| Posted by: Cronos at July 8, 2005, 12:47 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | gah Cabin Fever was a load of crap...first of all it didnt feel like a horror film, despite it having gore it felt like more of a comedy, funny in the fact it was so bad. the script was laughable and full of shoddy dialogue, the acting was mediocre and mostly annoying. as far as the gore goes it looked cheesy to me and hardly worth having in it. the direction and cinematography were both mediocre and took ideas from previous films of this type (which were done a whole lot better). what topped the whole film off though was the douchebag of a director Eli Roth deciding to give himself a little role because he must be such an excellent actor....instead he plays one hell of an annoying character (and he does that badly) who really wasnt worth including in the film and adds nothing to it. not only that but the whole thing leads up to one of the most predictable endings ive seen. all in all a piece of shit film by a piece of shit director both of which should be burnt 3/10 (it gets that for the unintentional laugh... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: arby19 at April 13, 2004, 10:12 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | Awesome. Full of gore, good scares and comedy. Good writing and very original. I rented this only because I am a Rider Strong fan (Shawn Hunter baby!) and I was expecting there to be some sort of killer going around slashing them at a Cabin. I was wrong. I loved the idea, very original. In a day were every freaking horror movie involves some psycho going around and killing everyone it was nice to see Eli Roth come up with something different and still create a scary movie. It really starts off with a bang, when we are first introduced to the virus when one of them is off killing things and he shoots an infected man. I loved it! In the cabin, when the think the stoner is coming back and the infected guy is at the door, oh man, that was fucking great. Eli Roth knows what we want and he gives us that. It had some weak moments but overall I found it to be very enjoyable. 8.5/10 | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Kevin Smith fan at April 13, 2004, 4:15 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | Outstanding!!! A great blend of comedy and horror in the fashion of Idle Hands (rent it you'll love it). The most original and frightening movie I've seen since the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I can't wait for Eli Roth's next movie. Oh yeah, check out The Rotten Fruit on the special features menu on the DVD, if you liked the movie you'll like this crazy clay-animated serries. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: MisterTwister at April 2, 2004, 9:37 am | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | Cabin Fever reminded of the good horror films of the 70's before Scream came and pissed on it all. It was gorey,funny and all around intersating. Good flick!!! 7/10 | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Kucha at March 28, 2004, 10:12 am | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | I wasn't too fond of Cabin Fever. I found it slow and boring at times, and predictable. I went in with very high hopes from what Ive heard, maybe that was the problem? Cabin Fever - 5/10 | | Static Link |
| Posted by: urbanlegend23 at March 28, 2004, 8:41 am | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | CABIN FEVER (2003) THE GOOD: --Eli Roth knows what a horror audience wants. There is gore in the bucket-loads in this film, especially at the end. The cabin fever virus has rather horrifying effects. This is especially noticeable when Marcy is shaving her legs and her skin begins peeling off…ugh, that was just awesome gore. Great, unsettling stuff. There is also a man-eating dog in the movie that rips victims apart, there's a whole bunch of shootings and stabbings and just general unpleasantness. The makeup is done amazingly, just look at the shot of Karen's face decaying and her teeth showing through her skin to convince you of that. This is definitely one for the books if you're a gorehound. --Though it doesn't last long, I enjoyed seeing the character reactions to the virus. Some run, some hide, some resort to violence and fighting while others stay and try to rationally help their friends. There's moments that are sometimes very creative, intense and unique, and a few of the characters are quite entertai... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Tuukka at March 6, 2004, 7:13 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | Cabin Fever is wildly inconsistent in terms of structure and tone, but it's also very entertaining. Eli Roth knows how to direct individual scenes effectively, but he doesn't have such a good any understanding of overall flow. Some scenes are genuinely creepy (shaving the legs), and then next moment everything turns into pure camp (Pancakes!). Also in the first 30 minutes or so Badalamenti's superb score was used badly. It doesn't help anything to put put up scary music to scenes when obviously nothing scary is happening and we haven't even met the disease yet. Also, the film meets it's climax about 20 minutes before the end and after that it just wonders around throwing around random jokes. The script is obiviously derivative of many other horror films, but thankfully it has it's moments of wit and originality. The biggest problem is that the motivations of the characters often don't make any sense at all. Ok, I know that one of the guys is an irresponsible prick, but it doesn't make sense that he shots a d... