Cabin Fever

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Cabin Fever

R

2003

1h 33m

Horror

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Bert (James DeBello), a college student vacationing with friends in the mountains, mistakenly shoots a local man (Arie Verveen) with a skin infection while hunting in the woods. Panicking, he abandons the scene and leaves the man for dead. When the man stumbles into a reservoir, he infects the water supply, and soon one of Bert's friends becomes infected. The friends struggle to stop the contagious, flesh-eating disease while on the run from a group of ornery backwoods locals out for revenge.

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Critics Consensus

More gory than scary, Cabin Fever is satisfied with paying homage to genre conventions rather than reinventing them.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Aug 2, 2022

A protege of David Lynch, Roth puts a sardonic spin on the puritanism of the 80s slasher...

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Jamie Russell

BBC.com

Oct 22, 2003

4/5

Definitely unforgettable, it's destined for cult classic status.

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Neil Norman

London Evening Standard

Oct 11, 2003

Firmly in the tradition of the new generation of pulp-horror movies, Cabin Fever gives good value in both the humour and the gore stakes, without confusing one with the other.

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David Day

Horror Movie Talk

Sep 23, 2025

8/10

What Cabin Fever does really well is tap into people’s innate fear of infection and sickness. The concepts behind this fast moving disease are alarming and are something we are now all intimately familiar with following the pandemic.

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David Keyes

Cinemaphile.org

Oct 26, 2016

3/4

A divisive moment between opposing tones of horror movies, and a relentless symbol of the director's unfiltered panache for the macabre.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Oct 8, 2016

2/4

...the somewhat anticlimactic finale ensures that Cabin Fever ends on a woefully forgettable note.

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Cfunk D

@Cfunk2085 Oct 10, 2026

The characters are Really dumb. The friend chemistry doesn't fit well. The vicouis dog makes no sense. Dogs aren't like that. The towns people have to be crazy to make the story worm

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Georgia P

@RT70958088 Sep 27, 2026

Classic naughties gore fest. Characters were decent

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 11, 2026

Cabin Fever = a *3* star Movie!

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B P

@Bradster69 Sep 1, 2026

Not Bad, but Not My Favorite

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Hey Guys M

@RT10297451 Jul 30, 2026

They could have easily shaved about 10-15 minutes from the middle, but the film gets things rolling so quickly that I'm able to forgive that. A unique plot device does a great deal of heavy lifting throughout. The victims are a bit interchangeable, but they have more defining characteristics than usual to be expected of films like this. Their interpersonal conflicts are vapid, but satisfying to watch play out. They successfully painted a grim picture of a small area affected by the conflict, & occasionally even go the length to illustrate how the townspeople are affected personally. Takes a smidgen to get to the pressure-cooker increase, but when the moments come they really come. Various cheesey tropes/bad fx of the time notwithstanding, actively stands with various modern films today. A joy.

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mark G

@Mark_Alan_G. Mar 16, 2026

Gory with a keen sense of humor. I am not really an Eli Roth fan, but I enjoyed this movie quite a bit.

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Synopsis

Bert (James DeBello), a college student vacationing with friends in the mountains, mistakenly shoots a local man (Arie Verveen) with a skin infection while hunting in the woods. Panicking, he abandons the scene and leaves the man for dead. When the man stumbles into a reservoir, he infects the water supply, and soon one of Bert's friends becomes infected. The friends struggle to stop the contagious, flesh-eating disease while on the run from a group of ornery backwoods locals out for revenge.

Director: Eli Roth
Producer: Eli Roth, Lauren Vilchik, Sam Froelich, Evan Astrowsky
Screenwriter: Eli Roth, Randy Pearlstein
Distributor: Cabin Pictures LLC
Production Co: Tall Pines Entertainment, Down Home Entertainment, Deer Path Films, Black Sky Entertainment, Tonic Films LLC, Tonic Films
Rating: R (Language|Brief Drug Use|Sexuality|Strong Violence and Gore)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 12, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.2M
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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