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Bert (James DeBello), a college student vacationing with friends in the mountains, mistakenly shoots a local man (Arie Verveen) with a skin infection while hunting in the woods. Panicking, he abandons the scene and leaves the man for dead. When the man stumbles into a reservoir, he infects the water supply, and soon one of Bert's friends becomes infected. The friends struggle to stop the contagious, flesh-eating disease while on the run from a group of ornery backwoods locals out for revenge. Read More Read Less

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More gory than scary, Cabin Fever is satisfied with paying homage to genre conventions rather than reinventing them.

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Cabin Fever | Rotten Tomatoes (1) J. R. Jones Chicago Reader A protege of David Lynch, Roth puts a sardonic spin on the puritanism of the 80s slasher... Aug 2, 2022 Full Review Cabin Fever | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Empire Magazine Rated: 3/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Cabin Fever | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Jamie Russell BBC.com Definitely unforgettable, it's destined for cult classic status. Rated: 4/5 Oct 22, 2003 Full Review Cabin Fever | Rotten Tomatoes (4) David Keyes Cinemaphile.org A divisive moment between opposing tones of horror movies, and a relentless symbol of the director's unfiltered panache for the macabre. Rated: 3/4 Oct 26, 2016 Full Review Cabin Fever | Rotten Tomatoes (5) David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...the somewhat anticlimactic finale ensures that Cabin Fever ends on a woefully forgettable note. Rated: 2/4 Oct 8, 2016 Full Review Cabin Fever | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Steve Newton Georgia Straight If you take away the shocking makeup-effects work of KNB EFX Inc. there's not much there at all. Rated: 2.5/5 Feb 9, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

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Dan C The idea and premace of this film is very believable adding to the horror and unnerving vibe to this movie. However it's just not executed well with some very questionable/dumb decisions from survivors which leaves your head scratching in frustration. Overall: It's worth a watch but you won't be going back to this much. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/15/24 Full Review John C I remember watching ‘Cabin Fever’ in the cinema when it first came out. If you’d asked me what I thought of it after my initial viewing, I’d have said, “Yeah, it was okay,” and left it at that. It wasn’t until after I saw it did I keep hearing how it was a ‘homage to 'Evil Dead.’' Now, I’m a big fan of the 'Evil Dead' trilogy (excluding remake!) and I didn’t remember much in 'Cabin Fever' that could be considered a ‘homage.’ So I watched it again when it came out on DVD and I guess I saw what I’d missed the first time round.Basically, 'Cabin Fever' is hardly original – five college friends go to a remote cabin in the woods and meet a sticky end. However, it’s done just differently enough to make it worth watching. It’s not perfect by any means – there are still a couple of ‘plot points’ which I always objected to – namely because I felt that I could see them coming a mile off and I could tell that the writers were trying to make what happened a surprise.However, despite the odd wrong turn, the narrative is pretty good. It’s worth noting that the man responsible for some of the musical soundtrack to (the brilliantly-weird) 'Twin Peaks' did the music for this, too. And, like each other, they have more than their fair share of ‘weird/surreal’ moments which makes the whole thing stand out.The five characters aren’t that nice. You won’t really like them, but that doesn’t really mean that you won’t root for them. Even the annoying one with the really bad haircut is stupidly-annoying enough for you to enjoy watching him, but special kudos to ‘Bert’ who is a total wally and yet he’s still quite entertaining to watch.I won’t go into too much detail as to what happens to our five, daft teens as you probably already know or, if you don’t, it’ll hopefully be a bit of a surprise. But, I will say that it is a definite horror movie, therefore you’ll get more than you money's worth of gore from this outing.After all these years I’ve now watched 'Cabin Fever' a number of times and I seem to enjoy it more and more each time. Like I say, it’s not perfect, but if you’re looking for a nice little tongue-in-cheek film with plenty of gore and sets out not to take itself seriously, then this is it. And, yes, there were a fair few nods to Evil Dead which completely went over my head the first time round (just don’t ask me for ‘pancakes’ after this film). Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/22/24 Full Review Teddy B Uneasily tight roping several genres whilst never really having any sort of tonal balance, 'Cabin Fever' does thrill slightly at times, but not all the time. The gore isn't even really as prevalent as I was hoping for, most likely due to the budget. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/23/24 Full Review Jelisije J Horror and comedy rarely work together and the tone of this film is very off, but it was still worth a watch. Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/21/24 Full Review Ben D This movie had humour and some good cinematography, that's about it. But all you need to know about this movie is that it has disgusting gore that I actually don't like and I usually I like gore in horror movies. And this movie is extremely dumb so don't think it's going to be serious, I was fine with it for awhile but it just gets too dumb. Also a big trigger warning for animal deaths. Finally as dumb as the ending was it was pretty hilarious. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/02/24 Full Review Priyan B Writing could have been better, some corny scenes here and there climax is predictable and boring 6/10 Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/08/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Eli Roth Director Jordan Ladd Karen James DeBello Bert Rider Strong Paul Joey Kern Jeff Cerina Vincent Marcy
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Synopsis Bert (James DeBello), a college student vacationing with friends in the mountains, mistakenly shoots a local man (Arie Verveen) with a skin infection while hunting in the woods. Panicking, he abandons the scene and leaves the man for dead. When the man stumbles into a reservoir, he infects the water supply, and soon one of Bert's friends becomes infected. The friends struggle to stop the contagious, flesh-eating disease while on the run from a group of ornery backwoods locals out for revenge.

