Cabin fever

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Movie
German title Cabin fever
Original title Cabin fever
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2002
length Theatrical version: 89 minutes
Director’s Cut : 94 minutes
Age rating FSK No youth approval
Rod
Director Eli Roth
script Eli Roth
Randy Pearlstein
production Evan Astrowsky
Sam Froelich
Lauren Moews
Eli Roth
music Nathan Barr
Angelo Badalamenti
camera Scott Kevan
cut Ryan Folsey
occupation
chronology

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Cabin Fever 2

Cabin Fever ( Eng. Lagerkoller ) is a horror film by the US-American director Eli Roth from 2002.

action

Five college graduates want to graduate in a remote forest cabin. In the forest they meet a very sick man who is later shot and accidentally set on fire by the group after he has tried to steal their car. Burning, he runs back into the forest and falls into the hut's drinking water supply.

When the first of the five friends falls ill with carnivorous bacteria , they clash in despair to protect themselves from infection. This shows their true character. In their attempt to find help from the villagers, they encounter fearful peasant boobies, incompetent deputy sheriffs and a wild dog named “Dr. Mambo".

After Karen's face is eaten away by this dog, Paul kills her out of love. Meanwhile, four out of five students have fallen ill, except Jeff, because he left the hut early to spend the time alone in the forest and to protect himself from the others. Since he only feeds on beer there , he will not be infected. Then the events roll over. Some backwoodsmen attack in revenge after one of the students infected the son of a shopkeeper. Bert is shot by them. Paul manages to kill all the backwoodsmen, but he cannot prevent Marcy from being caught by the wild dog "Dr. Mambo ”is torn apart. The police now know about the bacterium and have been given the task of killing anyone infected. So Paul gets into the hands of a police officer and dies. The next morning Jeff comes back to the hut, full of joy because he survived, and is shot by several police officers when leaving the hut, who also thought he was infected. All corpses are then cremated.

The last shot shows two children scooping water from the polluted lake for their homemade lemonade, which they then sell to the police.

Reviews

The lexicon of international films wrote: "The crudely constructed horror film tries hard to cite its many role models, without ever being able to create a threatening atmosphere."

Cameo appearances

The director Eli Roth has a cameo as the weird camper Justin, who wins the group's friendship with a bag of cannabis . Roth's brother Adam also has a small role in the film, as the bald employee of the bowling center in Paul's scary story.

Sequels

2009 saw the sequel Cabin Fever 2 ( Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever ), which was staged by Ti West . Two more sequels have been announced for 2014: Cabin Fever: Patient Zero , based on a screenplay by Jake Wade Wall, and Cabin Fever: Outbreak , which was dropped in favor of the remake.

Cabin Fever 3: Patient Zero is a prequel to the first two films and was released on DVD in Germany on February 6, 2014.

Remake

In mid-October 2014, filming of the remake began in Portland, Oregon, directed by Travis Zariwny , who uses the original script by Eli Roth and Randy Pearlstein . The production companies Armory Films and Contend, Gage Golightly , Dustin Ingram , Samuel Davis , Matthew Daddario and Nadine Crocker were able to win the leading roles . In February 2015, Tiberius Film acquired the distribution rights for the remake Cabin Fever - The New Outbreak in Germany . The film was released on October 6, 2016.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cabin Fever. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 7, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ Brochure for the 23rd Fantasy Filmfest, p. 23
  3. ↑ a b Cabin Fever Is Getting Remade Under These Bizarre Circumstances
  4. ↑ 'Cabin Fever' Remake Invites Eli Roth Back Into House - AFM
  5. ↑ Eli Roth executive producing remake of 'Cabin Fever'
  6. ^ Tiberius acquires four at EFM

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