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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: The best part was when it was over.
Review: How come when Rob Zombie makes a horror movie that is obviously inspired by classic slasher films, he is accused of ripping these movie off......but when Eli Roth makes a horror movie that is obviously inspired by horror classics....he is commended for protraying an homage to other films?! I go easy on horror movies. Really, I do. I can despise an entire movie but if there is just one great scene...just one creative scare...I'll fall in love with it. Cabin Fever almost had me with one scene. No, not the 'leg shaving' scene. The part with the dog eating the girl sleeping on the floor....and when our ridiculus hero scares the dog away and turns the girl over....that look on her once pretty face....Man. It might actually be worth a rental for this one scene. But not surprisingly, not even that could redeem the entire film for me. So what's killing the kids? A flesh eating virus. Scary, huh? That's pretty much it for the plot. Kids + cabin + virus = LAME. There are even backwoods mountain hicks thrown in for good measure. Another thing....when I think of nice guy turned lone survivor turned total (...)...I think of Bruce Campbell in the original Evil Dead...not Rider Strong, the goofy friend from Boy Meets World. If you're one of the ones who enjoyed this film then I'm happy for you. It means you didn't spend 90 minutes in excrutiating agony. Maby you saw something that I failed to see. I don't know.
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Summary: Gory Well-Acted Chiller
Review: While there was a surplus of profanity coming from this band of post-high school kids, the acting was superb and the story was excellent. Even though it had a very unsatisfying ending (all of the kids contracting the plague and dissolving in red puddles of protoplams), the film was quirky, riveting and hugely entertaining. If you are looking for off-beat chills set in an authentic outback of Illinois populated by primitive Ozark-types, then this is the movie for you.
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Summary: a contemporary horror masterpiece, absolutely brilliant!!
Review: Wow, I was really surprised to see that this movie got bad reviews from some people. In my opinion this film is nothing short of a classic! I absolutely loved it! I had always had an itch to rent this film, since I am a huge horror fan and since it had received such enthusiastic reviews from movie critics (which is rare for horror films), but being the geek that I am, I sometimes do a little background research before renting a movie. This often includes consulting with the Amazon crowd to get a general idea of what the public consensus is before heading to the video store. Consequently, I kept passing up this film due to one too many negative reviews. Well, I finally decided to give a shot, and I have to say this is by far and away one of the best horror movies I have ever seen! Ok...if you are not a fan of the horror genre, chances are you are not going to appreciate this film. But for genuine horror fans, I think that most will agree that it doesn't get much better than this. Everything about this film works-the cinematography is extraordinary, the special effects are brilliantly gruesome, and the musical score creates a tension that is beyond anything I have ever experienced during a movie (if you watch it a second time pay careful attention to the music and you will understand why this movie causes so much tension). The acting performances are above average for a horror film, and the dialogue is unforced and natural. One of the major flaws in horror movies is that bad acting and unnatural dialogue are distracting and prevent the audience from getting involved with the film. The characters in this film are believable, which is more than you can ask for in this genre. I get so bored with some horror movies, and my mind starts to wander away and think about work or making a pastrami sandwich. But Cabin Fever sucked me in...big time. When a movie can draw you in and make you experience what the characters are experiencing--than it is successful. Overall, I would say that this film is a contemporary horror masterpiece. But don't just take my word for it--check out what some other critics had to say about it http://www.cabinfevermovie.com/reviews.html
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Summary: A sadly well intentioned failure
Review: Five teenagers, freshly graduated from college, decide to rush off to a cabin in the woods that they rented to party and celebrate their graduation. Ostensibly they rented the cabin from someone, which should mean that there's a line of communication available to them later in the film when they desperately need it, but apparently there isn't. So it's a horror film, and with these kids in the cabin we should be expecting a clone of Jason Voorhees or some clone to come crash the party and kill them all, right? Wrong. The culprit is a flesh eating virus, and eventually "culprit" becomes plural as they turn against themselves and others. The movie gets a small nod for an intriguing approach (flesh eating virus instead of Jason clone), but no marks beyond that. Saddest to see was that the Director/Writer Eli Roth and the entire cast took this film seriously. The dialogue was unrealistic and laughable at times, and each scene appeared either more improbable or ridiculous than the one before. The surviving characters also gained an interesting quality that most characters shouldn't gain in a film that strives to take itself seriously: stupidity. Yes, they get dumber. Their collective and individual responses to stress and difficult situations actually get worse as the movie progresses. In whatever art form that aims to take itself seriously - be it writing a book or making a film - characters are supposed to grow, to learn. With one exception, these characters start with a brain, and end with a mostly empty cranium. The one exception is a character that begins with an empty cranium. Surprisingly, he alone experiences a small amount of growth. But it doesn't matter, because it's too small and irrelevant. There's a frustrating dearth of good horror films. There's no shortage of horror movies that began with an imbecilic notion and carry it through to an imbecilic end. To me there is little more frustrating than a well intentioned horror film with a unique and fresh approach that gets it all wrong. This could have been one of the few good ones. Instead it turned out to be a parody of itself. As the movie came to conclusion, I really wasn't sure whether or not I was supposed to be laughing along with the film or at it - but one thing I was sure of is that I was laughing. Being unsure of how I was supposed to respond to the movie was the only reason I watched the special features on the DVD, and I learned, sadly, that I was not supposed to be laughing along with the film. Too bad. It is Eli Roth's debut as a writer/director. If you're true and honest to your craft you grow as you practice it. Perhaps future endeavors will be better. I hope so.
