Cabin Fever (2002)

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

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We finally have a teen horror film that is actually creepy, enjoyable, and even (intentionally) funny B-

It's refreshing to see, at long last, a horror film that mixes so well gore, paranoia, and such a great sense of humor. 

--'Ciro' (MovieWeb)

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Cabin Fever is a movie about how you drop your guard and show your true colors in the face of trauma… or at least that's what they want you to think. It really is proof of why September is one of the worst movie months of the year, because this month houses badly-made movies like this one. 

--Brian Gallagher (MovieWeb)

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Cabin Fever is most effective when attending to its inevitable victims, and its misguided effort to break away from the isolation of the cabin results in the unfortunate loss of a palpable claustrophobia. 

--Christopher Monfette (MovieWeb)

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What begins as a standard, cheesy horror flick slowly spirals into a surreal train wreck of the absurd...I liked Cabin Fever, and I'm not sure why. 

--Dave Brennan (MovieWeb)

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...the film's main problem is that it can't decide whether it's straight horror, camp pastiche, or a gross-out comedy. 

--Jamie Russell (BBC Films)

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Gore-splattered, quirky horror comedy that owes a huge debt to The Evil Dead – occasionally effective and has its moments but is a little too in love with itself to really succeed. 

--Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)

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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. 8/10

--Anton Bitel (Movie Gazette)

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What I got from Cabin Fever, although completely different than what I expected going in, is just as satisfying, if not more so. It's a bloody, goosebump inducing rollercoaster ride of a movie and a new personal favorite of mine. If Roth is the future ofhorror, count me among the true believers.

--Mike Skinner (Diabolical-Dominion.com)

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...the premise is definitely an alright one it's just that they've concentrated more on smirky humour and junky 'hip' dialogue than actual horror or plot making this almost a parody of itself as it piles on annoying jokes and failed attempts at humour without bothering even making an effort at suspense or tension. 

-- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)

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So Cabin Fever didn't work for me on a moral level. So what. It's atmospheric, and it revisits genre classics without making us feel like it's ripping them off. And it's definitely gross. 66/100

--Jack Witzig (ColdSpot)

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Directed by

Eli Roth Hostel, The Bad Seed, The Box

Written by

Eli Roth Hostel, 2001 Maniacs, Tales from the Crapper Randy Pearlstein Dead Man on Campus, Search and Destroy, Suits

Cast

Jordan Ladd Never Been Kissed, Club Dread, Waiting... James DeBello Scary Movie 2, Detroit Rock City, Swimfan Cerina Vincent Not Another Teen Movie, Murder-Set-Pieces, Intermedio Rider Strong My Giant, Kim Possible: So the Drama, Benefit of the Doubt Joey Kern Super Troopers, Grind, XX/XY Robert Harris Cleanup On Aisle Five Arie Verveen The Thin Red Line, Caught, Sin [more]

Music By

Angelo Badalamenti Lost Highway, Blue Velvet, The Straight Story Nathan Barr Hostel, The Dukes of Hazzard, Club Dread

"Cabin Fever" exudes the same kind of fear and paranoia we remembered from 1970s horror films, and pays tribute to the classics every chance it gets. -- (eSplatter.com) Cabin Fever is a veritable high-school reunion for the best and most important horror films of the past 30 years  --Lyle Henretty (Bloody-Disgusting.com) A good watch for something original and out there, but expect a lot of weirdness and comedy. Don't go in seeing the flick expecting a lot, because that's why I didn't like it as much as I wanted. 6/10 --FrighT MasteR (UHM) Someday I’ll be lying on my death bed and I’ll wish that I had not wasted time watching Cabin Fever. You’ll never get that time back. 2/10 --Rob Rekker (thefilmasylum.com) This is very entertaining but the black humour mixed in here just didn't do it for me. I'd rather have a solid horrormovie than an average horrormovie with a ending that makes absolutely no sense at all. I think it's amazing that this movie actually got a theatrical release as I consider this to be DTV material. I still recommend it since it is entertaining though but don't expect anything special.  --AnthroFred (SlasherPool)

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