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''[[Cabin Fever (Filmfilm)|Cabin Fever]]'' (2002) is an American [[Horror]] film directed by [[Eli Roth]] about a group of college students who stay in a secluded cabin on a camping trip and subsequently find themselves falling victim to a flesh-eating virus [[Do Not Explain the Joke|(''Fever'', geddit?)]]. Roth's directorial debut, the story was inspired by a trip to Iceland, during the course of which Roth developed a skin infection.
 
Inspired by many of his favorite horror films, such as ''[[Evil Dead (Film)|Evil Dead]]'', ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Film)|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'', and ''[[The Last House On the Left (Film)|The Last House Onon the Left]]'', Roth wanted to step away from what he saw as the "[[Irony|watered down]]" studio horror films. Rather, he saw the violence and nudity as essential ingredients of what he saw as a throwback to 80's horror. Roth would later continue down this path with the ''[[Hostel]]'' series.
 
''Cabin Fever'' was followed by a [[In Name Only|sequel]], ''Cabin Fever: Spring Fever'', in 2009.
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*** Burt's first disease wounds are discovered just above his crotch.
*** Marcy's first disease wounds are the rashes on her back that appear during her passionate sexual encounter with Paul.
*** Paul actually contracts the disease from his [[Too Dumb to Live|unprotected]] [[Death Byby Sex|sexual encounter with infected Marcy.]](see [[Death Byby Sex]]) In addition, his first definite sign of being sick are small wounds he finds down near his crotch.
 
* [[Creator Cameo]]: [[Eli Roth|Roth]] plays the memorable character Justin.
** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL-IaFKsIw4 Ooh, faced!]"
* [[Death Byby Sex]]: Marcy has sex with Paul because she's upset that Jeff bailed on all of them. Paul is concerned that they aren't using a condom, but Marcy claims that she hasn't caught the virus yet. Afterward, Paul douses his genitals with Listerine to be sure - too late! Turns out she was wrong, as [[Fridge Horror|we see her with handprint rashes on her back where he touched her immediately after they finish.]]
** Another example happens earlier on where Paul is fondling Karen. He soon finds out that her legs are bleeding and infected, and he was actually touching one of the sores.
* [[Developing Doomed Characters]]: Though not as bad as many horror examples.
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* [[Drone of Dread]]: A sickly whine is used frequently. Mostly to overlay shots of the infected water, or to indicate the moment a character becomes infected, or realizes they are infected (or both, in one case).
* [[Eaten Alive]]: Marcy is chased and eaten by a rabid dog.
* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]]: Marcy starts the third day with her hair tied back in a ponytail - the only time thus far she hasn't worn it loose. Then, when her boyfriend abandons her, she unties it apparently because she's depressed. She gets a brief monologue about how death is coming to get them, yadda, yadda... and then it's under the bedcovers with [[The Hero]] for some wild, [[Out Withwith a Bang|"we're gonna die anyway" sex]]. The next time we see her, 2 minute later, she inexplicably has her ponytail back. Apparently, the only reason her hair was let down was so we could [[Modest Orgasm|see it swishing]] while she did naked pushups.
** She keeps the ponytail for all of two short shots, before it's loose again when she has her [[Candlelit Bath|bath]]! WTF? Is she having a fashion crisis where she can't decide what hairstyle she wants to die in?
* [[Facing the Bullets One-Liner]]: "...Goodnight, fucker..."
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* [[Modest Orgasm]]: Despite the pulse-racing tempo of her [[Great Way to Go|doomsday fling]], Marcy reaches the grand finale with just a quiet gasp and a toss of her hair. Paul's reaction is even less noticeable (Though he's shot only from the back, so it's not like we're in a position to see him).
* [[Modesty Bedsheet]]: Notice how Marcy can't shake off that bedsheet when she screws Paul, no matter how hard she works the goods? [[Cerina Vincent|Sexy Cerina]] didn't want to show off her buns.
** Also to a lesser degree in the immediate aftermath of Paul and Marcy [[Out Withwith a Bang|working up a Cabin Fever of their own]]. Paul puts on jeans just to go to the bathroom. Marcy does likewise with a pair of panties, and soon after, a bathrobe [[Impossibly Low Neckline|she doesn't even bother to tie up properly.]] What's with getting dressed in such a hurry? There's nobody else around for 20 miles and they've both just gotten a good look at everything worth seeing on each other. It's especially odd in Marcy's case as she strips down to have a bath like 2 minutes later.
*** Partially avoided. Originally, she was going to put on the robe right after having sex. See [[Improv]].
* [[The Other Marty]]: Avoided. When [[Eli Roth]] pushed for [[Cerina Vincent]] to do the main sex scene completely in the buff, she balked and told him that he'd have to recast the role completely if he wanted the scene to show some substantial ass. Roth reached a compromise with Cerina.
* [[Out Withwith a Bang]]: Marcy justifies a spontaneous affair with Paul by rationalizing that they will both soon be infected and dead from the disease, so why not? By doing it, she actually infects (presumably) healthy Paul with the illness she was carrying.
* [[Psycho Strings]]: A double beat string motif is used during the scene where Marcy infects Paul by having sex with him.
* [[Scare Chord]]: After Paul is wheeled into the hospital, he has a dream of him and Karen before everything went down. There's very nice music, the final scene shows the two of them about to kiss...and then it smash cuts to Karen's flesh-rotted face with a JARRING scare chord playing.
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** Speaking of ''NotLD'', some locals investigate the titular cabin. While piling infected corpses to burn, one comments that they should check the basement for survivors.
** Two characters are listed in the credits as "Shemp" and "Fake Shemp", in an homage to the ''[[Evil Dead]]'' films.
** ''[[The Thing (Filmfilm)|The Thing]]'': Karen, like Dr. Blair, is banished to a tool shed by the group.
* [[Shown Their Work]]: One of the sound mixers survived an actual bout with flesh-eating bacteria. He maintains that the makeup in the film is 100% accurate.
** [[Eli Roth]] himself had flesh-eating bacteria while he was backpacking abroad in Iceland.
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* [[Blood-Splattered Innocents]]: Everyone at the prom after the infected punch kicks in and they start vomiting blood all over each other.
* [[Bloody Hilarious]]: The guy driving the truck of bottled water into town, who appears to have a stoma, starts choking while eating at a diner. Borderline dramatic. He tears his shirt open to reveal much of his chest and side have been eaten away by the virus. It's horrifying. He continues choking as a waitress attempts to perform an exorcism on him, and suddenly starts spraying the place with blood squirting out of his stoma. Uh...
* [[Death Byby Sex]]: The wisecracking best friend is treated to some oral sex. {{spoiler|The girl who administers it has a cold sore...which turns out to be the beginning stages of the disease. The disease spreads to aforementioned friend in a seriously disturbing way.)}}
* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|Only one student survives the sudden quarantine of her high school as the virus continues to spread across the nation with no chance of stopping.}}
* [[Fan Disservice]]: The stripper at the end. You may never have an erection again.
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