Cabin Fever (2002) poster
2002 · body-horror · cult · indie

Cabin Fever

Directed by Eli Roth1h 33m2002
ElsewhereIMDb5.688kRT62%Metacritic56TMDB5.71k
  • sombre
  • brisk
  • intense
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

Sombre, kinetic, extreme body-horror / cult, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.

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A group of five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.

Our read · Cabin Fever (2002) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive body-horror · cult · indie entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

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What watching it is actually like.

You want gross-out cabin infection horror with dark hillbilly comedy.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakengrabs you earlygrips by minute 6attention 3/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgoregraphic violencebody horror

Skip it tonightFlesh-rotting gore and mean-spirited violence ruin your mood.

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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