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Summary: Student film with top techniques
Review: I watched it on rented DVD, and I thought it WAS worth $3. This movie is more like an old B-rank horror. There are some funny moments, but overall it's kinda boring. Not scary at all ( except; the leg shaving scene was good). There isn't much story to it, or it rather looks like a beginning of a much bigger story, and the kids are so stupid ( as usual as in any other horror movies).
The directer did this as his hobbie.I bet it was more fun to make this movie than to watch it.
A student film with top techniques. That's how I see it.
The featured short wax cartoon about the rotten fruits is pretty good.
Rating: 
Summary: What an amazing waste of rescources!
Review: I have had more entertaining bowel movements!I think that about sums up my feeling on the acting/plot/storyline of this pathetic piece of filmsmanship. Save your pesos!
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Summary: "We burned Henry!"
Review: Its true that every time a unique and clever movie finally sneaks into theaters most people either ignore it or simply wright it off from a bad trailer. Cabin Fever sadly fell into this category. Most people would probably think this is a brainless cheap teen horror movie just like Urban Legend, Soul Survivors, and all the other crap thats come out in the past. For anyone who has been awaiting a modern day "Evil Dead" return, this is it! Cabin Fever revitalizes the gross out horror comdey era with new and inventive cinematography that any Film Major will appreciate. The Writer/Producer/Director Eli Roth is truly a gifted filmmaker. He took a recyled horror movie formula and added a whole new artistic even independent film feel to it. For all you David Lynch and Twin Peaks fans this may interest you as well. Eli Roth was actually associated with David Lynch on several of his films and used many of his teachings in this film. Even the select themes (such as Deput Winston's Theme) where composed by Angelo Badalamente, (I know I spelled it wrong) the same composer from Twin Peaks, and all of Lynch's other films. Anyone who says this film was too serious or overly gory needs to re-examine the movie! Its all a joke! I mean a kid doing kung foo and screaming "Pankcakes!" and the crazy Deput Winston, who just wants to Party, even when he sees a truck COVERED in blood!? In my opinion Cavin Fever has finally done what movie fans have wanted for years. Basically just have a funny (not stupid) horror movie that ends in a real 70's horror movie style. Still, not all viewers respect these type of movies and brush them off without even giving them a chance. Too bad, but all I have to say to that is "Do you realize how many great parties where gonna have!?"
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Summary: Cabin Fever about as much fun as a staph infection.........
Review: I'm being very generous with my 3 star rating.
The film starts off just fine. The story is actually genuine and the acting was good IMO. Instead of some psycho killer chasing young men and women it's a water borne pathogen that disentigrates the flesh and once it starts there is no stopping it. I really liked this flick up until the last 20 minutes or so.
Apparently the makers of this film couldn't think of an ending so they just kill 'em all off and never explain how this virus began. How very weak and uncreative.
To add insult to injury, in an attempt to make the movie watcher forget they didn't know how to end it, they finish it off with a dose of humor. A very sad attempt at humor to boot. Keep in mind this isn't a funny movie.
It's too bad. It had a good beginning and solid story throughout but what sticks in my mind the most is the ending, which blew*. *Blew:To spoil or lose through ineptitude.
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Summary: NOT an effective homage, not scary, not funny, don't bother
Review: My review title really says it all. With the exception of strong performances by Rider Strong, Cerina Vincent and Guisseppe Andrews, Cabin Fever is a resounding failure - both critically, as even enjoyable jaw-clenching horror fare and as a successful homage. The term "homage" (I'll be tempted to contract a flesh-eating virus myself if I have to hear this word ONE MORE TIME) is dreadfully overused here - by the DVD's director, the cast, the producers and everyone seemingly involved with this drek. Done well, a film homage successfully captures the styles of a genre and the creative sensibilities of people associated with a particular film or films and combines it with a unique sense of a filmmaker's vision. Done poorly - as in the case of "Cabin Fever" - and "homage" can be synonymous with a total absence of originality and an inability to blend someone else's style with your own. That's what happens here and unfortunately it just goes on and on and on. Writer/Director Roth has no particular vision or style of his OWN to bring to the homage party - no real grasp on what he wanted HIS film - homage or not - to be stylistically by the last reel. Neither particularly scary, nor funny, "Cabin Fever's" greatest weakness is, in this age of increasingly sophisticated movie-going audiences, its mess of a storyline. The overall concept is painfully simple and fine actually as far as the genre goes - but Roth manages to overcomplicate things - forgoing building real tension and jeopardy through character development (I mean - seriously - that's all that's left with these rehashes that can make them even remotely fresh, right?) his characters in lieu of throwing in one too many go-nowhere B-stories and horror-film-of-yore references, leaving the characters with nothing to do but stumble from disjointed scene to disjointed scene vomiting blood. As mentioned earlier, Strong, Vincent and Andrews (who's underused) do manage solid performances despite having far little to work with. The DVD's self-congratulatory tone and over-reliance on genre-dropping references (as if to dissuade the passionate horror viewer that they really, really did see something special) are maddening. For all of his passion - and so-called experiences making home-made horror movies, Roth shows a stunning lack of comprehensive ability...especially perplexing since he bemoans the near demise of good horror films in the early 1990's. Hmm...Mr. Roth...ever think that it was this kind of careless filmmaking that was the cause? Just a thought. It appears Roth's passion for horror films has outstripped his ability to effectively make them and despite his luck at being let loose in a movie-making candy store (just who financed this thing and approved him as director, I ask?!!), what he really needs is a good screenwriting class and more time - much more time - with his dad's video camera.
