Cabin Fever
A college getaway becomes a grotesque fight for survival when an unknown infection turns an isolated cabin into a pressure cooker of paranoia and gore.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- gory
- foreboding
- paranoid
- late night horror viewing
- cult movie night
What critics said
Critics generally found the film passably enjoyable and energetically gory, though opinions divided over its uneven scares, irritating characters, derivative influences, and shifts between horror and humor.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The lethal disease visibly consumes infected characters and drives the film's escalating gore.
The college friends' pact and responses to infection steadily destroy their cooperation and empathy.
The film deliberately alternates dread, crude humor, and graphic death rather than sustaining a single register.
The friends are confined to a rented cabin, surrounding woods, and a contaminated water reservoir.
Films like Cabin Fever, and why
The Evil Dead
Shares isolated wilderness setting, escalating infection terror, graphic gore, and darkly comic genre energy.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Shares survival horror, social breakdown under pressure, rural isolation, and brutal physical violence.
The Crazies
Shares epidemic paranoia, grotesque practical gore, and ordinary people trapped in a spreading contamination crisis.
Evil Dead II
Shares college-age characters, cabin-in-the-woods horror, splatter effects, and irreverent humor.
Movie Details
- Director
- Eli Roth
- Release Date
- 2003-08-15
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (1491)
Cast
- Rider Strong
- Jordan Ladd
- Cerina Vincent
- Giuseppe Andrews
- James DeBello
- Eli Roth
- Julie Childress
- Jessica Elder
- Darcy Martin
- Heather Simmons
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Starz Apple TV channel, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Cabin Fever about?
- A college getaway becomes a grotesque fight for survival when an unknown infection turns an isolated cabin into a pressure cooker of paranoia and gore.
- What is Cabin Fever like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Cabin Fever as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Cabin Fever violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Cabin Fever as graphic.
- What did critics think of Cabin Fever?
- Critics generally found the film passably enjoyable and energetically gory, though opinions divided over its uneven scares, irritating characters, derivative influences, and shifts between horror and humor.
- Which films are like Cabin Fever?
- Films with a similar feel include The Evil Dead, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Crazies, and Evil Dead II.
- How long is Cabin Fever?
- Cabin Fever runs 93 minutes.
- Where can I watch Cabin Fever?
- In United States, Cabin Fever streams on AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Starz Apple TV channel, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel.
