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Cabin Fever
USA, 2002
[Eli Roth]
Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, Joey Kern, Cerina Vincent, James DeBello
Horror
21st October 2003
Eli Roth, the director of this movie, was hyping it to kingdom come before it was released, saying it harked back to the old days of horror. I can make the comparison of an old wooden cabin with The Evil Dead and Friday The 13th, but comparisons end there. I expected the directors �great� knowledge of horror to make this a tense, raw movie, but alas I didn�t get that.

Five kids go to cabin to get laid and do drugs, then get infected with a flesh eating virus, which pretty much takes them all down. It�s a predictable plot as you can imagine, though I do give the writer of the film praise for not making it a slasher movie, this (on paper) is quite unique. However, in execution, the movies premise isn�t that good.

Now, being the horror fan that I am, I normally like my films with a bit of blood and granted it does have it by the bucket load, but I also like it done with a bit of finesse! This film didn�t even have good killings, just some blood being randomly thrown everywhere and naked teenagers having sex and then rotting. It just didn�t float my boat. At all.

Got to think of some good things, so I�ll say the idea was okay, there were a few good moments, like a certain shaving scene, and that�s about it.

Don�t see this movie. Don�t see any horror film at the cinema. Maybe that new
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, that looks okay, however all I can say is that the horror genre lately is going downhill, real fast. Someone needs to really resurrect the horror film genre, something new, something fresh, not just cheesy acting and a half baked plot, with a few gallons of blood.
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