Cabin Fever (2002)
directed by Eli Roth
Rated R for gore, sex, cussin, and drugs
For fans of horror movies where a bunch of fucked up shit happens and then it gets worse. This is Eli Roth, so the movie is not for everyone. But hey, look, Shawn from Boy Meets World is in this one, so nostalgia, right?
This cop is so stupid and awesome. Absolute dipshit.
My rating: Better Be Brave Lots of gross out gore in this one, a very uncomfortable sex(?) scene, and I think animal death or at least violence to an animal. Look, I know Eli Roth is a divisive director, not to mention a trash person, but I do think this one is his best AND he plays one of the many memorable side characters in the story. That being said, the gore is intense. I won’t spoil any specifics for the sickos out there, but Roth supposedly wrote it after getting a flesh eating bacteria abroad. Pretty sick. Also, Free Palestine and fuck you Eli Roth.
Some thoughts: Happy 4/20 y’all. That is what I would say if I hadn’t forgotten to write this blog last week because WEED. But seriously, I chose this one because I think it is a very good stoner horror movie. It has lots of outrageous characters and dialogue, it’s super gnarly, and Eli Roth plays an actual stoner who shows up out of nowhere with a bag of weed. It rocks. The movie also has such clear influences, but still stands as its own thing. Evil Dead is obviously such an influential cabin movie, but I also feel like this movie owes something to “The Raft” section of Creepshow 2.