

After Winston is radioed about several infected people in a cabin going on a killing spree, Paul attacks and infects several of Winston's friends before knocking Winston out. He later reunites with Deputy Winston, who is partying with underage drinkers. After finding the dismembered body of Grimm and discovering early signs that he is infected, Paul takes the group from the convenience store's truck and hits a deer, covering him in blood. Burt is shot by the posse, who in turn are killed by Paul, who then sets out to find Jeff. A dying Burt later returns to the cabin, still pursued by Dennis's father and his two companions. Mambo with Burt's gun, Paul puts Karen out of her misery by beating her to death with a shovel. After racing back to the cabin, Paul finds Dr. Meanwhile, Paul discovers the dead body of the hermit floating in a reservoir, revealing the infection has been spreading through the drinking water. She later goes outside, where she is killed by Dr.


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A depressed Marcy, who develops infected sores on her back during sex with Paul, takes a shower, crying when her skin starts to fall off while shaving her legs. Shortly after, Paul leaves to find help and look for Jeff. After moving Karen back to the shed, Marcy convinces Paul to have unprotected sex with her. Showing more signs of infection, Burt flees, chased by Dennis's father and two friends. Burt goes back to the convenience store to get help, but incurs the wrath of Dennis's father after inadvertently infecting Dennis with the disease when Dennis bites him. After Karen vomits blood on the truck, Jeff takes the group's remaining beer and leaves. The group isolates her in a shed outside of the cabin.Īfter fixing the truck, Burt begins coughing up blood, revealing he is infected, but does not tell the others. After he calms her down, it appears Paul is finally going to have sex with her, but when he goes to touch her, he discovers a massive bloody infection on her thigh. Paul goes on to comfort Karen, who is upset over the killing of the hermit. Paul later gets assistance from police Deputy Winston, who promises to send up a tow truck, but in the meantime encourages Paul to have a good time and party. Jeff and Burt find a helpful neighbor, but leave when they find out she's the dead hermit's cousin. When the hermit threatens Marcy and Karen, Paul accidentally sets the hermit on fire while trying to ward him off. Burt shuts the door on the sick hermit, who then tries to steal the group's car, while vomiting blood all over it. While the friends wait for Grimm indoors, the hermit returns, in a much worse state than before and begging for help. After they share some marijuana, it starts to rain, so Grimm leaves with his dog to pack up his stuff. That night, the friends gather around a campfire, where they are joined by a friendly drifter named Justin, who prefers to be called Grimm, and his angry dog, Dr. The hermit flees, but Burt does not tell anyone about the incident. Meanwhile, Burt goes out to shoot squirrels with his rifle, but ends up shooting the hermit, now disfigured and bloody. When the five get to the cabin, Jeff and Marcy have sex and Paul and Karen go for a swim. Upon their visit to a local convenience store, they meet an unusual boy named Dennis, who has a tendency to bite people, and a store owner who has a rifle he is keeping for "niggers". Jeff and Marcy are in a physical relationship, while Paul is trying to get childhood friend Karen to sleep with him. He tries to get the dog's attention, but the dog is dead due to a bloody infection, and the hermit comes into contact with the infected blood.Ī group of college students, Jeff, Marcy, Paul, Karen, and Burt, take a vacation to a remote cabin in the woods to celebrate the start of spring break. The inspiration for the film's story came from a real life experience during a trip to Iceland when Roth developed a skin infection.Ī hermit walking in the woods comes across his dog. The story follows a group of college graduates who rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a flesh-eating virus. The film was the directing debut of Roth, who co-wrote the film with Randy Pearlstein. It was produced by Lauren Moews & Evan Astrowsky and executive produced by Susan Jackson. Cabin Fever is a 2002 American black comedy horror film directed by Eli Roth and starring Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, James DeBello and Giuseppe Andrews.