Director
Eli Roth

Producer
Eli Roth, Lauren Vilchik, Sam Froelich, Evan Astrowsky

Screenwriter
Eli Roth, Randy Pearlstein

Distributor
Cabin Pictures LLC

Production Co
Tall Pines Entertainment, Tonic Films LLC, Black Sky Entertainment, Down Home Entertainment, Deer Path Films, Tonic Films

Rating
R (Language|Brief Drug Use|Sexuality|Strong Violence and Gore)

Genre
Horror

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 12, 2003, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
May 23, 2016

Box Office (Gross USA)
$21.2M

Runtime
1h 33m

Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Surround

Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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FAQs

Who survives in Cabin Fever? ›

Jeff, who has been hiding out and drinking in the woods, returns to the cabin the next day. Initially crying after seeing the remains of his friends, he becomes ecstatic upon realizing that he is the only survivor.

What is the disease in Cabin Fever 2? ›

Cassie, John, and Alex watch the carnage in horror. Winston is picked up by his cousin Herman, ready to leave town. Alex discovers he is infected with necrotizing fasciitis and stays behind. John shows signs of the infection and lets Cassie amputate his hand to stop it.

Which Cabin Fever is better? ›

Overall, this is a shallow remake of a bad, low budget horror film from 2002. If you've never seen Cabin Fever but plan on watching it, I'd go with the original, as it is the better of the two.

What happens at the end of Cabin Fever? ›

Paul returns to the boat shed where Karen begs him to kill her. His gun is empty and since he's unable to finish the job of splitting her face with a shovel, Paul sets the shed on fire and watches in horror as Karen is completely burned alive. Bert makes it back to the cabin, but he is followed and shot dead by Tommy.

Did Paul survive in Cabin Fever? ›

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Reports of Rider Strong's death in the horror film "Cabin Fever" have been exaggerated. Strong's character, Paul, is alive and well and living in fear of his life in the sequel, "Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever."

Will there be a cabin fever 2? ›

In December 2023, Eli Roth stated that he intends to develop another Cabin Fever movie; stating that he felt like he had "ignored them for too long." Acknowledging that he has ideas for where to take the story next, the filmmaker confirmed he also wants to once again serve in his role of director.

Is Cabin Fever a true story? ›

Eli Roth's film debut Cabin Fever features an absolutely horrifying flesh-eating virus, which is unfortunately based on a real medical condition. In the 2000s, Eli Roth burst onto the horror scene as a director, and quickly established himself as a filmmaker to watch.

Is Cabin Fever 3 a prequel? ›

Cabin Fever: Patient Zero is a 2014 American science fiction horror film directed by Kaare Andrews and written by Jake Wade Wall; it serves as a prequel to, and the third installment of the Cabin Fever franchise.

What happened to John in Cabin Fever 2? ›

Cassie kills Marc with a nail gun. John and Cassie leave the school only to be ambushed by the CCD soldiers who open fire on them. John stalls them allowing Cassie to escape from the school area through the woods behind the school. John is captured and is taken away by the CCD apparently to quaratine him as well.

Why did Eli Roth remake Cabin Fever? ›

He wanted to take Roth's original script, and remake his debut feature. Roth was intrigued by the idea, especially since he had written Cabin Fever many years before it actually got made, and had been told it was terrible many times when being rejected.

What order to watch Cabin Fever? ›

"Cabin Fever" (the original) "Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever" (sequel to the original) "Cabin Fever: Patient Zero" (prequel to the original) "Cabin Fever" (remake of the original/reboot of the franchise)

Is Cabin Fever gross? ›

Mean-spirited. And just plain gross. Cabin Fever stretches one's grasp on superlatives just trying to describe how awful it is. “It's pretty disgusting, disquieting stuff,” agrees Glenn Lovell of Knight Ridder Newspapers.

What is the moral of the Cabin Fever? ›

On the surface, Cabin Fever is about the Heffley being family being snowed in for the holidays and the claustrophobia that creates, but it works as a theme as well. The idea behind the book is that as you're growing up you're forging your identity, and that identity becomes hard to escape later on.

What happened to Jeff in Cabin Fever? ›

The next morning, Jeff comes out of the woods where he was hiding and makes his way back to the cabin. As he looks around, horrified that his friends are dead, he is suddenly shot to death by the redneck police.

Who was the bunny man in Cabin Fever? ›

This is how an 18-year-old Preston Corbell ended up playing the infamous Bunny Man in Cabin Fever. A small part that carved a big enough gateway into the movie business for the Dallas-born stuntman.

What happens to grim in Cabin Fever? ›

After fleeing the cabin, Paul decides to look for Jeff. He checks a cave, thinking Jeff is inside, but only finds Grim's dead body. Paul then runs back to Bert's pursuers' car and drives into town.

Did anyone survive in cabin in the woods? ›

After witnessing the brutal murder of three of their friends, Dana and Marty escape the cabin by using an access hatch that leads to the facility below.

What happens at the end of cabin? ›

The ending of Knock at the Cabin involves a self-sacrifice, with Eric choosing to die in order to save the world from the alleged apocalypse. The movie explores the theme of love conquering all, highlighting the power of Eric and Andrew's strong and unwavering love for each other.

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