Cabin Fever

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Cabin Fever
Credits
Title:	Cabin Fever
Directed by:	Eli Roth
Written by:	Eli Roth; Randy Pearlstein
Produced by:	Susan Jackson; Jeffrey D. Hoffman; Evan Astrowsky; Sam Froelich; Lauren Moews; Eli Roth
Music by:	Angelo Badalamenti; Nathan Barr
Cinematography:	Scott Kevan
Edited by:	Ryan Folsey
Production
Distributors:	Lions Gate Entertainment; Black Sky Entertainment; Deer Path Films
Released:	September 14th, 2002 (Canada) March 9th, 2003 (US)
Rating:	93 min.
Running time:	R
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Budget:	$1,500,000
Gross:	$21,158,188 (US) $9,395,206 (Foreign) $30,553,394 (Worldwide)
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Cabin Fever is an American independent horror film of the viral outbreak subgenre. It is the first installment in the Cabin Fever film series. It was written and directed by Eli Roth and co-written by Randy Pearlstein based on a story treatment by Roth. The film was produced by Black Sky Entertainment and Deer Path Films. It was distributed through Lions Gate Entertainment and premiered theatrically in Canada on September 14th, 2002.

Cast

Actor	Role
Rider Strong	Paul
Jordan Ladd	Karen
James DeBello	Bert
Cerina Vincent	Marcy
Joey Kern	Jeff
Arie Verveen	Henry, the hermit
Robert Harris	Old Man Cadwell
Hal Courtney	Tommy
Matthew Helms	Dennis
Richard Boone	Fenster
Tim Parati	Andy
Dalton McGuire	Lemonade boy
Jana Farmer	Lemonade girl
Dante Walker	Shemp
Jeff Rendell	Fake shemp
Brandon Johnson	Ray Shawn
Cherie Rodgers	Cadwell's crush
Bill Terrell	Happy Wednesday Band
Richard Terrell	Happy Wednesday Band
Jeff Evans	Happy Wednesday Band
Mike Hill	Happy Wednesday Band
J.K. Godbold	Happy Wednesday Band
Giuseppe Andrews	Deputy Winston
Richard Fullerton	The Sheriff
Phil Fox	Evil deputy
Gabriel Roth	Shooter #1
Donald Lee Hall, Jr.	Shooter #2
Jeremy A. Metcalf	Shooter #3
Christy Ward	The Hog lady
Michael Harding	Shotgun Casey
Julie Childress	Beautiful wife
David Kaufbird	Justin/Grim
Rock	Doctor Mambo
Noah Belson	Guitar man
Doug McDermott	Harmonica man
Matt Cappiello	Troubadour
Jessica Maserman	Winston's date
Paige Hunter	Underage girl
Gino Vincent	Cerina's brother
Shiloh Strong	Rider's brother
Darcy Jo Martin	Shiloh's girlfriend
Jay Aaseng	Sir Chug-a-Lot
Matthew Schwarz	The Bad Influence
Jessica Shortkoff	Cat hat girl
Mark Morse	Shocked guy
Heather Simmons	Shocked girl
Dean Maserman	Mister Mom/The Victim
Sam Froelich	Doctor #1
Tom Terrell	Doctor #2
Anonymous	The Bunny Man
Evan Astrowsky	Helpless bystander
Mark Schwarz	Hospital attendant
Shana Schwarz	Hospital hottie
Joe Adams	Killer
Adam Roth	The happy bald guy
Jeff Hoffman	The victim
John Neff	The victim
Nancy Neff	The victim
Michael Reardon	The victim
Glenn Weisberger	The victim
Roy Wood	The victim
Timothy Matson	Evil deputy #2

Notes & Trivia

• The tagline to this film is "Terror... in the flesh".
• There are a total of sixty-one credited cast members in this film.
• Cabin Fever was released to DVD by Lions Gate Entertainment on January 20th, 2004. The unrated director's cut was released on February 16th, 2010. The standard edition ran 93 minutes in length whereas the unrated version ran 102 minutes.
• Cabin Fever closed out of theaters on December 4th, 2003.
• Director/Writer Eli Roth makes an appearance in the film as Justin/Grim. He is credited as David Kaufbird in this role.

The year in film

Other films that were released in 2002 include:

28 Days Later Blade II Bubba Ho-Tep Cabin Fever Crocodile 2: Death Swamp Dark Water Dead & Rotting Curse of Dracula Dog Soldiers Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary Eight Legged Freaks Embrace the Darkness II Embrace the Darkness III Eye, The Firestarter 2: Rekindled Ghost Ship Halloween: Resurrection Hellraiser: Hellseeker Jason X Ju-on: The Grudge Mangler 2, The Mothman Prophecies, The Queen of the Damned Project Viper Red Dragon Resident Evil Ring, The Sisterhood of the Shewolf Slash Slaughter Studios They Wishcraft Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled

See also

• Cabin Fever
• Cabin Fever films
• Cabin Fever images
• Cabin Fever miscellaneous

External Links

Cabin Fever at AMG Cabin Fever at IMDB Cabin Fever at Wikipedia Cabin Fever at Letterboxd.com Cabin Fever at Popcorn Pictures

Cabin Fever at Themoviedb.org Cabin Fever at Rotten Tomatoes Cabin Fever at Horrormovies.org Cabin Fever at Obscurehorror.com Cabin Fever at The Video Graveyard

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Keywords

Decapitation | Female topless nudity | Obscene finger gesture | Self mutilation | Viruses

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Film Series This article relates to the films within the Cabin Fever franchise. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Cabin Fever films category. Films Cabin Fever • Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever • Cabin Fever (2016)