Movie Review: Cabin Fever

This movie does not need demons, zombies or homicidal killers as it’s way of thinning out the cast of protagonists. Instead it uses a much realer threat, a flesh eating virus. It is very reminiscent of the Evil Dead. Five teenagers go into a cabin in the woods for to have a good time full of sex and drinking. As time goes on each person is eliminated by the unstoppable evil force that feeds on their hormone fueled bodies. It does get quite graphic at times, which the director claims is completely accurate. Rider Strong becomes the stand out character in the film. He fights off the plagued carrier with fire, makes it with a girl, kills a hillbilly and loses his marbles all in the course of 2 days. Also in the movie there are the dumb people that would rather cover up the problem than try to fix it. Like cutting out an infection rather than trying to cure it. This always comes back to bite them in the ass and this rings true in this film as well. I think this movie is worth seeing, in the company of other probably would have made it better, like most movies.