Is Cabin Fever scary?

Not particularly — Cabin Fever's appeal is atmospheric or thematic rather than overtly scary. As a teen film, it scored 3.0/10 for fear, 6.0/10 for atmosphere, and 6.0/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Cabin Fever?

Cabin Fever has 10 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Cabin Fever?

Cabin Fever is tagged as teen, body horror, infection on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Cabin Fever

2002 · R · 1h 33m

Terror… in the flesh.

A group of 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.

Plot summary via TMDB

Curator Score

6.0

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Anchored by gore.

Jump scares

Cabin Fever has 10 jump scares. Compare counts

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6.0Overall

Fear3.0

Gore7.0

Atmosphere6.0

Genres

horrorcomedy

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Details

Budget$1.5M

Box office$30.6M

Directed by

Eli Roth

Written by

Eli Roth, Randy Pearlstein

Cinematography

Scott Kevan

Music

Angelo Badalamenti, Nathan Barr

Starring

Rider Strong as Paul · Jordan Ladd as Karen · Cerina Vincent as Marcy · Giuseppe Andrews as Deputy Winston · James DeBello as Bert · Eli Roth as Justin / Grim · Julie Childress as Beautiful Wife · Jessica Elder as Cat Hat Girl

Production

Black Sky Entertainment, Cabin Pictures, Deer Path Films, Down Home Entertainment, Tonic Films

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