Reel Horror

Cabin Fever - Special Edition asin: B0000ZG054

I am not a professional writer. Nor have I reviewed a movie I didn't enjoy and I'm not going to start now.

The story in this movie is inspired by a real event that happened to writer/director Eli Roth. When he was younger he contracted some kind of skin irritation that freaked him out. His doctor told him it would clear up. It did go away, sort of. As a horror fan since childhood he took
this experience and turned it into a horror movie.

This movie has a lot of obvious influences from classics such as Night of the Living Dead and The Evil Dead. The way I see it though is he's paying homage to some of the films that molded his morbid creativity. I think the references are amusing to watch as they lend to the overall fun factor of this movie.

Cabin Fever starts with a group of young friends going to stay in a cabin in the woods. Once they arrive a member of the group goes into the woods and encounters a man with a disturbingly grotesque rash all over his skin. Eventually the group starts to become infected with this same
disease. Paranoia and lack of knowledge begin to take a toll on the friends as they become afraid for their lives. Mix this in with them being outsiders in a small rural community and they are in for some trouble.

Eli Roth makes a priceless cameo as "Grim" and Giuseppe Andrews as the deputy who loves to party is equally amusing. James DeBello who starred alongside Andrews in Detroit Rock City is hilarious in a Stifler-esque kind of way. Great moments of hilarity between these charcters
accentuate the element of comedy in this gory story. The cast is rounded out by Rider Strong, whom some would recognize from "Boy Meets World", and up-and-comers Jordan Ladd, Cerina Vincent and Joey Kern.

This film has received very mixed reviews and while I thoroughly enjoyed it I can see why some would think it is utter crap. Especially if they believed it was the second coming of Evil Dead. That kind of comparison can only hurt any movie. So if you want to check this one out just expect a very fun movie, full of blood and humor. How can you go wrong there? Or better yet expect nothing.