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: moviegroupie at February 24, 2004, 9:06 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | I feel like a loner when reviewing some of these movies, but can agree on some. This is NOT one of them! I saw Wrong Turn just a month before this one so I still had a grudge against the overused genre cliches and crapola elements. I saw this one after hearing all that 'peter jackson raves' about feeling excited. I saw it and did not see the glimmer and glammer of the movie. I was NOT scared at all, the gruesomeness was not artistic, the plot was weak, the rednecks made me want to STOP the dvd, must I rant on and on? Lion Gate Films tend to have a terrible slew of movies lined up (although there are exceptions: Frailty was OK, Confidence was good, The Wash was typical but funny). This is just a bizarre, tasteless 'disease' movie. I must say I never want to see this again or even think of how it wasted my time. Final Score: 5/10 (the hype tore it apart) | | Static Link |
| Posted by: blacksnake at February 16, 2004, 5:28 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | Cabin Fever, is about 5 college students who rent a cabin in the woods for a week. While they are there in the woods they come across a man whose skin looks all infected and to protect themselves from him they light him on fire. Soon they start to realize they he was carrying a flesh eating virus and soon the friends start to get it and nobody knows how to handle it and they lock up the ones who do have it so the ones who don't will be protected. This soon changes how they act with each other and how they are going to handle the situation of the others and themselves. Cabin Fever, originally played at The Toronto International Film Festival, in September of 2002. It ended up being the highest selling movie at the festival that year and all of the nine studios engaged in a bidding war to see who would get the film. The winner was Lions Gate Films, and it is the most money the studio ever spent acquiring a film. Winner of The Best Make Up Award at The Catalonian International Film Festival. Cabin Fever, has go... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: RogueSpear at February 16, 2004, 3:32 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | I must say I was pleasantly surprised by Cabin Fever. The acting was good especially Rider Strong, a few of the characters were actually likeable and there were some tense and cringeworthy scenes. On the downside, none of the humor worked (was there any?), the ending was lackluster and the whole movie played like a game of "guess the homage" with references to Romero's Dead movies, The Crazies and one shot lifted right out of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Still, I had a good time with it. Score - 7/10 | | Static Link |
| Posted by: _eraserhead at February 3, 2004, 9:04 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by RogueSpear So, it's ok for you to like him and find him hilarious without having met him, but it's not ok for anyone else to dislike him for the same reason? The man sounds like a prick to me. Plain and simple. Actually you do have a point, I'm kind of contradicting myself, I just think too many people give him negative feedback, based on one or two interviews they've read... But what I'm trying to say is that the people who have met him (JoBlo, Arrow, and some other user) at teh Fangoria Convention say he's an amazing guy, so I'm kind of basing my opinions on that and of course on his interviews and commentaries which, I loved. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: RogueSpear at February 3, 2004, 7:53 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by _eraserhead WHATEVER! NONE OF YOU HAVE MET HIM JUST BEACAUSE HE SPEAKS HIS MIND DOSEN'T MAKE HIM AN ASSHOLE. Jesus Christ... The man is hilarious plain and simple. So, it's ok for you to like him and find him hilarious without having met him, but it's not ok for anyone else to dislike him for the same reason? The man sounds like a prick to me. Plain and simple. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: TheDeadWalk at February 3, 2004, 7:06 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | I'll take Roth over the piece of shit De Salva any day of the week and twice on Sunday. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: _eraserhead at February 3, 2004, 3:53 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | WHATEVER! NONE OF YOU HAVE MET HIM JUST BEACAUSE HE SPEAKS HIS MIND DOSEN'T MAKE HIM AN ASSHOLE. Jesus Christ... The man is hilarious plain and simple. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Mike at February 2, 2004, 10:45 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by _eraserhead It pisses me off how so many people are saying he's so egotistical. What the fuck? None of you have the met the fucker! Oh, and what are filmmakers not suppose to dislike other movies! OH MY GOD! WHAT A FUCKING SIN HE SAID HE DIDN'T LIKE WRONG TURN, HOW DARE HE SPEAK HIS MIND, WHAT AN ASSHOLE! HE SHOULD FUCKING BURN IN HELL! Right? Anyways, I'm in love with Eli and this movie was defiently one of my top ten of 2003. I have no problem with people disliking other movies. I didn't care when Katherine Isabelle said that she was disappointed with how Freddy vs. Jason turned out, although a lot of people were in an uproar about it, basically saying that since she stars in it it was disrespectful of her to voice a negative opinion on it. But the way Eli said it and the other stupid things he said is what bothers me. Here's parts from the Cabin Fever thread in the Current Movie Talk forum from when it was first released in theaters. The reason the other people state for dislik... