Cabin Fever [Blu-ray]

Director: Eli Roth Eli Roth

Overview

Five college buddies retreat to the woods for a little R & R and end up getting a horrific lesson in infectious disease in this low-budget shocker. Cabin Fever stars Rider Strong as the geeky Paul, who hopes to settle in around the campfire with his brash buds Jeff (Joey Kern) and Bert (James DeBello), and make the moves on the nubile-but-shy Karen (Jordan Ladd). Unfortunately, a wayward, forest-dwelling vagrant (Arie Verveen) stumbles into their lives, his skin badly desiccated by a mysterious virus. Fearing for their own lives, the quintet decide to do away with the man, with little success: He stumbles away from the campsite and into a nearby stream, where his disease quickly infects the local water supply. It isn't long before the oblivious co-eds get a taste of the man's illness, and in their desperation, each learns that he or she will stop at nothing to survive. Cabin Fever premiered at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival, where it was snapped up by Lions Gate for a fall 2003 release.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/16/2010
UPC:	0031398101444
Original Release:	2002
Rating:	NR
Source:	LIONSGATE - 600000-AEC LGE
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:38:00
Sales rank:	11,793

Special Features

Audio commentary with director Eli Roth and cast members Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, Cerina Vincent and Joey Kern; Director's shorts: The Rotten Fruit - includes 2 never-before-seen shorts!; Beneath the skin: The making of Cabin Fever; Director's behind-the-scenes photos; Family-friendly version; Pancakes!; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Rider Strong	Paul,Rider's Brother
Jordan Ladd	Karen
Joey Kern	Jeff
Cerina Vincent	Marcy,Cerina's Brother
James DeBello	Bert
Arie Verveen	Henry
Giuseppe Andrews	Deputy Wilson
Robert Harris	Cadwell
Hal Courtney	Tommy
Matthew Helms	Dennis
Richard Boone	Fenster
Tim Parati	Andy
Christy Ward	The Hog Lady,The Hog Lady
Michael Harding	Shotgun Casey
Julie Childress	Beautiful Wife
David Kaufbird	Justin
Dalton McGuire	Lemonade Boy
Jana Farmer	Lemonade Girl
Dante Walker	Shemp
Jeff Rendell	Fake Shemp
Brandon Johnson	Ray Shawn,Ray Shawn
Cherie Rodgers	Cadwell's Crush
Bill Terrell	Happy Wednesday Band,Happy Wednesday Band,Doctor No.2,Doctor P. Frink, Doctor 2
Jeff Evans	Happy Wednesday Band
Mike Hill	Happy Wednesday Band
J.K. Godbold	Happy Wednesday Band
Richard Fullerton	The Sheriff
Phil Fox	Evil Deputy,Evil Deputy
Gabriel Roth	Shooter No.1,Happy Bald Guy,Justin
Donald Lee Hall Jr.	Shooter No.2
Jeremy A. Metcalf	Shooter No.3
Noah Belson	Guitar Man
Doug McDermott	Harmonica Man
Matt Cappiello	Troubadour
Jessica Masserman	Winston's Date,Mr. Mom/Bowling Alley Victim
Paige Hunter	Underage Girl
Jay Aaseng	Sir Chug-a-Lot
Matthew Schwarz	The Bad Influence,Hospital Attendant,Hospital Hottie
Jessica Shortkoff	Cat Hat Girl
Mark Morse	Shocked Guy
Heather Simmons	Shocked Girl
Evan Astrowsky	Helpless Bystander
Luke Blackwood	Dennis Double
Joe Adams	Bowling Alley Killer
Jeff Hoffman	Bowling Alley Victim
John Neff	Bowling Alley Victim,Bowling Alley Victim
Michael Reardon	Bowling Alley Victim
Glenn Weisberger	Bowling Alley Victim
Roy Wood	Bowling Alley Victim
Charee Devon	Cadwell's Crush
Sam Froelich	Doctor 1
Darcy Jo Martin	Shiloh's Girlfriend
Rock	Doctor Mambo, The Dog
Gabriel Roth and the Mirrors	Shooter
Angelo Badalamenti	Composer
Nathan Barr	Composer

Technical Credits

Eli Roth

Randy Pearlstein

Eli Roth	Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Randy Pearlstein	Screenwriter
Evan Astrowsky	Producer
John Copeman	Stunts
Joe Adams	Casting
Ayo Davis	Casting
Sam Froelich	Producer
Jeffrey D. Hoffman	Executive Producer
Susan Jackson	Executive Producer
Lauren Moews	Producer
Michael Schorr	Special Effects
Martin Simon	Special Effects
Howard Berger	Special Effects
Jordan Beswick	Casting
Corrigan & Johnston Casting	Casting
Mitzi Corrigan	Casting
Jeffree Bloomer	Sound Mixer
Steven Weiss	Sound Mixer

Editorial Reviews

The recipient of an inordinate amount of hype after a bidding war made it one of the hot buys at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival, Eli Roth's quickie horror comedy may be a notch sicker than the average studio shocker -- and righteously so -- but don't mistake its lame stabs at humor for anything resembling actual wit. Cabin Fever seems less like an homage to Night of the Living Dead and The Evil Dead -- as some critics have suggested -- and more like a facsimile of those films' many rip-offs. Although the laughs don't come from the Scream school of self-aware in-jokes, Roth still indulges in facile ironies. He can't zero in on what his script's horrific flesh-eating virus is supposed to represent: Fever's coed campers are sex-obsessed, but the film isn't about hormonal horror; and though the main characters are full of anti-outsider, anti-rural-bumpkin vitriol, the movie shares their classist, myopic point-of view. Of course, subtext wouldn't matter if the film were genuinely scary, but Roth consistently undercuts the suspense with disingenuous splatter and throwaway ethnic gags that would have seemed dated in 1981. As far as 2003 virus pictures go, there's no question Roth's is better than the big-budget debacle Dreamcatcher, but one need only look to Danny Boyle's shot-on-the-cheap offering 28 Days Later for proof of Cabin Fever's inadequacies.

All Movie Guide - Michael Hastings