Cabin Fever

A sneaky and surprisingly smart horror flick, Cabin Fever sets up all the cliches of its particular subgenre (what might be called the "sexy young people go into the woods" horror movie, featuring hostile redneck locals, dead animals on hooks, cars that suddenly stop running, etc.) and by the end has played a clever twist on every standard element, often to darkly comic effect. What's the plot? Well, five sexy young people (Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, Joey Kern, Cerina Vincent, and James DeBello) go to an isolated cabin where they contract a nasty bacteria that eats their flesh; this, combined with a bad-tempered dog and a party-loving police deputy (Giuseppe Andrews, giving a particularly funny performance), leads everyone into confusion and bloody chaos. Some of the ironic twists are a little obvious, but most of them effectively subvert your expectations to entertaining effect. --Bret Fetzer

Movie Details

Cast: Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent, Joey Kern, Arie Verveen, Robert Harris, Hal Courtney, Matthew Helms, Richard Boone, Tim Parati, Dalton McGuire, Jana Farmer, Dante Walker, Jeff Rendell
MPAA Rating: R
Running time: 92 min
DVD Aspect Ratios: 2.35:1

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DVD Features:

Making Of

4 Audio Commentary Tracks

Director’s Shorts: The Rotten Fruit

Music Only Track

Pancakes!

International rating:

Europe: 15
Australia: MA

DVD International release dates:
North America: Jan 20, 04
Europe: Mar 15, 04