Cabin Fever

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Cabin Fever

R

Released Sep 12, 2003

1h 33m

Horror

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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.

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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 3/5

Dec 30, 2006

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Jamie Russell

BBC.com

Definitely unforgettable, it's destined for cult classic status.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 22, 2003

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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

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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

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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

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Audience Member

This is a great movie. It's a feel good movie. Perfect to pop on at any time. When you have a girl over, whatever

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/17/25

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Deontae D

Meh, It's not that good, It's my first time seeing this, I didn't really enjoy it, It is disgusting too, It's mostly about a contagious flesh eating disease, 2/5 👎🏽

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/12/24

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Audience Member

Eli Roth makes his directoral film debut 20 years after focusing on college students heading out to spend their summer vacation in the woods but unfortunately after running into a homeless guy they suddenly fall prey to a flesh eating virus devouring them 1 by 1 with no clue how to escape or work together the dialogue is funny especially when they say the F-word continuously there's gore galore! the girls are hot and the creepy atmosphere sinks in although many of these characters are pretty unlikable so if you’re not a fan of Roth’s schtick this isn’t for you, it’s just the way his humor works but he does have a love for the blood and grotesque

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/30/24

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Craig B

Cabin Fever is good, gory fun.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/26/24

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Justin T

I found this a very good horror comedy. You really grow to hate the main characters right from the beginning until the end. The gore is quite gross in places although nothing too strenuous except maybe the leg shaving scene. It is very fast paced so there is no room for getting bored or thinking about the characterisation. It is well worth watching and is very entertaining. It is funny as well as disgusting. It really is quite a memorable film.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/10/24

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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 out of 5 stars

07/15/24

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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: Surround, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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