Cabin Fever
Terror... In the Flesh.
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 remove cabin to enjoy their last days of decadence after college. Then somebody gets sick. Karen's skin starts to bubble and burn as something grows inside her, tunneling beneath her flesh. As the others try to save her, they look at one another and realize that any one of them could be next. One by one they turn on each other and the rest of the town... realizing that the disease is the least of their problems.
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In every way : perfect! - douber
Unless you are interested in horror movies, for real (not to see teenage girls show their attributes, or to jump every two minutes because the sound editor was deaf), rent this movie and enjoy every minute of it. Original story, nice unknown cast, great music. Eli Roth really nailed it; you have to see the making of, it completes well.
While the DVD is in your hand, see the videos of the rotten fruits (previous creations of Eli Roth). If you don't laugh at it, you're a lost cause.A Horror Movie For All (Teenagers) - rocksteady
Well, not just those whose ages fall between 12 and 20, but anyone who's still an immature teen at heart.
This movie feels like one of the great teen horror movies of the '80s, being creepy and suspenseful at times, but never taking itself too seriously. Ridiculous characters (the "PANCAKES" kid, the party-hardy cop), ridiculous situations (the "love" scenes come to mind) and just ridiculous amounts of fun all add up to a great time.Promising foundation, but eventually shows cracks - Baboonvideo
ZIP-WORTHY IF: You want a horror film that doesn't focus on another psycho killer.
REVIEW: First-time writer-director Eli Roth deserves some credit for Cabin Fever. Rather than sticking to the usual terror in the woods clichés that, as recently as Wrong Turn and Jeepers Creepers 2, have revealed themselves to be as dead as a corpse, Roth decided to focus on a less obvious threat: a sinister disease that turns its victims into living dead (echoes of George Romero's Night of the Living Dead are not coincidental).
Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, James DeBello, Joey Kern and Cerina Vincent play a group of college grads that rent a cabin in the North Carolina woods for a weekend of sex and boozing, but are soon terrorized by rabid dogs, weirdo strangers and a flesh-stripping disease. As with the virus in 28 Days Later, the threat here succeeds in building off the growing paranoia surrounding epidemics like SARS and, because of this, the film has several moments of squeamish terror (there is a shaving scene here that is quiet and gruesome enough to make your skin crawl).
Ultimately, though, Cabin Fever runs out of ideas long before it comes to an end, eventually dissolving into nonsense rambling and ignorance, with far too much time spent on mocking the inbred yokels living in and around the woods.
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In every way : perfect! - douber
Unless you are interested in horror movies, for real (not to see teenage girls show their attributes, or to jump every two minutes because the sound editor was deaf), rent this movie and enjoy every minute of it. Original story, nice unknown cast, great music. ...A Horror Movie For All (Teenagers) - rocksteady
Well, not just those whose ages fall between 12 and 20, but anyone who's still an immature teen at heart.
This movie feels like one of the great teen horror movies of the '80s, being creepy and suspenseful at times, but never taking itself too seriously. ...Promising foundation, but eventually shows cracks - Baboonvideo
ZIP-WORTHY IF: You want a horror film that doesn't focus on another psycho killer.
REVIEW: First-time writer-director Eli Roth deserves some credit for Cabin Fever. Rather than sticking to the usual terror in the woods clichés that, as recently as Wrong ...