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Cabin Fever

Play trailer Poster for Cabin Fever R 2003 1h 33m Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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62% Tomatometer 140 Reviews 44% Popcornmeter 250,000+ Ratings
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... Go to Full Review Jamie Russell BBC.com Oct 22, 2003
4/5
Definitely unforgettable, it's destined for cult classic status. Go to Full Review 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. Go to Full Review 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. Go to Full Review 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. Go to Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Oct 8, 2016
2/4
...the somewhat anticlimactic finale ensures that Cabin Fever ends on a woefully forgettable note. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Robert P @Superbad Sep 11, 2026 Cabin Fever = a *2.5* star Movie! See more B P @Bradster69 Sep 1, 2026 Not Bad, but Not My Favorite See more 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. See more 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. See more Steven F. @SteveGotScored Feb 12, 2026 Honestly this is my favorite Eli Roth movie! See more Jack F @MovieFan111 Jan 27, 2026 This was not a good movie. It was bad writing, bad acting, and bad story. Usually I can't tell what's bad in a movie, but I could tell in this one. How is this a cult classic? It's just lame! This is my 500th review! Woo hoo! What an achievement. I'm so proud of myself. Let's go to 1000! See more Read all reviews
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Eli Roth

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Jordan Ladd

Karen

James DeBello

Bert

Rider Strong

Paul

Joey Kern

Jeff

Cerina Vincent

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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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