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Summary: 2.5 Stars I Suppose
Review: I didn't have much of an interest in seeing this film, but 2 things motivated me: A friend lent it to me, and I read the reviews here. I have to say, of all the negative reviews I've read on Amazon, I think this movie has the most harsh I've ever seen. Everyone hated this movie! From the Scream/I Know What You Did... fans to the classic true horror fans. Well, I know this negative criticism was meant to keep you away, but after all that I had to see this film. I had to see why so many reviewers said, "this is the worst movie I have ever seen". After viewing it, here's my verdict: Far from the worst movie I've ever seen, but nothing too impressive. I like the attempt and being nostalgic on Eli's part, but it just came across as very half-assed. It seemed to me like a few Troma films I've seen before. It's basically a direct to video feature that somehow got a theatrical release. And it's not nearly as gory as people seem to think. Then again, this is coming from an Italian horror fan. If you're a casual horror film watcher, yes, this is a bit excessive, but no more than From Dusk Till Dawn. In the featurette, you see that this film is clearly a labor of love for everyone involved. Eli seems to be patting himself on the back a little too hard though. I can see potential though. If he continues to do nostalgic, exploitation horror flicks, he could certainly crank out a winner. He didn't this time around however. Better luck next time.
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Summary: Campy, Cross-Genre Horror-Comedy Dreck
Review: For those of you expecting a "serious" horror movie as I was, you will be sadly disappointed. This movie--which for the uninitiated is about a cabin full of teens exposed to a deadly, flesh-eating virus--cannot make up its mind whether it wants to be darkly comedic, campy, ironic, or legitimately scary, intermixing elements of all of the aforementioned genres without really achieving any one of them. As such, the movie comes off as a pathetic, low budget horror flick. Much of the acting is intentionally b-movie grade, and the film is generally more laughable than scary. The filmmakers seem to have confused disgusting with scary, as the blood & dismemberment quotient is high without any really fearful side effects for the viewer. As a result the film winds up being a slightly unusual but highly predictable "teens in the woods" flick, replete with excessive explicit language, nudity, and gore. The only positive thing I can say is that the filmmakers did come up with some imaginative ways to kill people. Perhaps the most tragic error the filmmakers commit is to reveal too much too soon in terms of exposition. The film could have at least been tolerably interesting if the filmmakers had waited until later into the film to disclose what is spreading the deadly infection. Instead, they make a huge point of disclosing it less than 20 minutes into the movie, thereby spoiling any level of mystery or surprise. Then again, given the lowest-common denominator target audience of the film, any such subtlety in the plot probably would have been lost on most of the intended viewership. Probably the saddest commentary on the film is that the most clever parts of the DVD were the opening menu and the beginning of the credits. The highlights (and I use the term loosely) of the content in-between are a deputy reminiscent of a Jim Carrey character, an oddly effeminate boy named Dennis who bites people who sit next to him, and a lemonade stand. If you're a fan of so-bad-it's-good acting, you'll be rolling. Otherwise, you'll wish as I did that the virus would spread a lot faster so the film could be over sooner and we could all be out of our misery.
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Summary: Not as bad as I thought it would be, anyway.
Review: Cabin Fever (Eli Roth, 2002) In retrospect, I have to say this is the best movie of its kind I've ever seen. "Of its kind" does not refer to it being a horror film, but to it being a series of homages to other things with a barely-constructed plot of its own. Flicks from The Birds to Deliverance to Army of Darkness to everything in between are paid homage here in various ways, and the end result is a silly, sick piece of moviemaking that is fun, but nothing much more than that. Five college pals, done with finals, head out to the woods from some R&R. Jeff (XX/XY's Joey Kern) and girlfriend Marcy (yellow Power Ranger Cerina Vincent, playing catchup with Amy Jo Johnson in the "let's see ho much flesh I can bare" race) are accompanied by Jeff's best friend Bert (James DeBello from Detroit Rock City and American Pie) and their pals Paul (Rider Strong of Boy Meets World fame) and Karen (Jordan Ladd, star of the upcoming Bill Butler flick Madhouse), who keep meaning to hook up but, well, never get around to it. They're all set to party, but things get a little sidetracked when a hermit (Arie Verveen of The Thin Red Line) infected with necrotizing fascitis shows up. Needless to say, people start getting infected, everyone gets paranoid, and it ain't much of a party, except to the local sherriff's deputy, Winston (Two Guys, A Girl, and a Pizza' Place's Giuseppe Anthony) and camping skater-dude Grim (played by Roth himself). The best part about this movie is playing "spot the homage." You should find at least twenty; I lost count after that. There's also a handful of fun special effects (Roth is from the Hideshi Hino school of gore, never a bad thing), comic relief, some decent acting from the cast of rising stars, gratuitous nudity and violence, and, in general, everything you want from a brainless horror film. Just don't go in expecting great art, and you should have a ball. ***
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Summary: cabin fever
Review: if u like movies that make no sense and have people puking blood and sores all over their bodies, then this is for u. What was up with the stupid pancake kid and the rabbit in the hospital. gets an extra star cause u get to see a hot girls breasts a couple of times
Rating: 
Summary: pretty good
Review: this isn't a horror movie. this is definetly a comedy. i laughed allot and it was pretty funny.
