cabin fever!!

Ah, so that's why the bastard never returned my call when I needed to get a quote from him the other day.

He was in your neck of the woods...

Just to refresh my memory, it was Lion's Gate who picked this up right? And is there a DVD release date (or even a film release date?)
I'm dying to see this.

Yep, Lions Gate did pick it up and is prepping it for a late summer release. That's tentative since they originally planned to brave the summer movie onslaught and release this little indie horror flick at the end of May.

Late August is what they have in mind now.

Hopefully.

Well, the original film did slip by the MPAA with an "R" rating but Lions Gate was going to make about 10-minutes of trims to the picture anyway. I'm not too sure how that was all resolved but I think LG make the cuts for theatrical release.

I know the cuts were not intended to kill the effect of the buckets o' gore, just to speed things up. So I'd be interested to see what cut Chucky's Girl really did see.

im dying to see this movie and the only things i've heard about Eli Roth have come info about this movie and his upcoming team-up with Richard Kelly....but i was at Borders and i was looking at the special features on Troma's BLOODSUCKING FREAKS and it says Commentary by Eli Roth...is this one in the same and does anyone know if this is a good commentary cuz i might pick it up.

Geeez girl,

you didn't see CABIN FEVER then, I guess. Oh well, the director's cute ... what a statement!

I've seen the film in a London market screening way back in October ... and I can understand David pulling back his name from it (yeah right, he wanted to leave all the fame to Eli R. .. ...). Never seen such an utter pile of dog shit in a long time. And most of the other people I was with were bored to tears.

First of all: Let's see if you can name more than ... well, let's say three Gore FX ... and no, I am not talking about shooting at some guy's head and, three seconds later, panning to the result of the shot. And no, I am not talking about the blonde girl's (forgot her name) skinless face in the shed ... that was more than ridiculous. Again, for everybody: NO, THIS MOVIE IS NOT GORY AS HELL. What did you smoke to compare this thing to Ho1KC which has some flaws obviously, but delivers a helluva lot more on the sickness scale. But well, just name me some scenes ...

Story? What story? Ouch ... Being a totally predictable rip-off of THE CRAZIES meets I DRINK YOUR BLOOD set in the woods does NOT mean story. Having characters jumping in during a scene (I am talking about the campfire sequence), let them wander off into the woods again a few secs later and have them turning up dead in the end does NOT mean story. The "gun for niggers" joke getting twisted in the very end does NOT mean story. Havin the movie end about SIX FRIGGIN' TIMES because they forgot to tie up all the loose ends does NOT mean story. Ripping off the finale of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (the remaining guy in the hut) and countless other unhappy endings does NOT mean story.

Hey, and characters: Gee, we've got four teens (well, they look way older, as usual). They're on vacation in the woods - what a blast! The first couple just drops off their stuff on arriving in the hut, and they go: Hey, let's have sex! Not sure if this was s'posed to be an hommage, but it surely misfired. The prank guy (yeah, also as usual) is such an ass it's not even funny - gee, shooting around in the woods can be fun, huh? And the only likeable one of the bunch (the blonde girl) gets the disease first and slowly falls apart over the rest of the film - what the hell is wrong with you, Eli Roth? Yes, the movie is THAT original.

What really scares me the most: I've been talking to some typical American moviegoers about the film later that year on the film markets, and some of the girls were like: Uuuh, this movie's sooo scary ... NO, GIRLS, IT'S NOT. This is the first film ever that made me feel like screaming a warning to EVERYONE who's going to see this: DON'T! It makes me desperate to probably see the film succeed at the box office while others are just dumped. But I guess that's exactly what's gonna happen ...

Sorry if my English sounds a bit stilted, or if I mixed up the grammar and stuff, or if I misspelled anything. I am German, you know, and we are allowed to be wrong sometimes ... even in language ... wink

Best regards,

the Gorelord (professional in disguise)

Is this my boss logging on to my favourite website again ? Damn cookies. He saw it at the pre-MIFED screenings as well. And he's German.

Odd.

Mind you, I guess compared with the Violent Shit series and Demonium, Cabin Fever would have some trouble matching the giddy heights of German efficiency. And we still have House Of The Dead to look forward to...

I joke because I love. And because you're new.

Sad thing is: Nope, I don't.

(Still waiting for your choice of icky scenes, though.)

'kay, I forgive you. wink Although I'm not your boss - in this case I'd fire you.

And blaming the Germans for DEMONIUM is like blaming an American for [put in your favorite Todd Sheets movie here]. And like blaming the Brits for Benny Hill. Aww, well ...

What the hell is wrong with that?

Seriously gorelord you might wanna change your screename cause anybody that looks that deeply into plot and character development is not a gore-horror fan!

The thing you have to do here is size up Cabin Fever's gore quota with the rest of the so-called horror today. It's pretty bloody, pretty nasty, and in no way is meant to be taken seriously. It's a friggin' live-action bloody cartoon that pays homage to the '70s and '80s.

[quote]Floydian Trip:
'kay. But neither does it require you to howl indifferently at anything that pretends to be a film nowadays. Then again ... most of the gore bunch do, so I might be wrong. Gore fans with a brain ... gee, how could I?

Oh, and nope, I like the name the way it is.

The G...lord (bad, bad word, won't say it again, promise)

Uhm well, I did. Still does not live up to it. Heck, even FD2 has more blood. Admittedly it's also slicker, but we're talkin about gore quota here. So just name some of those memorable scenes in CF. See?

'kay. So it's a comedy then? I laughed at all the wrong parts then, I guess. But that's how they do it: Rip off a classic or two, and when it turns out bad then say it's intended to be that bad. Call it an hommage, call it camp! What a riot - laughed my a** off!

Okay, then I just missed the cartoon style, oh, and I missed the blood as well. Uh, and see? Proved me right ... ... some call that rip-off, you know? Some call it homage ...

No, but seriously: Defending the movie is okay. But there hasn't been a single explanation why. Name a scene and tell me why you liked it ... or wasn't it all that memorable after all?

The Gorelord

What ya talkin' about, "Philadelphia"?

Seriously: sounds different then your previous posting, though, with all the raving about the blood ... missed the point, though: Ideas don't necessarily make movies. Well, bad ones maybe.

No one tries to talk you out of your good time - but then again, I keep repeating myself: No one of the defenders of the CF here has ever tried to point out a scene that was outstanding or make a statement beyond the usual "bloody fun, dark atmosphere, cartoon style violence, gore film" explanation. How about something more specific to THIS film? Must be harder as I thought ... wink

Uh, and I said before that the average mainstream audience is probably gonna cheer for whatever reason there is ... so you just proved my point again, ChuckChick. It's for the less demanding, so that's okay.

Guess so. Missed the sound of my brain cells shrivelling. Glad you took over, hon. wink

I admit I'm having fun now.

The Gorelord

Come on man you know what I mean! If you want to sit there and analyze a Fulci movie go right ahead but I'd rather cut my finger nails or something. Each movie has to be looked at for what it is and not taken out of what its intentions are. Granted, I haven't seen this movie yet but it just appears you're being a bit over anylitical and you come off as sounding a bit jaded is all. I like 13 Ghosts because it had, what I thought, were some really great effects, especailly the guy getting sliced in half by the glass door, as well as great set design. I ignored the plot and the acting for the most part because The Others it was not but I knew that going in.

[quote]Gorelord:
First off, no one has to apologize for Benny Hill

Second, hey thanks for the big spoiler warning right before you gave the order of who dies, etc. Really appreciated that.

True gore fans probably don't use that many emoticons, methinks.