However, the thing that is the least satisfying is the ending. That violence is this unheard backdrop to America. As if to say there are two histories: the actual one and a perceived history. Presumably, all ‘walks’ of life living in harmony meant to signify the passing of time. In front of the local store, the scene of the crime turns into an unusually bustling street with activity. The water contamination scene at the end is clearly another tribute this time Night Of The Living Dead. Who is wrong is a little like trying to determine who was “wrong” in this movie. People would break lockdown protocol by leaving their city to escape to their cottage properties and “deplete” supplies at local grocery stores. This ongoing animosity between cottagers and locals was and still is very real problem, at the outbreak of Covid even here in Ontario. Subsequently, in Cabin Fever the locals come to kill the infected out-of-towners, whom they see as infected invaders, not unlike the current animosity happening now between small-town and city dwellers hoping to escape the city due to COVID. Would you believe in real life that most people don’t think infectious diseases are perceived threat? I wouldn’t either but here we are. Basic stuff.įurthermore, the when Bert returns to the shop dishevelled, they have already gone into a foregone conlusion that he is dangerous and needs to be stopped, a threat. Furthermore, the small town locals, view the disease as a real threat This! And he knows this pretty much before the internet. It is not without irony that in Cabin Fever, Bert, who is the seemingly the dim-witted jock, knows (not only how to fix a totalled vehicle) but that you need to isolate the infected from the group. You need to only look at our present, real situation with COVID and how irrationally people are reacting (refusing to wear masks or distance themselves). “You get the boy sick its the same as murder!” the locals here for come-upings.Īlso, it could be said in fearful situations, people act irrationally and that violence itself is irrational. Ultimately, we know what they don’t know and we can see their folly and their poor choices, and this only meant to entice us as the spectator. Ultimately, I think this is more of a device to affect viewers. Although, I cannot justify some of the choices, I think this is not unlike many horror movies of this type. Personally, I found it particularly annoying that they never relate their encounters that happen away from the cabin ( Spolier alert: when Bert first meets with the Hermit, when Paul meets the neighbour with the shotgun). why don’t the friends go for help why doesn’t the hermit go to his sister instead, etc). The characters are also criticized for not thinking and acting logically (ie. And although it is great to have that referential brevity, and it makes it doesn’t necessarily make it a better film and sometimes comes off like cheap decoration. However, this doesn’t prevent Cabin Fever from alluding to the aforementioned, Friday The 13th, to classic tales like Little Red Ridinghood (when she is being chased by the dog wearing red) the “is it safe?” from Marathon Man, to the animal costumed flashes of Kubrick’s The Shining. “Like a fever, Cabin Fever runs both hot and cold” Friday The 13th), however I don’t think it delivers quite on that level. The characters don’t really seem to have any sort of agency, except for getting laid, which definitely puts this movie in the same category of these slasher in the woods-type films (e.g. It is no wonder that these fictions friends are not even given last names, because they lack depth and don’t have a clear agenda. Otherwise, the characters are not particularly memorable or endearing. However, I found most of the performances were just average, with the exception for Winston, the young cop played by Giuseppe Andrews. Without giving away too much, what ensues is your typical Eli Roth movie with a mix of dark humour, splatter and gore. Giuseppe Andrews and James DeBello (‘Bert’) (not pictured) were also in the Kiss movie Detroit Rock City.
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