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Movie
description |
Eli
Roth
makes
an
auspicious
debut
with
CABIN
FEVER.
Taking
an
otherwise
traditional
set
up
for
a
horror
film,
Roth
infuses
it
with
enough
energy
and
originality
to
make
it
feel
completely
fresh.
Five
friends,
just
finished
with
college
finals,
head
for
a
cabin
in
the
woods
to
party
and
embrace
their
newfound
freedom.
There's
the
cute
but
uptight
Paul
(Rider
Strong),
who
yearns
for
pretty
lifelong
platonic
friend
Karen
(Jordan
Ladd);
the
attractive,
but
slightly
stupid
couple
Jeff
(Joey
Kern)
and
Marcy
(Cerina
Vincent);
and
the
brute
jock,
Bert
(James
DeBello).
While
shooting
squirrels
in
the
woods,
Bert
accidentally
nicks
a
man,
who
appears
to
be
suffering
from
a
disgusting
disease.
Bert
returns
to
the
cabin,
choosing
not
to
share
this
information
with
the
gang.
But
later
that
night,
when
the
man
knocks
on
their
door,
the
beast
is
unleashed.
Unlike
most
horror
films
which
make
the
horror
gruesomely
visible,
the
evil
in
CABIN
FEVER
is
invisible--and
highly
contagious.
And
when
Karen
begins
to
show
signs
of
contamination,
the
bond
between
these
close
friends
begins
to
unravel.
Roth's
blackly
comic
directorial
debut
shows
clear
influence
from
the
early
films
of
Sam
Raimi
(THE
EVIL
DEAD)
and
Peter
Jackson
(DEAD
ALIVE).
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