Cabin Fever (2002)
Directed by
Eli Roth
Writing credits
Eli Roth (written by) and
Randy Pearlstein
Our Score: 4/10
IMDb Score: 5.3
Not yet rated
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Summary:
"Too bad the virus didn't eat the film before
it could be released" |
Five extremely annoying college students decide
to spend a weekend in a
cabin in the woods. They're attacked (sort of) by a man infected
by a
flesh-eating virus. He's killed but not before infecting them
and they
start to unravel as they battle the virus...and themselves.
The plot is totally by the numbers and the dialog is just OK,
but there
are passages of jaw-dropping stupid lines. There is one horrendous
sequence in which they meet a "partying" sheriff who
is stupid and
annoying, and says things that no human being would ever say
with a
straight face. Also we're never told where the virus came from.
I
suppose that's supposed to make it scarier but I just found
it
annoying. The special effects are very good but downright sickening.
Seeing a bunch of young kids having their flesh peel off or
spitting
out blood is not my idea of entertainment. And you know next
to nothing
about these kids--how can you care that they're dying when you
don't
know a thing about them? The only things that make this bearable
is
some nice wide-screen photography, a very good score and some
pretty
good acting. Paul (Rider Storm) plays the good guy--he gives
a good
performance but his goody-goody nature got on my nerves. Karen
(Jordan
Ladd) is very good but given next to nothing to work with. Jeff
(Joey
Kern) is terrible but he's not in the film enough to destroy
it. Bert
(James DeBello) is the--sigh--beer-swilling, stupid, dumb, sexist
"comic" relief--definitely one of the most disposable
characters. Best
of all is Marcy (Cerina Vincent). She's strong, intelligent
and sexy.
Her performance was dead on target.
But mostly the film either disgusts you with the special effects
or
bores you with the totally predictable story line--one characters
demise was so telegraphed and predictable I seriously thought
they were
kidding. Inexplicably this has been getting good reviews from
horror
fans. Well..as a HUGE horror fan I can say don't go! I give
it a 4.
