Cabin Fever

I'll be honest with you: There aren't enough movies about people deteriorating slowly because they have contacted a flesh eating virus. I'm kind of happy about that since the whole notion freaks me out but it is fun to watch happen to perfect strangers. That's why this movie kicks ass.

Imagine putting a typical Real World cast out in a cabin in the woods and then have them contract something lethal, well, something worse than they already have at any rate. That is the crux of this movie. None of the twentysomethings or tweens or whatever the hell they're called are particularly likeable. Sure they have us playing favorites and rooting for the all around good guy but even he's been tainted by lighting a man on fire. It happens to the best of us.

As each of the kids falls prey to the disease, they start quarantining each other in hopes that they won't get infected but for reasons I can't name without spoiling things, it doesn't work. It doesn't help that their car is shot and that the rednecks all around don't want to help the kids unless by helping you mean blow their brains out with a shotgun.

This is a great little terror movie about things that could happen and puts you in a what-would-you-do situation. Unfortunately it never carries itself to the extremes of a kill-your-best-friend scenario like Battle Royale but it does well.

The gore is great and plentiful and you can't help but think that you should never go camping again because there is some nasty stuff out there waiting to get you. The ending is a little scattered and it could have used some more focus and edge at the end but it doesn't leave you with a bad taste in your mouth, unless you've been eating the teens as they rot. A homage that tips its hat to several of the great horror films of the 70s and 80s, check it out and get ready for a gross out.