![]() Karen is then quarantined in the tool shed outside.įearing that they will soon also become infected with whatever is ailing Karen as well as the man the night before, the others begin to argue with one another over what they should do about their situation. Paul later discovers rotten boils on her thighs. During this time, Karen drinks a glass of water from the lake contaminated by the infected man and begins to feel ill. They soon discover that the woman was related to the hermit they killed so they leave quickly. Jeff and Bert walk off down the lake shore when they come to a woman's house to ask for a ride into town. In the morning, a young deputy, Winston Olsen, shows up at the cabin and promises Paul he'll call a tow truck. After the man exits the car, Paul sets-light to the infected man and he runs aflame back into the woods where he dies in the lake. He tries to drive away in their car, but vomits blood all over the windscreen and the seats of the car. Desperate for help, the hermit comes after the group. Later on that night, they hear a knocking at the door and discover it's the diseased man that Bert shot before. ![]() However, once it starts raining, he leaves to take care of his camping equipment and the group retreats into the house. Though he acts a little eccentric, they allow him to join in when he offers them marijuana. They soon encounter a local college kid named Grimm who approaches them with his dog, Dr. That evening, the five kids build a bonfire and share ghost stories with each other. Scared, Bert shoots at him again in order to repel him and runs back to the cabin. By this time, the man's face has become badly rotted. He accidentally shoots the man who discovered the rotting dog in the beginning of the film while hunting whom he mistook for a squirrel. Paul and Karen go for a swim in the lake while Bert goes hunting for squirrels in the woods. When they arrive at the cabin, Jeff and Marcy immediately retire to their bedroom and have sex. The locals standing nearby look at the outsiders in their town with suspicion and scorn. Along the way, they stop at a local convenience store for food where a young neurodivergent boy outside the store bites Paul on the hand. Meanwhile, five college friends, Jeff, Marcy, Paul, Karen, and Bert are driving in a van through rural Alabama on their way to the woods for they have rented a cabin in the woods. After poking it a few times, he pulls the dog up and notices that the dog's flesh is rotted, spurting blood on him in the process. But Cabin Fever stands out.Ĭabin Fever stands out because it knows what’s funny, it knows what’s campy, and it knows what scares you.Warning: this text contains details about the plot/ending of the film.Ī man is walking in the woods and comes upon his dog that he believes to be sleeping. It’s a movie so full of horror tropes and homages that on paper it seems like it should fade into the background with every other generic horror effort. ![]() ![]() Simple is often exactly what is called for, and this is no exception.Ĭabin Fever is Writer/Director Eli Roth’s first full feature length directorial effort and is probably the reason he has become known as one of the modern horror greats of today. With that extremely simple synopsis you would think that Cabin Fever wouldn’t be anything special, but you’d be wrong. They get sick with a – you guessed it – fever.Įveryone gets more Cabin Fever than they bargained for. They are partying at a – you guessed it – cabin. ![]() They are heading to the woods to – you guessed it – party. Karen ( Jordan Ladd), Paul ( Rider Strong), Bert ( James DeBello), Marcy ( Cerina Vincent), and Jeff ( Joey Kern) are college students heading out into the – you guessed it – woods. ![]()
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