Stars: Jordan Ladd, Rider Strong, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent

Director: Eli Roth

Summary: Five friends, just finished with college finals, head for a cabin in the woods to party and embrace their newfound freedom. While shooting squirrels in the woods, one of the friends accidentally nicks a man, who appears to be suffering from a disgusting disease. He returns to the cabin, choosing not to share this information with the gang. But later that night, when the man knocks on their door, the beast is unleashed.

Eli Roth makes an auspicious debut with CABIN FEVER. Taking an otherwise traditional set up for a horror film, Roth infuses it with enough energy and originality to make it feel completely fresh. Five friends, just finished with college finals, head for a cabin in the woods to party and embrace their newfound freedom. There's the cute but uptight Paul (Rider Strong), who yearns for pretty lifelong platonic friend Karen (Jordan Ladd); the attractive, but slightly stupid couple Jeff (Joey Kern) and Marcy (Cerina Vincent); and the brute jock, Bert (James DeBello). While shooting squirrels in the woods, Bert accidentally nicks a man, who appears to be suffering from a disgusting disease. Bert returns to the cabin, choosing not to share this information with the gang. But later that night, when the man knocks on their door, the beast is unleashed. Unlike most horror films which make the horror gruesomely visible, the evil in CABIN FEVER is invisible--and highly contagious. And when Karen begins to show signs of contamination, the bond between these close friends begins to unravel. Roth's blackly comic directorial debut shows clear influence from the early films of Sam Raimi (THE EVIL DEAD) and Peter Jackson (BRAINDEAD).

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A sneaky and surprisingly smart horror flick, Cabin Feversets up all the clichés of its particular subgenre (what might be called the "sexy young people go into the woods" horror movie, featuring hostile redneck locals, dead animals on hooks, cars that suddenly stop running, and so on) and by the end has played a clever twist on every standard element, often to darkly comic effect. What's the plot? Well, five sexy young people (Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, Joey Kern, Cerina Vincent, and James DeBello) go to an isolated cabin where they contract a nasty bacteria that eats their flesh; this, combined with a bad-tempered dog and a party-loving police deputy (Giuseppe Andrews, giving a particularly funny performance), leads everyone into confusion and bloody chaos. Some of the ironic twists are a little obvious, but most of them effectively subvert your expectations to entertaining effect. --Bret Fetzer

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Commentary - 1. Eli Roth - Director, 2. Eli Roth - Director, 3. Eli Roth - Director, 4. Eli Roth - Director, 5. Eli Roth - Director, Trailers, Documentary - 1. Documentary with Eli Roth, Featurette - 1. BENEATH THE SKIN, 3 Episodes of the ROTTEN FRUIT, Easter Egg
Year:	2002
Release Date:	March 15, 2004
Runtime:	92 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	D 095498
Keywords:	General, Cabin, Fever, Horror, Occult
Genre:	Horror/Occult