supposed to be laughing along with the film or at it - but one thing I was sure of is that I was laughing. Being unsure of how I was supposed to respond to the movie was the only reason I watched the special features on the DVD, and I learned, sadly, that I was not supposed to be laughing along with the film.

Too bad. It is Eli Roth's debut as a writer/director. If you're true and honest to your craft you grow as you practice it. Perhaps future endeavors will be better.

I hope so.

why so many people hate this is easy to figure out...they had too many high hopes for the movie,and when it didnt turn out the way they wanted it..they started bashing it.this movie is for the real old school/die hard horror movie fans like me.many people say its not scary,but in a way it is.its scary because there actully is a skin eating virus that actully does this.now tell me whats more scarier???a madeup killer in a ski mask with an ax,or a real life virus that can actully kill u???its not rocket science.the movie is about 5 college students who head to a cabin in the woods for sex,fun,and drinking beer.the first day one of the teens is out hunting and accidently shoots an old hermit with bloody scares on his face.
when he asks for help the teenager gets scared and shoots at the hermit again wounding him.that night we meet grim and his dog dr. mombo.also that night the hermit comes back to the cabin who is now more bloodier with holes in his skin.when the kids refuse to help him,he breaks into their truck,but the kids come out with weapons to scare him off and results with the hermit running off while lit on fire.
this hermit had a virus that eats away your skin and makes u puke loads of blood up.after this our charecters to get infected with the virus,and most decide on how to deal with all the violence surrounding them.
this movie pays homage to many of the 70s and 80s horror movies such as:last house on the left,cujo,the texas chainsaw massacre,night of the living dead,dawn of the dead,the thing,and the evil dead.another thing it brings back from the 70s and 80s is the blood and gore.wow!!!havent seen gore like this for a long time.
contains spoilers for people who havent seen it yet.we see a dog who has been spit down its stomach and we can see inside its bloody body and blood squirts on a mans face.the hermit is bloody in one scene.we see a reinactment of a story being told of people getting killed in a bowling alley.this shows people being hit in the head with a hammer and having thier body parts chopped off with an ax,and the killer bowling with the parts...this scence is kind of disturbing,but also kind of funny,and also has a nice deal of blood in it.the hermit returns and he pukes a load of blood all over the kids trucks,and is still bloody from having the virus.we see a pig that has just been gutted and we see its intestins haging out of the body.
when paul is fooling around with karen..he thinks he is finging her,but he is actully fingering the bloody hole in her thigh caused by the virus which causes blood on pauls fingers.when ready to leave,they go to get karen and they see her legs with many holes in them and covered in blood,as is her blanket and mattras she was sleeping on,and she then vomits up blood on the truck and ground.bert has blood coming from his neck when he has the virus.bert lader has blood all over his arms and rubs the blood a tree as a distraction.a woman shaving her legs shaves off her skin since she has the virus which causes lots of blood to run from her legs and holes in her back.
a woman gets completly eaten by a dog and we see many bloody pieces of her scattered around.a man turns over a woman to see her body very bloody and has lost her lips on a count of the virus,the man then beats her to death with a shovel which causes blood to spray on his face.a man gets shot in the head which causes his head to expload which causes lots of blood,brain,and skull to splatter on the wall.a man is hit in the face with a canteen which causes blood to start spewing from his mouth and he is killed.a man is stabbed in the ear with a screwdriver which as blood running from his ear.a man is shot in the side with blood splattering everywhere,and is then speared in the back while trying to craw away..the impact of the spear causes blood to splatter on the killers shirt.we see a man that was either cut or torn in half and we see the blood and some intestins there.a man hits a deer which is a little bloody,but then the man shoots the deer which causes lots of blood to splatter on his face.a man starts puking up blood on people at a party and a man that had a harmonica stuck in his neck pukes up some blood.we see a very bloody man lying in a river.
sorry if i gave away too much information...i was just trying to warn people that this is a very sick movie with lots of gore,but that doesnt mean u shouldnt see it.its very good and brings something new and cool to the horror gerne.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Roth's pre Hostel effort crap,but less crap than Hostel
Cabin Fever is the first feature film directed by Eli Roth.Roth and
Randy Pearlstein co wrote the script from a story by Roth. Read more

Published on Oct 19 2007 by falcon

2.0 out of 5 stars An extremely disappointing so-called horror film
From my perspective as a long-time, rabid fan of horror, I have to say that Cabin Fever is simply a dreadful horror film. Read more

Published on July 3 2006 by Daniel Jolley

5.0 out of 5 stars great horror film
great new horror flicks dealing with infection, 28 Days Later being the greatest followed close by Eli Roth's Cabin fever. Read more

Published on Feb 23 2005 by Deimos

5.0 out of 5 stars Best horror movie ever made? Well....no, but close.
I have never reviewed anything prior to this, but I feel as if it is my civic duty to offer a rebuttal to the unwarranted slew of negative criticism that this movie has received... Read more

Published on July 17 2004 by Sprouts

3.0 out of 5 stars "Cabin Fever" is for those who like blood
Ive not seen so much blood spewed out in a long time.Buckets o' blood and not a bad movie either.A cabin full of young people are attacked by a strange skin eating disease and the... Read more

Published on July 16 2004 by mark

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst Movie Ever
A movie that thought to be scary turns out to be a flop. Very poor stories and plots.

They tried too hard in this movie. Read more

Published on July 15 2004 by bluemestizo4life

3.0 out of 5 stars retread ending...
don't believe the hype. the ending is a night of the living dead retread, etc. the acting is nothing to write home about, neither is the direction. Read more

Published on July 15 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars A waste of 90 minutes
If you like by-the-book horror films, then you'll like this. The movie follows other films by the book and is stupid. It's gory sure, but it doesnt make it good. Read more

Published on July 13 2004 by chicoer2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Smart/Funny/Gross HORROR AT IT'S BEST
I skirted this movie for quite a while thinking that a horror movie without a "killer" can't be very entertaining. I was wrong. Read more

Published on July 8 2004 by jxjx999

2.0 out of 5 stars I love bad horror films but this one is just lame.
I thought this movie was pretty lame. It wasn't all that interesting. I didn't like any of the characters and was rooting for them all to die. Read more

Published on July 7 2004

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