I honestly wish it could have been better, but redemptively, it was an honourable failure. To me, it just felt to me like a bunch of stuff i'd seen from some of the classic horror movies mashed in with one interesting premise. I think its designed brilliantly and has an environmental message, and I admire Roth's aspirations to not skimp on gore or sex, but it was unnecessary to the plot. But in the end it's interesting twist to the typical cabin in the woods story doesn't fully make it work. There was also very few shocks, and once I adjusted to the carnage, consequently, it wasn't that scary. However he shows almost no creativity in Cabin Fever and for me he never demonstrated the extent of his talent. All this adds up to the construction of a cheesy 80's horror movie, which was exactly what Roth was trying to mimic. Especially considering the tiny budget it was made on. When they arrive, a man contaminated with a weird disease. College friends Paul, Karen, Bert, Marcy and Jeff rent an isolated cabin in the woods to spend a week together. Firstly, the acting is much better than I expected it would be, and the gore is disgusting and boasts some pretty impressive bloody corpse special effects. Five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals. But that's just damning it with very faint praise. Rating: R (Language|Brief Drug Use|Sexuality|Strong Violence and Gore)ĭefinitely Eli Roth's most inspired, and most substantial film. The friends struggle to stop the contagious, flesh-eating disease while on the run from a group of ornery backwoods locals out for revenge. When the man stumbles into a reservoir, he infects the water supply, and soon one of Bert's friends becomes infected. Panicking, he abandons the scene and leaves the man for dead. In 2014, Eli married Chilean model and actress Lorenza Izzo.Bert (James DeBello), a college student vacationing with friends in the mountains, mistakenly shoots a local man (Arie Verveen) with a skin infection while hunting in the woods. In May 2003, Roth joined forces with filmmakers Boaz Yakin, Scott Spiegel, and Greenestreet Films in New York to form Raw Nerve, LLC, a horror film production company. Roth used the film's success to launch a slew of projects, including The Box (2009), a horror thriller he co-wrote with Richard Kelly. Profitable horror film released that year, garnering critical acclaim from The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Empire Magazine, and such filmmakers as Peter Jackson, Quentin Tarantino, and Tobe Hooper. It went on to not only be the highest-grossing film for Lion's Gate in 2003, but the most Instantly doubling their investors' money. The film was the subject of a bidding war at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival, eventually won by Lion's Gate, In 2001, Roth filmed Cabin Fever (2002) on a shoestring budget of $1.5 million, with private equity he and his producers raisedįrom friends and their family. Between the two animated series, Roth worked closely with director David Lynch, producing content for the website. Currently you are able to watch 'Cabin Fever' streaming on Sky Go, ARROW, Now TV Cinema. The Rotten Fruit (2003) which he produced, directed, and animated, as well as co-wrote and voiced with friend Belson. Cabin Fever - watch online: streaming, buy or rent. Roth used the episodes to set up a stop motion series called The episodes were due to run on WCW's #1 rated series WCW Monday Nitro (1995) but the CEO was fired a day before they were scheduled to air, and the episodes never ran. Roth and friend Noah Belson ( Cabin Fever (2002)'s Guitar Man) wrote and voiced the episodes, which Roth produced, directed, and designed. Roth left New York in 1999 to live in Los Angeles, and within four months got funding for his animation seriesĬhowdaheads (1999). In 1995, Roth co-wrote the script that would eventually become Cabin Fever (2002) with friend Randy Pearlstein, and the two spent many years unsuccessfully trying to get the film financed. To earn a living, Roth did budgets and schedules for the films A Price Above Rubies (1998) and Illuminata (1998), and often worked as a stand-in, where he could watch directors work with the actors. At the age of 20, Roth was development head for producer Fred Zollo, a position he soon left to write full time. Eli worked in film and theater production in New York City for many years, doing every job from production assistant to assistant editor to assistant to the director. With his brothers and friends, ketchup for blood, and his father's power tools, he made over 50 short films before attending film school at NYU, where he won a student Academy Award and graduated summa cum laude in 1994. He began shooting Super 8 films at the age of eight after watching Ridley Scott's Alien (1979) and vomiting, and deciding he wanted to be a producer/director. His family is Jewish (from Austria, Hungary, Russia, and Poland). Roth, a psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, and clinical professor. Eli Raphael Roth was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Cora (Bialis), a painter, and Sheldon H.
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