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Summary: This film is Not for Everyone isn`t the typical Horror Film.
Review: When Five Friends (Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent & Joey Kern) decide spend a Weekend deep into the Mountains. Thinking that they will have the greatest Spring Break ever until a man (Arie Verveen), who turns sick. When the man was attacked by the five friends and he gets buried and then once he dies. His body is still effected and the Virus Spreads slowly to their Cabin. When one of them gets sick, they realized that anyone could be next but once they turn to each other and themselves and realize that the disease is the least of their problems. Directed by First-Time Director:Eli Roth makes this darkly humour horror film, that is at time geuinely scary and funny. Roth appears in a Cameo, he`s also One of the Film`s Producers, He Recieves Story Credit and Co-Written the Screenplay. Guiseppe Andrews, who`s better known in the film-Detroit Rock City. Andrews has a funny bit role as a Fun Loving Partygoer Police Deputy in the film. Also DeBello was in Detroit Rock City also. This film was shot under $2 Million and it`s looks great, thanks to Scott Kevan`s Excellent Cinematography. There`s a Terrific Make-Up F/X Work by KNB EFX Inc (Evil Dead 2:Dead by Dawn, Evil Dead 3:Army of Darkness). There`s also a fine music score by Nathan Barr and Angelo Badalamenti. Which Badalamenti is Better Known as David Lynch`s Composer. DVD Features has Five Commentaries Tracks!, which is all five are done by the Director:Roth (Who seems to be really proud of this film). Roth does have a solo commentary. The Another Four Tracks are with the filmmakers, his family members, his friends & cast members. DVD has also an Behind the Scenes Featurette, Director`s Animated Shots and more. DVD`s has a sharp anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer and an terrific-Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. This film is not for the Squamish but the film is actually well reviews by Critics and Including Oscar-Winner:Peter Jackson (Director of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) loves this film! Do not miss this unique Black Comedy Horror Film. Super 35. Grade:A-.
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Summary: NOT SO HOT (Major Spoilers Ahead)
Review: WARNING : This review is for the theatrical film not the DVD. You know a movie is in trouble when a major character is so unsympathetic you wish he'd be the first one to go. That's exactly the case with the flesh-eating-virus blood-fest CABIN FEVER. Braindead-but-gun-happy Bert (James DeBello) is so aggravating, relief is felt when his life finally ends (where, ironically, the hunter looking to shoots "gay (!) squirrels" becomes the hunted himself). If only his presence is the only thing that makes the audience cringe, but alas, most of the production does as well. What could have been a fun B-movie extravaganza a la Texas Chainsaw Massacre or a la Evil Dead only turns out to be a less than impressive copy-cat film of all these classics. Everything you watch feels taken badly from one horror movie after another. The Sam Raimi woods-speed shots, the Tobe Hooper panorama-filmed atmosphere, the Peter Jackson below shots... As for his cast, the only one who brings some depth to his otherwise thinly created character is TV Boy Meets World star Rider Strong. His performance as the doomed hero is both sharp and fresh, and so worthy of better projects. The rest of the cast (including the uncredited acting part of director Roth himself as the pot-smoking freak) goes from decent (first girl-victim Ladd) to awful (Debello). The second half of the film is where the "fun" really begins and it is also where the plot really thickens, as we are treated to a no holds barred action/horror flick with surprising twists and turns. The only downside is its last shot, which would have worked better on the cutting room floor ; did we really need to see the town folks drinking that infested lemonade to understand that all are doomed ? Speaking of less is more, the overlong relieved-reaction shot of the hiding-in-the-woods "survivor" Jeff (Joey Kern) was desperately in need of some cutting as well. Anyone could have guessed his outcome. But despite its many flaws, the film stays with you. Just like the so-much-better 28 DAYS LATER, the subject is so contemporary, one can't help but wonder if-or when-reality will take over. 2 ½ stars---------
Martin Boucher
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Summary: Brilliant
Review: "Cabin Fever" was one of the freakiest films of 2003 and is possibly one of the freakiest films ever made.But like most of the new horror films that come out it has some campy humor in it as well.But the film is about a bunch of kids Jeff,Karen,Paul
(Rider Strong of "Boy Meets World"),Marcy,and Bert who are going to a cabin for a little vacation.After a guy with a very bad skin problem shows up and freaks them out causing them to over react a little bit.During the time from the beginning to the guy showing up there is some cheap horror gags and comedy "Don't Sit Next to Dennis",all leading to up to Karen getting sick.Really sick.The films writer Eli Roth had a brilliant idea and succesfully carried it out unlike 2002's flop "feardotcom".
The makeup effects are incredible in every way and it didn't have a bad ending.The film hooks you in right from the very beginning to the last frame of this brilliant motion picture.
Also quite hilarious is the cop Winston.I highly suggest you see this movie.B for the movie,B- for the acting.Enjoy!!!
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Summary: They've got to be kidding
Review: I had no idea as to whether or not this was a comedic movie. I actually ended up laughing through this movie. The ending couldn't be funnier. I don't understand people giving serious reviews.
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Summary: Is it over, yet?
Review: I know horror movies, and this movie didn't even rank amongst the worst horror movies. I found myself wanting to cry as the movie dragged on and on with poor, pathetic attempts at suspense and plot building. Nothing was explained, nothing fit. This movie was extremely low budgeted and B-rated. Using gore and sex, and mild attempts at humor, the writers tried to save the movie and failed miserably. Where do I get a refund for the hour and a half of my life I lost watching this film?
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