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Summary: Negative Critics Go Home!
Review: This is a fun movie, but what scares some won't scare others. Cabin Fever (for me) lies more on the disturbing nature, the nature of (probably) the most frightening bacteria known to man ...Necrotising Faciitus--The Flesh Eating bacteria. If anyone knows about it then the film can truely terrify.
Most who would actually have the bacteria would'nt have functioned at all and would have been confined very much like the girl in the shed, but hey, gotta have a few liberties and have some fun. I thought the film much more horrifying than 28 Days and the Ring.
I really rate films on how many veiwings I can watch, I seen Cabin Fever 3 times, the commentaries are great.
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Summary: Great Movie
Review: I wanted to see this film since I read about it in Fangoria magazine. I finally rented and watched it today and I wasn't disappointed. I thought that it was perfect. The reviews I've been reading though have made me quite upset. I wanna know when horror movies were supposed to be like The Crying Game. Lately it's hard to find a film with this much quality. Everyone is too busy picking it apart or trying to notice references to other films that they forget that horror films are supposed to be fun. I enjoy watching a horror flick and I watch it to have fun. I don't care if the dialogue is exactly the same as another movie. I watch a horror movie to see some bodies, to be scared or just to see some good old fashioned gore. Peter Jackson got it right with Dead Alive because he took zombies and put in many ways to kill them. I wanted to see what happened next. People are too busy guessing ahead or trying to find something wrong that they forget to watch it for what it is, a fun movie. I urge you to stop picking these films apart because then you will kill the most creative genre in film.
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Summary: A suprisingly good gore flick!
Review: A group of College students hitch to a cabin somewhere in the south, they are trying to have a fun weekend. But something goes wrong as a mysterious virus is trying to plague them, one of them has to be healthy and survive the night or else the disease would spread out. Fun and nicely done horror comedy with elements of 70's and 80's horror movies, a sharp sense of humor, great gore effects, fine acting and twist in the end. Eli Roth the writer and director has done a grisly but goodie in his hands with this movie, i recommend it to horror fans everywhere but it's not for the squeamish. Similar movies recommended: " The Thing" ( 1982), " The Evil Dead", " Evil Dead 2", " Re-Animator", " Dawn of the Dead", " Night of the Living Dead ( both remake and original)", " Psycho", " Freddy Vs. Jason", " Riki-Oh The Story of Ricky", " Kill Bill", " Final Destination 2", " Dead Alive", " Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday", " Friday The 13th", " Street Trash", " The Toxic Avenger", " The Last House on The Left", " Maniac", " Outbreak", " 28 Days Later", " Day of the Dead", " Suspiria", " Bad Taste", "Resident Evil" and "Underworld".
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Summary: has a couple redeeming qualities
Review: I enjoyed the blonde guy getting shot up, and when the dog ate the brunette I liked that too. Basically when the kids got killed was when I got happy, because they were so annoying! The flesh eating virus was quite sick; I really hate movies that focus on skin lesions because it just looks so painful. I also hate movies where the creators have no sense of humor, because this movie failed miserably in the black humor department. It would've worked better if released in the 80s, because that's about what it looks like, a poorly made 80s film. Seriously, the outdoor lighting makes it look like its 20 years old, I guess they couldn't afford enough lights to aviod high speed film grain. Also this movie keeps going on and on.. the suspense will be you guessing when it will finally end. All and all, for the budget (1.5 million?) I could do much much better.
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Summary: Worst of ALL TIME!!!!
Review: Watch this movie because you need to find an answer, when someone asks you "What is the worst movie you did watch in your life time?". After watching this movie, you will have the answer. My answer to the question is: Cabin Fever!
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