Cabin Fever (2002 film)

Cabin Fever is a 2002 American black comedy horror film directed by Eli Roth and starring Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, James DeBello and Giuseppe Andrews. It was produced by Lauren Moews amp Evan Astrowsky and executive produced by Susan Jackson. The film was the directing debut of Roth, who cowrote the film with Randy Pearlstein. The story follows a group of college graduates who rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a flesheating virus. The inspiration for the films story came from a real life experience during a trip to Iceland when Roth developed a skin infection.

A hermit walking in the woods comes across his dog. He tries to get the dogs attention, but the dog is dead due to a bloody infection, and the hermit comes into contact with the infected blood.A group of college students, Jeff, Marcy, Paul, Karen, and Burt, take a vacation to a remote cabin in the woods to celebrate the start of spring break. Jeff and Marcy are in a physical relationship, while Paul is trying to get childhood friend Karen to sleep with him. Burt is the proverbial third wheel. Upon their visit to a local convenience store, they meet an unusual boy named Dennis, who has a tendency to bite people. When the five get to the cabin, Jeff and Marcy have sex and Paul and Karen go for a swim. Meanwhile, Burt goes out to shoot squirrels with his rifle, but ends up shooting the hermit, now disfigured and bloody. The hermit flees, but Burt does not tell anyone about the incident. ........

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