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: EDsoulsurvive* at February 2, 2004, 8:59 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by _eraserhead It pisses me off how so many people are saying he's so egotistical. What the fuck? None of you have the met the fucker! Oh, and what are filmmakers not suppose to dislike other movies! OH MY GOD! WHAT A FUCKING SIN HE SAID HE DIDN'T LIKE WRONG TURN, HOW DARE HE SPEAK HIS MIND, WHAT AN ASSHOLE! HE SHOULD FUCKING BURN IN HELL! Right? And why would you let a man that's all bloody and throwing up blood into your cabin? I mean, they didn't do anything to him, all they did was not let him in the THERE cabin but then he tried to steal there car, and I don't think that if someone was stealing my car I would just sit there and let him take it... Anyways, I'm in love with Eli and this movie was defiently one of my top ten of 2003. i think it's the way he said it so matter-of-fact -ly. At least, thats what initially pissed me off. Anyway, I agree with you on the whole hermit thing. I mean, I like to think I'm not a complete asshole but I just don't think I'd let that guy in. The ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: _eraserhead at February 2, 2004, 4:24 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by Mike It's unbelievable how cheap this movie was made. The movie looks fucking gorgeous! I'm amazed it was made for so cheap. The best thing about the movie is how great it looks. Awesome cinematography on an unbelievably cheap budget. The movie was pretty funny, but not scary at all, and nowhere near as gory as people were saying. In fact, it wasn't that gross at all. The gore is overrated. It really didn't have much. Freddy vs. Jason had a lot more. The ending was quite funny and not nearly as bad as I had heard. I thought it was pretty damn cool. It's a solid horror movie, but not nearly the masterpiece Eli Roth thinks it is. I don't like that guy. He seems like a prick with a huge ego. Anyway, I'll be adding this to my collection. I didn't like it as much as Wrong Turn though, which Mr. Roth bashed (with one of his complaints being that Eliza Dushku didn't get naked), thinking his film is so much better. Even if you do find Cabin Fever better, he still shouldn't say that. He sh... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: TheDeadWalk at February 1, 2004, 9:17 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by Mike But still, obviously with chunks of your body falling off, I doubt you're going to make it. Chunks falling off? Bah... the fever sets itself up for a long and quite torturous ride. We wouldn't have to put a shovel to our loved one's head if it wasn't a long cumulative disease. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Mike at February 1, 2004, 8:34 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by TheDeadWalk *** Spoilers *** No human that became infected died from infection. All were outside sources that caused their inadvertent death. The dog found at the beginning of the film lead us to believe that infection leads to death, but even that one was quite hoky. The dog was literally split in half from disease, and in the wild you can lure more predators when you've obtained an open wound. (Which is also hence the killer dog that stumbles onto the cabin) **** End Spoilers **** But still, obviously with chunks of your body falling off, I doubt you're going to make it. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: TheDeadWalk at February 1, 2004, 7:21 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | Quote: Originally Posted by Mike *****SPOILERS***** All of the main characters died. They were all infected eventually, except one who got killed anyway by the police. Once you're infected, you'll die. Paul was infected, and even if the cop didn't shoot him, he would die soon anyway. So, no matter what, he didn't make it. ****END SPOILERS****
*** Spoilers *** No human that became infected died from infection. All were outside sources that caused their inadvertent death. The dog found at the beginning of the film lead us to believe that infection leads to death, but even that one was quite hoky. The dog was literally split in half from disease, and in the wild you can lure more predators when you've obtained an open wound. (Which is also hence the killer dog that stumbles onto the cabin) **** End Spoilers **** | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Mike at January 30, 2004, 7:23 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | Quote: Originally Posted by Mr.HyDe807 Cabin Fever: 7.5-8/10 {spoilers!!!!!!!!!!} I really wanted to see this movie after i saw the trailer in the dvd of house of 1000 corpses. Now that i did, i thought it was good although it did leave me somewhat disappointed. All the actors were great, and the comic relief was hilarious {ummm....safe sex!}. Now 1 thing that bothered me was.... -Did paul die at the end when he was lying at the pond, or did the deputy let him live?. That and the ending, which i thought was pretty funny but really disapponting, are the only reasons that brought the movie down. Overall, it you were interested in seeing the movie, go rent it, youll probably like it.
