Cabin Fever is a 2016 American horror film directed by Travis Zariwny (under the pseudonym Travis Z) and written by Eli Roth. A remake of Roth's 2002 film of the same name, the film stars Samuel Davis, Gage Golightly, Matthew Daddario, Nadine Crocker, and Dustin Ingram. The film was released on February 12, 2016 by IFC Midnight. Eli Roth, writer and director of the original film, acts as co-writer and executive producer.
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Premise
A group of college students on a weekend getaway in a remote cabin are exposed to a flesh eating bacteria, killing them one by one.
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Cast
Production
Development
Initially a fourth film, entitled Outbreak, was planned with the story taking place on a cruise ship. The film was supposed to be filmed back-to-back with Cabin Fever: Patient Zero, but these plans eventually fell through. and the idea of a remake was formed.
Writing
The film uses the same script as Roth's original, although director Travis Zariwny trimmed the page count from 134 to only 92. Zariwhy also discussed and incorporated aspects that Roth wanted to include in the original but wasn't able to. One change is that Deputy Winston, a male (portrayed by Giuseppe Andrews) in the first and second films, is now played by a female (portrayed by Louise Linton). Zariwny claimed he made this choice because "There was no way for me to emulate Giuseppe's performance."
Filming
Principal photography took place in Portland, Oregon in February 2015.
Release
In September 2015, IFC Midnight acquired North American distribution rights to the film, The film was released in a limited release and through video on demand on February 12, 2016.
Critical reception
Cabin Fever received a 0% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 28 reviews and has an average rating of 2.5/10. On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 14 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike".
Geoff Berkshire of Variety gave the film a negative review writing: "It's little surprise that Roth himself is the exec producer of this nearly beat-for-beat redo. Who else would feel as much passion for the middling material? And who better to ensure the copy does nothing to improve on the original? The silver lining of a day-and-date limited theatrical and VOD release is that there's no chance this repurposed dud duplicates the original's commercial performance." Glenn Kenny of The New York Times also gave the film a negative review, writing: "Who benefits from the existence of this film? Certainly not the largely bland ensemble of post-adolescent actors cast as the leads, who here can scarcely be called characters."
Home media
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on July 5, 2016. In Australia, it was released on April 28, 2016.
The film was released on DVD and Blu-Ray Disc on June 27th, 2016 in UK and Ireland with the behind of the scenes feature.
References
External links
- Cabin Fever on IMDb
- Cabin Fever at Rotten Tomatoes
- Cabin Fever at Metacritic
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