Rating: 
Summary: Disappointed, skip it
Review: The TV previews showed hope. It was a major disappointment, and really stupid. This is really at the bottom of my list for 30 years of movie viewing. The DVD bonuses of "Rotten Fruit" or whatever it is, is a real waste of time too. This guy needs to go back to class or stop making movies.
Rating: 
Summary: Cabin Fever (**)
Review: I agreed to watch this film with a friend after he said it was a pretty good movie. I had already rented it before and got through the first half of the film before shutting it off. So, I went ahead and watched it again. It's an O.K. movie, but is so cliched that you can tell in which order everyone of them will die in (except for the ending, you can't really predict that). The gore isn't really amazing, or gross out, (not as guesome as the critics said) and the story just wants to drag on and on and on (well you get the picture). The cast is pretty terrible with the exception of the two characters from "Detroit Rock City" (James DeBello and Giuseppe Andrews). The script has so many holes in it, that it truly is pathedic. I've seen cheesy horror films, but they atleast tried to be cheezy/funny, this is neither. If you're looking for a good horror movie that just came out, check out the movies "Wrong Turn" and "Freddy Vs. Jason" and save your money and time from this dud.
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Summary: Society Now-a-Days Depresses Me...
Review: This movie has got to be the most original horror movie that I've seen in a while. While it's not truely a scary one (many intentional jokes, few jump-out-of-your-seat moments), at least it's got the balls to not set up cheap make-as-many-teenage-girls-scream moments like 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' (remake) and 'Freddy Vs. Jason' did. When I viewed 'Texas,' the scares were so evident I wanted to shoot the music-video-to-movie director who ruined it. Also, this movie's got it's unpredictability going for it. Unlike other teen horror movies, this movie doesn't keep the stupid girl with the tighest shirt alive to slay the antagonist. After viewing this movie, I have the utmost respect for debut director Eli Roth and everyone else involved in making the movie. As for the bonus materials, they're funny as hell! This is a definite must-buy for any intellectual person out there. As for me, it depresses me to see that 'Texas Chainsaw' and 'Freddy v. Jason' have higher scores than this movie. But, I guess it goes to show you how many people believe that there was actually a killer like that ok 'Texas Chainsaw' (for those of you who DO think there was, his name was Ed Gein; he only killed TWO people; he was a necropheliac; he DID NOT kill people with chain saws). Hopefully that's something teens in America will learn sometime soon (I'm one who has to deal with it).
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Summary: If you love horror movies, SKIP this one!
Review: This movie was so bad, I hardly know where to begin. It's not in the "so bad it's good" category, it's just bad. The dialogue is stupid, the characters undeveloped and stereoptype, and the plot is inane. In any horror movie, you have to accept the basic premise (usually non-reality based) which obviously we viewers are willing to do. Once working within that premise though, the plot has to make sense. This movie has so many plot holes you can stop counting them after using all your fingers and toes. This movie makes Wrong Turn look like a high art horror classic. There's a silly horror movie out in DVD called something like Survival Island about an ancient pinata that comes to life and kills off the visitng college students - as stupid as that sounds, it's way better than this one. At least that film is a "so bad it's good" movie. Either of those would be a better choice than this garbage. If there were a zero star rating, I would have used it.
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Summary: Nothing more than string of rip-offs posing as "homages"
Review: And what's more, as so many have declared, there is nothing resolved. The reason being is that the origin of the virus isn't clearly explained. So when the origin isn't clear, they're left with nothing to resolve, and it comes across as a string of events with no beginning and no end.
The so-called "homages" to other films are so numerous that they appear to be used to fill up the enormous gaps in the story, again resulting in nothing but confusion because some are so out of place that they are rendered ridiculous (the rabbit suited doctor, the karate kid with his "pancakes", etc). They don't belong there AT ALL and only add size to the question mark which formed over your head during the first 10 minutes. The worst "homage" of all is blatant plagiarism: the cover art is 99% identical to the artwork for the film "House on the Edge of the Park" from 20+ years ago. Check it out for yourself. Now THAT deserves a lawsuit.
No, this film comes off as little more than a college student's amateur project. Even the blood looks like Kool-Aid.
The only positive aspect of this film is Cerina Vincent. And I'm not talking about her acting.
Rating:
Summary: Garbage!