*****SPOILERS***** All of the main characters died. They were all infected eventually, except one who got killed anyway by the police. Once you're infected, you'll die. Paul was infected, and even if the cop didn't shoot him, he would die soon anyway. So, no matter what, he didn't make it. ****END SPOILERS**** | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Mr.HyDe807 at January 30, 2004, 6:35 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | Cabin Fever: 7.5-8/10 {spoilers!!!!!!!!!!} I really wanted to see this movie after i saw the trailer in the dvd of house of 1000 corpses. Now that i did, i thought it was good although it did leave me somewhat disappointed. All the actors were great, and the comic relief was hilarious {ummm....safe sex!}. Now 1 thing that bothered me was.... -Did paul die at the end when he was lying at the pond, or did the deputy let him live?. That and the ending, which i thought was pretty funny but really disapponting, are the only reasons that brought the movie down. Overall, it you were interested in seeing the movie, go rent it, youll probably like it. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Mike at January 29, 2004, 2:44 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by thompsoncory The only thing that confused me was the whole "Pancakes" thing. [/b] Everyone kept saying that was so hilarious, but I really didn't find it funny, I found it more stupid than anything. I don't see what was so funny about it. It didn't bother me, I just don't see what was so great about it. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Mike at January 24, 2004, 2:03 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by thompsoncory I agree. Karen (Jordan Ladd) was my favorite character in the movie. She was very sweet, innocent, and likable. ***SPOILERS*** which made it all the more frightening when she was the first to catch the disease. ***END SPOILERS*** Yes, it was sad. The dark haired chick, I think her name was Cerina Vincent or something, was somewhat of a bitch/whore, but she was easy on the eyes and funny. However, Karen was still my favorite character, and pretty much the only one I wanted to live. *****SPOILERS***** I felt bad for her when she got the disease, and of course, they treated her like crap then, which was understandable in the situation, but still, I would have got it right away after her because I'm way too nice to do what the others did. I would have tried to take care of her or something. Them saying "Sorry, we just don't want to get it" and her "DON'T LEAVE ME HERE!" lines are pretty powerful. ****END SPOILERS**** | | Static Link |
| Posted by: thompsoncory at January 24, 2004, 1:51 pm | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by Mike The most likable character was easily the blonde girl, who actually felt bad about it and wanted to call the cops. I agree. Karen (Jordan Ladd) was my favorite character in the movie. She was very sweet, innocent, and likable. ***SPOILERS*** which made it all the more frightening when she was the first to catch the disease. ***END SPOILERS*** | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Mike at January 24, 2004, 11:59 am | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | It's unbelievable how cheap this movie was made. The movie looks fucking gorgeous! I'm amazed it was made for so cheap. The best thing about the movie is how great it looks. Awesome cinematography on an unbelievably cheap budget. The movie was pretty funny, but not scary at all, and nowhere near as gory as people were saying. In fact, it wasn't that gross at all. The gore is overrated. It really didn't have much. Freddy vs. Jason had a lot more. The ending was quite funny and not nearly as bad as I had heard. I thought it was pretty damn cool. It's a solid horror movie, but not nearly the masterpiece Eli Roth thinks it is. I don't like that guy. He seems like a prick with a huge ego. Anyway, I'll be adding this to my collection. I didn't like it as much as Wrong Turn though, which Mr. Roth bashed (with one of his complaints being that Eliza Dushku didn't get naked), thinking his film is so much better. Even if you do find Cabin Fever better, he still shouldn't say that. He should have respect for other filmm... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: thompsoncory at January 24, 2004, 11:10 am | | Topic: CABIN FEVER Forum: JoBlo | | I blind bought this the other day knowing I would love it, and guess what? I loved it! It was cleverly written and scary as hell, had a creepy atmosphere and a whole lot of gore, as well as some humor. The only thing that confused me was the whole "Pancakes" thing. Overall, a great horror film with some truly memorable scenes. 8/10 (B+) | | Static Link |
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