Sound supervisor Brian Best pushes buttons, particularly with a juicy sex scene that goes nastily bad. Cinematographer Scott Kevan's widescreen lensing places his subjects in doomed perspectives where the sky washes into a blood red tint for premonitions and flashbacks. Roth gleefully indulges a sick sense of humor within his surprisingly aesthetic film. Their savagery gives them pause, and us a laugh when Karen sums up 'He asked for our help and we set him on fire.' Unbeknownst to them, the flaming hermit has died dousing himself in the local reservoir and soon enough Karen is drinking copious amounts of tap water. When the hermit shows up at their cabin, the quintet panics, attacking the man with baseball bats and knives when he attempts to use their truck. Bert promises help, then forgets to mention the guy to his buds. At the cabin, Bert wanders off and shoots at a hedgehog that turns out to be the virulent hermit we've seen sprayed with his dog's infected blood at film's opening. They get their first taste of weirdness at a country store when one of them is bitten by Dennis (Matthew Helms), a long-haired blond wild child who sits on a porch swing, and proprietor Old Man Caldwell (Robert Harris, a 72-year old hoot in his screen debut) informs them that a new rifle is 'for the niggers' (this sets up a great joke at film's end). Odd man out Bert (James DeBello, "SwimFan") seems content with the idea of being childish and annoying while shooting small animals.
Couple Jeff (Joey Kern, "Super Troopers") and Marcy (Cerina Vincent, "Not Another Teen Movie") plan on lots of sexual activity. Meek nice guy Paul (Rider Strong, TV's "Boy Meets World") is hoping to take his long term friendship with pretty Karen (Jordan Ladd, "Super Troopers") into new territory. While "Cabin Fever" doesn't reach the heights of woods set horror flicks "The Evil Dead" or "The Blair Witch Project," it has enough quirky humor and hardcore splatter to attain a lasting cult status. Neither involved Roth.Producer/director/cowriter (with Randy Pearlstein) Eli Roth has transformed his love of late 70's horror films into a gut-wrenching bloodbath where the survival instinct brings out some character traits better left hidden. The pic takes the reins from a pair of ill-received sequels to Cabin Fever, which grossed $30.6M worldwide: 2009’s Cabin Fever: Spring Fever, directed by Ti West, and the Sean Astin-starring prequel Cabin Fever: Patient Zero which came out this February. They’re all fans of the original and want to make a film that’s a new classic and I believe they will,” said Roth. I almost see this like re-staging a play, and I’m excited to see what ideas Travis and the cast bring to it.
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“Travis had an amazing vision for my original script, and as a scary movie fan I really wanted to see it. That’s when they begin to fall victim to a flesh-eating virus and all hell breaks loose. The original Cabin Fever centered on a group of college students who rent a cabin in the woods to do some partying. Susan Jackson, who helped finance the original film and and sold it to Lionsgate in a bidding war at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival, will get a “dedicated to” title. Eli Roth Launches Vine Talent Search, Will Develop Original Idea With Winner
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