Review: Skip It! I beg you! It is a complete waste of time to sit down and watch this. I wasn't expecting much when i first poped this movie in my dvd player, and much of nothing is what i got. The movie finished with nothing explained, just a silly movie, trust me when i tell you to pass on this!
Rating: 
Summary: Bashful's DVD Summary #030
Review: Best:1) If you like lots of blood in your horror movies, this ones delivers big time. It's comparable to the "Evil Dead" series in that respect.
2) The makeup effects for rotting flesh and desicated corpses are comparable to that used in big-budget movies.
3) All the girl stars in the movie have nude scenes.
4) There are special features including 3 commentary tracks, a couple of behind-the-scenes shows and 3 episodes of a stop-motion animation series called "Rotten Fruit" (with very cool comical splattering). Worst: 1) It wasn't scary - just bloody - and the funny moments were few and far between.
2) There's no reason to become emotionally invested in the main characters, so you don't really care if they live or die.
3) The first half of the movie is relatively slow. Recommendation: This isn't a horror movie, but rather a gross-out flick (like they used to make back in the 70's and 80's). The only thing you'll take away are memories of blood and nudity. It does, however, rise above most independent films in quality and execution. If you want this one, try to buy it cheaper than retail since there's only a 50/50 chance you'll like it.
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Summary: Mad for Cabin Fever
Review: I can't quite comprehend why so large a group of people despised this movie. I have read a number of the derogatory reviews and it seems to me that the recurrent complaint is that Cabin Fever is unoriginal, slow, and hardly scary. I am taken aback by these opinions because these descriptions do not apply to the film I viewed. Okay, so the setting is slightly purloined from the Evil Dead films. So there is a myriad of references or homages to classic horror films like Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Last House on the Left. So What? Does that in any way detract from the viewing pleasure? Please cite one horror movie of the past ten years that didn't recycle a concept or a goddamn setting for a movie that preceded it. I myself thought that the way it was akin to all those great 70s and 80s horror movies was terrific. It reminded me of a time when horror movies were enjoyable and not perfidiously pandered as the kitschy cannon fodder of Scream-like movies. It made me ruminate the joviality I received when I first saw Evil Dead. It's not scary? Tell me, when was the last time a horror movie was actually frightening? Evil Dead IS NOT scary, but it is immensely enjoyable and fun. Nightmare on Elm St is no longer scary to me, but that does not in any way impede with my enjoyment. I would honestly assume that fans of the genre (and Evil Dead, etc) would be thrilled to experience something that payed earnest tribute to their idols. I suppose I assumed wrong, as most people have disregarded this as drivel. Anyway, if you dug Evil Dead and aren't completely vehement in your deification of films of the ilk (if you're not a pedantic ass), you might enjoy.
Rating: 
Summary: Quirky, juicy, gory!
Review: This quirky little independent thriller knocked'em dead at the Toronto Film Festival where it was grabbed by Lions Gate Films for distribution. Although not as innovative or brilliant as "The Evil Dead"--which this movie pays homage to, along with "Texas Chainsaw Massacre," "Night of the Dead"--it's still worth seeing. I watched this one after the horrifically bad "Freddy vs. Jason" and "Wrong Turn"--both so badly conceived and executed that I fast forwarded them both. "Cabin Fever" starts with the obligatory group of young kids who go for a trip into the country for the weekend. The movie shows its first weird offbeat moment when one of the men is bitten on the hand by a strange, blonde-haired girl at a roadstop. This movie will never be famous for the groundbreaking brilliance of "Evil Dead" or "Dawn of the living Dead" or the other movies it reveres. But for a cool two hours, it's fun. Oh, by the way, the extras--for once--are worth seeing. Especially "Pancakes"!
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Summary: CABIN FEVER - A TORTURE TO WATCH
Review: I know blurbs on a DVD box are meaningless, but one by Peter Jackson? The Lord Of The Rings himself? I've heard that this movie is a homage to the horror film genre. You have the hot chick, The nice girl, the hot guy, the nice guy, and the dumbass guy. What a homage! This movie is worthless.
The extra's include a "Making Of" segment which introduces you to the filmaker Eli Roth. This guy comes off sounding like every other dork who had a Super 8 camera as a kid and covered their brother in catsup.
There is zero originality in the story line as well as the cinematography. You've seen it all before folks.
If you want to see a great movie about a virus, I suggest viewing 28 Days Later. Don't waste your time with film...
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