#Cabin fever movie#

It makes a good movie that is worth a watch.

The direction is remarkably good, with a definite style of its own although it clearly shows its influences, particularly Sam Raimi and his cult classic 'Evil Dead'. A shame indeed, because the cast ends up playing cartoons instead of real characters. However, I repeat, it is certainly not the actor's fault, because the script demands them to be that way. A big mistake in my opinion, because horror movies make you feel sympathy for the character, not hate. The acting is quite good, and better than average sadly,their performances are ruined by the uneven script that makes the characters unlikeable. The SFX of the disease symptoms are top-notch and the camera work is outstanding in general. The disease is some kind of flesh-eating bacteria that slowly rots the body while the person is still alive. Fortunately, when the movie remembers it is a horror, it really works. It is one of the major flaws because at the times when the suspense rises Roth suddenly includes an anti-climatic joke that not only breaks the suspense, it breaks the whole pace and rhythm of the movie. Sadly, and while it really delivers some suspense, the concept of friends turning against each other is soon forgotten and we get strange scenes of comic relief that feel out of place. The plot is very original and is a great setting for a horror movie. While they get rid of him, one of them get the disease, and soon they find each other fighting between them and turning against each other. Everything goes right until they meet a hermit that carries a strange but deadly disease. A group of college students go to a cabin in the woods in order to spent a week of beer, fun and sex. Let's start from the beginning, the plot is an quite clever take on the 'alone in the woods' set up. There is additional dialog among the townspeople, different shots, and it shows the FDA man walking around more testing and the Water supply truck is in view longer.ĭirector Eli Roth's first movie, 'Cabin Fever', has been considered a breath of fresh air and a wake up call for the horror genre while it is certainly different from most of this generation horror movies, the movie has a few big flaws that hurt the film and make the experience no as satisfying.

Instead of just the cops drinking the contaminated lemonade followed by a country song with the townspeople, the whole entire town shows up and has a cup. Then they pour gasoline and one cop lights a match and cellar goes up in flames followed by more shots of blood and guts on the walls, ceiling, and floor.

The human-bonfire scene when they say 'We got another one in the basement' immediately goes to a shot of the cellar door opening from the inside, then a bunch of shotguns appear and start shooting like crazy.

He yells at the hick as he throws him down there and says 'When they get here, tell them I didn't do it!', then slams the door.

An additional scene where Rider Strong grabs the long-haired hick after the attack and drags him down to the cellar.

In the 'R' rated version it cuts away quick and only shows the aftermath from a difficult-to-see angle.

The gunshot to Burt's head in the cabin is bloodier.

This immediately follows when they hear the dog trying to get Karen in the shed and they shoot a bullet and tell Karen that they will stay outside with her to keep the dog away.

A scene of Burt sitting outside guarding the shed with his shot gun.

An extended scene of everyone arguing around the fireplace when Burt makes a joke about his burnt marshmallow.

When it is discovered that Karen has the disease during an intimate scene, there is an additional scene that follows the 'Don't.Leave.Me!' where Burt comes into the room and yells at her about how the truck isn't ready yet, and they have to finish cleaning up the bum's blood.

A different angle of Jordan Ladd's character Karen swimming away after the 'kiss' scene on the dock with Rider Strong.

The scene of Rider Strong going behind the building to wash his hands after Dennis's bite and he pets the stray dogs is removed from the 'uncut' version.

Then they stop when Burt says he left something back at the store and they have a longer conversation about the map.

The scene where they are in the shop in the beginning is removed from the 'uncut' version and is replaced with an extended scene of them driving the truck through the woods.

This version was released in North America on Blu-ray on February 10, 2016. However, the uncut version did play at a few festivals before Lions Gate bought it. Lions Gate cut 2 minutes from the film for the US Theatrical Release.