Cabin Fever
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Movie Reviews of Cabin Fever
Movie Review: Mad for Cabin Fever
Summary: 5 Stars
I can't quite comprehend why so large a group of people despised this movie. I have read a number of the derogatory reviews and it seems to me that the recurrent complaint is that Cabin Fever is unoriginal, slow, and hardly scary. I am taken aback by these opinions because these descriptions do not apply to the film I viewed. Okay, so the setting is slightly purloined from the Evil Dead films. So there is a myriad of references or homages to classic horror films like Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Last House on the Left. So What? Does that in any way detract from the viewing pleasure? Please cite one horror movie of the past ten years that didn't recycle a concept or a goddamn setting for a movie that preceded it. I myself thought that the way it was akin to all those great 70s and 80s horror movies was terrific. It reminded me of a time when horror movies were enjoyable and not perfidiously pandered as the kitschy cannon fodder of Scream-like movies. It made me ruminate the joviality I received when I first saw Evil Dead. It's not scary? Tell me, when was the last time a horror movie was actually frightening? Evil Dead IS NOT scary, but it is immensely enjoyable and fun. Nightmare on Elm St is no longer scary to me, but that does not in any way impede with my enjoyment. I would honestly assume that fans of the genre (and Evil Dead, etc) would be thrilled to experience something that payed earnest tribute to their idols. I suppose I assumed wrong, as most people have disregarded this as drivel. Anyway, if you dug Evil Dead and aren't completely vehement in your deification of films of the ilk (if you're not a pedantic ass), you might enjoy.Movie Review: Bloody good Film - Don't analyze, just watch
Summary: 5 Stars
A bunch of friends out on a pleasure trip lock themselves up in a cabin in the middle of nowhere and do all the stupid cliche things you are supposed to do to get killed. As usual you have a 5 people group - 2 girls, 2 guys and one single guy. This time the stalker is not a serial killer or leather face or Freddy; its a flesh eating virus that eats your skin away as you are alive. It is a kind of realistic and believable film. The infection is natural and gradual. But some of the decisions the characters make are stupid. But even then overall the movie doesn't pretend to be deeper than a horror flick. So you are not going into this one to see Academy award stuff. But the acting is still top notch. They do a pretty good job of acting being freaked out and seeing their friends become walking talking skinned alive beings due to the infestation of the virus. Also an insane county policeman and an insane police kind of gives it that freaky unreal touch that the movie needs. Its like its happening in some other world not on this Earth. But as usual in Eli Roth movies, there is a little skin bonus. We get a pretty attractive female lead with an ample and athletic figure. Eli always gets in a sex scene or two into his movies. This one is no exception. A little added bonus for the guys who wanted to leave the theaters. 'Bloody good fun skinning people alive' kinda film. Enjoy the film as piece of no-brainer gore film, don't analyse the movie coz there is nothing to analyse.
regards, Vikram
Movie Review: I don't think i saw the same movie the bad reviewers saw!?!?
Summary: 5 Stars
the movie i saw was awsome!all these bad reviews about bad comedy,bad acting,bad directing,SIMPLY NOT TRUE!!!these people obviously have never enjoyed a trashy b horror movie.if they think this mainstream flick had flaws then they need to check there horror fan selfs!!!MOST GREAT HORROR MOVIES HAVE FLAWS!!! MAINSTREAM AUDIENCES JUST DONT EVER LIKE THE GOOD HORROR FLICKS!!!thats why they are good.now about the movie it was GREAT!!the acting was fine the victims would do some senseless stuff but welcome to the world of horror movies!comedy what comedy? what are all these comedy reviews about?there were only 3 or 4 jokes, really good & ironic jokes but only 3 or 4 none the less.what about the directing?the directing & camera work were awsome!ELI ROTH IS A FREAKIN BREATH OF FRESH AIR.now for the conditioned people out there that say this movie isnt SCARY!!I BET YOU ALL SHIVERED JUMPED AND SHOOK IN YOUR BOOTS FOR (I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER)GEEEE THAT WAS A SCARY ONE?!?!?$$$0%!?!?do me a favor look up the names FULCI,ROMERO,ARGENTO,BAVA,LENZI,H.GORDON LEWIS,AND GET EDUCATED!!!cabin fever pays great respect to these masters of horror!!real horror fans this is a no brainer,its a new classic.the dvd has great extras(try a bite of rotten fruit)buy it! you wont be as discruntled as the nay sayers are.if your a true horror fan...?ps.all you haters dont give a review if you haven't done your horror homework,because of your bad reviews i almost passed this one up????!VERY VERY VERY GLAD I DIDN'T.Movie Review: GREAT horror movie & awesome DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
I want to start off this review by saying that I went into Cabin Fever expecting to hate it. I've read so many negative reviews, and several of my friends had seen it and told me not to bother. I rented it on a whim after hearing that Peter Jackson had supposedly reccomended it, and since I love Dead Alive, I figured this couldn't be half bad. If you can't handle gore, this isn't the movie for you, because there is buckets of it. The infamous leg-shaving scene isn't even the worst of it. However, underneath the gore I found a wickedly funny and engaging movie. It is one of the first "teen" horror movies that I've seen that has actually interested me in the characters instead of just setting them up as bait.
I liked the kids. Even the idiot with the BB gun. They seemed like the kind of average kids you'd find at college anywhere anda not the typical horror movie fare. Midway through the movie I found myself almost wishing that nothing bad would happen to them and that I was just watching a movie about a group of kids going camping. Alas...
The movie is funny, gory, campy, and a well-balanced homage to horror movies of old. I loved every minute of it.
Now, on to the actual DVD. The extra features were a riot! I especially loved the "Chick Vision" and the "Family Version" of the movie. Whoever put the DVD together has a real sense of humor, although I was a bit baffled by the "Rotten Fruit" bit.
Movie Review: A welcome surprise!
Summary: 5 Stars
I like horror movies. Ordinarily, I like them because they are so awful; horror as a genre lends itself to the making of cheapjack, backyard pictures with amateur actors and horrible scripts, providing ample opportunities to become full-on psychotronic Golden Turkeys. Rarely are horror movies scary or interesting in their own right.Cabin Fever is not particularly scary, but it is definitely interesting. The director and writer know their horror inside and out, and avoid many of the cliches of the genre. Further, they play with your perceptions, particularly if you've watched a lot of these things. For example, Cabin Fever completely ignores the standard rules of victim selection. Further, it doesn't pigeonhole the characters into narrow stereotypes in the first few minutes of the film (the "Meet the Meat" part, with acknowledgement to Liz Kingsley); rather, a couple of them are more complex than you might initially think.
The acting is above par for a horror movie, particularly given that I've never seen these actors in anything else.
There is also some funny, funny stuff in this movie that is legitimately comedic--in stark contrast to the faux, unfunny "comedy" that often infests films of this genre.
If you don't like horror films, you may be pleasantly surprised by this one. If you do like horror films, you will probably like this quite a lot.