I'm not sure what I was expecting out of Eli Roth's 2002 horror film Cabin Fever. After years of being told how great it was and that it was a must see, I felt rather disappointed and let down by the experience. It might just be that I'm not a fan of Eli Roth's work as a director as I'm not a fan of the Hostel films, while I do love him in Inglorious Basterds. Cabin Fever just felt to... fake. The idea of a flesh-eating virus infecting a group young college students on vacation in a creepy cabin sounds awesome and by all rights should be. But the actions of the characters are to far fetched and outlandish to make for a real sense of horror. Cabin Fever is pretty straight forward, five friends, Paul (Rider Strong), Karen (Jordan Ladd), Bert (James DeBello), Jeff (Joey Kern) and his girlfriend Marcy (Cerina Vincent) head to a secluded cabin for standard spring break shenanigans. Their first night at the cabin, Bert encounters Henry (Arie Verveen), a local hermit who's infected with a fleshing eating virus. Henry begs Bert for help, even after Bert shoots him in the leg. Though Bert eventually chases …show more content…
This is mainly due to just how stupid the characters act. From the college students, to the cops and even the kids dad who bites a clearly sick person. Not a single person acts like an actual person. At best they're caricatures at worst they're insulting. Actually that's my only issue with this film. Wait, no. One other thing, but Spoiler. At the end of the film when Jeff stands triumphant that he alone has survived, uninfected and gets gunned down by the police. Then thrown on the infected pile and burned. Which feels like a rip-off Night of the Living Dead. Not a call back or a homage, but a straight rip off. Weakening an already weak film. Other than that, not so bad. I really like the character Old Man Cadwell played by Robert Harris and is without at doubt the best part of this film. Without. A.
Acting of movie is very basic for todays standards. The actions of the Miles Bennell aren’t believable or logical. At some points the women of the movie tend of over action simple scenes. The rest of the cast is monotone and have little emotion.It ok casting, but they could of done better. You find yourself laughing at serious point in the film due to the poor acting. This movie could be recut to become a comedy movie, just based off their facial expression.
A year later, in Reston Virginia, a monkey house used to quarantine imported monkeys before they can be shipped out to parts of the United States, was losing monkeys to an unknown virus. All the characters of "The Hot Zone" are called together to discover and contain the unknown killer. The research team discovers this is a new strain of Ebola. This one definitely is airborne. They call it Ebola Reston. Unlike it's sister viruses, it doesn't seem to jump species. It is traced to Manila, Philippines where the monkeys originated, which is a mystery since Ebola is an African disease. The monkey house is decontaminated. Its contents, including the dead monkeys are incinerated. After another year, the monkey house is back in use. Ironically, monkeys shipped there from Manila begin dying from the Ebola virus again.
The viruses are spread in many different ways in the novel, but all are due to human mistakes. One of the most common forms of errors found in the medical field is the recycling of soiled equipment. The repeated use of dirty medical equipment is found commonly in the poor regions of the world where resources are limited and fundings are bound. This is an example of the errors the human race performs that lead to disaster.
Preston opens with Charles Monet infected with Marburg. He goes into detail of the Ebola Zaire virus and the Ebola Sudan. Ebola was found in Nurse Mayinga’s blood by Eugene Johnson. As an outbreak in Bumba continues the C.D.C., Centers for Disease Control, travels to offer aid. They find the virus at its climax
Final thoughts, it's awful and lives up to its poor reputation. I can understand why this film was straight to video and I can't honestly suggest to anyone. As a fan of the zombie genre, this one nearly put me to sleep. Which is something a zombie film shouldn't do. Because even with all the action going on on-screen, Day of the Dead still managed to be boring.
The story begins with the tale of a French man, Charles Monet, who lived on a plantation in western Kenya. He enjoyed the outdoors, so for the New Year’s he planned a camping trip with one of his women friends. They drove to Mount Elgon and spent the night in a large cave called Kitum Cave. After his trip to Mount Elgon, he felt completely normal and was able to return to his job. Then seven days later, Monet had massive headaches that would not seem to go away. These headaches caused back aches and aspirin failed to work. Little did Charles Monet know that these were the first symptoms of the deadly virus within him. Three days after the headaches, the fevers came along with nausea and vomiting. Charles Monet’s personality began to transform and he became a completely different but frightening person. Doctor’s sent him to a large hospital in Nairobi to treat his worsening sickness. He travelled alone and throughout the flight, was vomiting blood mixed with a black liquid. After his long flight, he waited in the waiting room at Nairobi hospital, barely being able to talk to anyone. Finally Charles Monet lost all control of his body and he began vomiting large amounts of blood along with intestinal lining. He became a human virus bomb.
