Cabin Fever
I'm sure im not alone when i say that this movie looked very cool to all of us horror fans. It seemed to be a movie made just for us, low budget, hot chicks, that guy from boy meets world, and other factors. Unfortunately, im having trouble deciding whether or not it delevered in all of its aspects. It was definately entertaining, but... it just seemed to deveate from its plot a bit too much.
The story is as follows, a group of teenagers rent out a cabin in the woods near a small country town. They encounter a man who is obviously very ill, they end up chasing him away in fear that they will catch whatever horrible disease he has. Of course, they do, and the rest of the movie displays their emotional and moral termoil after they are one by one infected.
This plot is fully realized about half way through, and what i mean by that is, you basically know for sure that tehy will all catch it eventually, its only a matter of time. So they have to keep you motovated to watch and enthrawl us with something... well...enter the cliche demoralized hicks who hear that the kids are sick, tehy go after them with the intent to kill...anyways... i wont say anymore, but the movie definately gets a bit wacky, and at times it is more funny then anything, which is too bad, because it has a very overwhelming atmosphere that was broken during these silly moments. but i do always like a movie that doesnt take itself seriously, so i cant hold it against this movie.
The characters are all basically cliche recycles of normal college reterick. a big tough guy (seemingly a jock with below average intelegence) a blonde hair blue eyed self infatuated pretty boy, a hot slutty chick, and a hot moral chick, and of course, the calm rational guy who everyone kinda picks on for not being as masquline as the others... in the first 2 minutes of the movie it is made very obvious who each character is.
The movie as a whole, is good, it has some very creepy gory neat scenes that will make you cringe, but it also has some scenes and ideas of an extremely ridiculous nature (the kids have a fully loaded rifle, but they have trouble killing a simple dog somehow). it also has some very deliberately funny scenes that will make you laugh your ass off. Basically, its a movie anyone will probably enjoy to an extent, if you can forgive certain inconsistancies and some ignorant choices. If you need more explanation, think of it as a combination of Deliverance, outbreak, and evil dead, with some scary movie type humor right out of the wayans bro's book. a good watch, but not quite what i was expecting.
7.5-10