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Summary: The movie we've all been waiting for?
Review: When I heard all the ravings on this movie ('this is the one we've all been waiting for'!, etc.) I just had to see it, well, being a big fan of horror movies and everything. I was so mad at this piece of garbage! No, wait. I'm mad at the director for even MAKING this piece of garbage!! What the hell was up with all the loads of comedy?! And the end? What was up with that? And the Bowling Alley Massacre? SO STUPID!! And above all: WHERE IN THE HELL DID THE DISEASE COME FROM??!! I've never seen such a big plothole! Man, "Dreamcatcher" was better than "Cabin Fever" and I hated that one! At least they told you where THAT disease came from!
So please, I urge you strongly: PASS THIS ONE BY. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME unless you feel you need to add "Cabin Fever" to your "Movies I've Seen" list.
If you want to see a 'classic-type' horror picture, watch "Wrong Turn", "Resident Evil" or "Ginger Snaps."
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Summary: A group of teens rent a cabin in the woods
Review: Haven't we seen this before? A group of teens gets a cabin out in the middle of the woods.During their first night they counter a crazy man would has some kind of virus.The teens kill the man, and once they come in contact with his blood,their skin starts to rot away.Some progress sooner than others as they all try to find a cure to keep from becoming eaten away at by the virus.Nothing special,but if you like this sort of thing you might as well watch it.
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Summary: Pancakes!
Review: If you read the hype leading up to this movie, you realized it would be a film highly influenced by Evil Dead and other 70's/80's horror. Some of the reviewers here seem disappointed that there are a fair amount of laughs in this movie. Cabin Fever is not as funny, scary, or original as The Evil Dead, but considering the trash Hollywood has been calling horror lately, I'm happy to watch Cabin Fever. One of the turn offs of this movie is how sleazy Eli Roth is on the commentary/outtakes. He may be a different person in real life, but I got the impression he spent all his time kissing up to the female stars to try and get some nookie after shooting was done. Hopefully I'm wrong, because I think he has a lot of potential. Bottom line, this movie has laughs, gore, and a story line that keeps your attention. There's ample nudity, and an overkill of profanity. But if you're tired of boring sequels like Halloween Resurrection, this is well worth your time.
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Summary: Cabin Fever Not For Serious Horror Fans
Review: Anyone who loves a horror film with substance (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Silence of the Lambs, The Exorcist, The Shining)should be warned before catching 'Cabin Fever'. The way it was hyped you would think it was finally the good horror film we've been waiting for since...well, a long time. It starts off good enough, stupid beautiful young adults who spout the F word more than the Osbournes go to a deserted campsite and expect non stop partying. It's been done before, but we all have high hopes at this point right? Well after awhile, the movie falls victim to the usual cliches and campiness (no pun intended, and whether it wasn't supposed to be a serious horror movie or not, anyone watching who dies of laughter is either just plain sick or just plain dumb. It's not as messy as Rob Zombie's House of 1,000 Corpses, but it does a good job in ensuring there is enough gore to compensate for the lack of horror that all the promotion promised. We get treated to a sinister leg shaving scene (because after all, we can't have hairy legs as well as a flesh eating disease, now can we?),an idiotic flashback scene where a killer at a bowling alley uses victims'parts as bowling balls, and of course, a bunch of insensitive hicks who try to protect a karate kid straight out of the village of the damned from the disease-ridden teens. Bottom line: you've seen it before, but there really are worse horror flicks out there. You may just feel like you wasted 2 hours. To think, you could have shaved your legs!
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Summary: I Wanted To Hate This Film, But I Didn't
Review: At the recommendation of a fellow horror fan I decided to watch "Cabin Fever". I had decided ahead of time it was going to be an awful film. When it started out , the first thing that came to mind was that it is a rip-off of "Pumpkinhead".
I was wrong, even though it does 'steal' scenes (the director states he is paying 'homage' to classic horror films) it is an original idea of sorts.
There is no monster or crazed serial killer in the film. What happens is, the kids are stranded in a cabin, and contract a flesh eating virus. They turn on each other.
Up to the end it was pretty predictable. However the ending saved the day. It had such a funny twisted ending. It will take you by suprise.
I recommend that you watch the 'making of featurette' before watching the film, it will clue you in on a few things, and will help you to appreciate the work the director and actors put into this film. It isn't a life altering movie, but it is pretty fun for what it is.
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