The directing in this movie, however, was really poor. The props, murders, and camera direction left much to be desired. The director Dario Argento was highly decorated throughout the 1960s, but he really showed his bad side of directing. This movie had such high potential but he really destroyed that potential.
This is an ironic and unfortunate example of a film that would have really been considered a lot better than it is if it were not for the book upon which it is based. It is clear that the film is strong and that it is well made, but when compared to Shelley's novel, it's really a pretty sad mess. The film by itself is more than able to captivate and impress, but to someone who knows the original story, it is a weak attempt to bring the story of Frankenstein and his monster to the big screen.
That’s another thing I really enjoyed about this film is it has a conflict within a conflict. The characters start to turn on each other as in specific Harry and Ben start conflicting on what the group should do in order to survive the zombies’ attacks. Ben wants to stand and fight, Whereas Harry wants to hide. As amused as I was by this film I felt that because I have seen so many zombie films, it makes it very difficult to be surprised about what is happening. For example it takes them awhile to figure out to kill the zombie you must aim for the head, whereas I knew that was the case before the film even started. I find it very difficult to like film as I am very picky when it comes to them. But I’m always up for watching something new and for me I had never seen the original film until
The Ebola virus and Marburg virus are the two known members of the Filovirus family. Marburg is a relative of the Ebola virus. The four strains of Ebola are Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan, Ebola Reston, and Ebola Tai. Each one is named after the location where it was discovered. These filoviruses cause hemorrhagic fever, which is actually what kills victims of the Ebola virus. Hemorrhagic fever is defined as a group of viral aerosol infections, characterized by fever, chills, headache, fatigue, and respiratory symptoms. This is followed by capillary hemorrhages, and, in severe infection, kidney failure, hypotension, and, possibly, death. The incubation period for Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever ranges from 2-21 days. The blood fails to clot and patients may bleed from injection sites and into the gastrointestinal tract, skin and internal organs. Massive destruction of the liver is one distinct symptom of Ebola. This virus does in ten days what it takes AIDS ten years to do. It also requires bio-safety level four containment, the highest and most dangerous level. HIV the virus that causes AIDS requires only a bio-safety level of two. In reported outbreaks, 50%-90% of cases have been fatal.
was a spectacular film there were some things that I did not enjoy like, the
It is over in a matter of days. The victim staggers, disoriented and exhausted, and collapses in a fever. His eyes turn bright red, and he starts vomiting blood. Within a matter of hours, he "crashes" and "bleeds out" surcumming to agonizing death with blood seeping from his eyes, ears and other orifices. At autopsy, pathologists discover, aghast, that the patients internal organs have disintegrated into an indistinguishable mass of bloodied tissue. The killer: A "hot" virus, a highly contagious and deadly microbe that has never been seen before, and has no known cure. (Bib5, CQ Researcher, 495)
Overall, the film isn’t half as epic as Emmerich’s previous. blockbusters or half as entertaining. The dialogues are about as interesting as watching paint dry and the bland characters have about as much depth as a puddle in the street! The storyline isn’t exactly. deep, introspective stuff, either.
The setting of the movie takes places in the jungle of Zaire where an outbreak had already occurred. The monkey from the jungle was the carrier/host of the pathogen. The monkey was then captured and held in a government storage facility and then traded to a local pet shot in a small community. The infectious agent was the Motaba Ebola Virus.
I view this as one of the few truly great movies of all time. I say this because it carries all of the basic cinematic elements that compose a great film. These elements begin with the characters. You can hardly expect to enjoy a movie if the characters are not believable. In this particular movie the characters were not only believable but you could identify yourself a little in one or all of the characters. One thing that can have an unfortunate detraction from even a good movie is anachronisms. The only one I found was a halogen bulb in a light fixture. However, I doubt anyone would notice were they not looking for one. This movie can be enjoyed by even the most mentally devoid of audiences. The reason for this is that most people do not like being bossed around or forced to do anything. It did make me think about how little freedom we actually have in life and how we all need to live just a little bit more.