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Back to Podcast EpisodesCabin Fever (2003) Review
We watched Cabin Fever on Hulu and were reminded of a simpler time when Eli Roth was allowed to make movies.
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Synopsis
Karen (Jordan Ladd), Paul (Rider Strong), Bert (James DeBello), Marcy (Cerina Vincent), and Jeff (Joey Kern) are college students heading out into the – you guessed it – woods.
They are heading to the woods to – you guessed it – party. They are partying at a – you guessed it – cabin.
They get sick with a – you guessed it – fever.
Everyone gets more Cabin Fever than they bargained for.
Review
With that extremely simple synopsis you would think that Cabin Fever wouldn’t be anything special, but you’d be wrong. Simple is often exactly what is called for, and this is no exception.
Cabin Fever is Writer/Director Eli Roth’s first full feature length directorial effort and is probably the reason he has become known as one of the modern horror greats of today.
It’s a movie so full of horror tropes and homages that on paper it seems like it should fade into the background with every other generic horror effort. But Cabin Fever stands out.
Cabin Fever stands out because it knows what’s funny, it knows what’s campy, and it know
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