Cabin Fever
Terror… in the flesh.
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$1 500 000
Box office
$30 553 394
Director
Actors
Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, Cerina Vincent, Giuseppe Andrews, James DeBello, Eli Roth, Julie Childress, Jessica Elder, Darcy Martin, Heather Simmons
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Eli Roth, Evan Astrowsky, Sam Froelich, Lauren Vilchik, Susan Jackson
Camera operator
Scott Kevan
Composer
Artist
Franco-Giacomo Carbone
Audition
Joe Adams, Mitzi Corrigan, Paige Johnson
Editing
Ryan Folsey
Whole Team (75)
Whole Team (75)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Filming of the movie began in the spring of 2002 in High Point, North Carolina, USA.
- The dog in the film was so old and tired that all the scenes with it had to be reshot. Due to lack of time and money, a real police dog was used, which turned out to be so aggressive and unpredictable that the actors were afraid to appear with it on camera, crew members hid behind trailers, and the cameras were operated remotely.
- The idea for the film came to screenwriter and director Eli Roth while he was working on a farm in Iceland. He developed such an allergy to rotten hay that he developed sores on his face that bled profusely when he shaved.
- Eli Roth wanted Marcie (played by Serina Vincent) to perform completely nude in an erotic scene with Paul (played by Ryder Strong). In 2001, Vincent had already played a permanently nude student in Joel Gallen’s comedy 'Not a Teen Movie'. Now she feared that after filming this movie, she would only be offered roles involving nudity, and therefore flatly refused to expose her buttocks for Roth’s film. The standoff between the director and actress escalated until Vincent suggested Roth find another actress for the role of Marcie, since he was so insistent on filming bare bottoms. Eventually, the parties reached a compromise – Vincent agreed to expose her buttocks exactly one inch (2.54 cm) – and no more. Roth personally measured exactly one inch with a ruler he had brought specifically for the purpose. Then, at the level indicated by Roth, the actress’s body was wrapped in sheets, and the erotic scene was filmed. Ironically, Vincent later decided to play a scene topless herself, even though no one asked her to. This refers to the scene in the bathroom, where Marcie, wearing a robe, tries to examine a rash on her back in the mirror. Vincent considered the scene as written unrealistic and herself suggested playing it topless.
- During auditions, actresses vying for the role of Marcie were asked to perform a scene in which the character compares the situation to being on board a falling plane and says the following: “It’s like when you’re on an airplane…” The choice of phrase and the timing of the auditions proved extremely unfortunate – it was September 11, 2001. Producers tried to cancel the auditions or at least postpone them to another day, but due to the chaos that had engulfed the United States, they were unable to reach many of the actresses expected to audition in time. The auditions went ahead as planned, and the role went to Serina Vincent.
- Four times during filming, Joey Kern (who played Jeff) had to be rushed to the hospital with an eye injury. This seriously disrupted the shooting schedule. This is why many daytime scenes (mainly in the cabin) were filmed at night.
- According to Eli Roth, the director and screenwriter, the prosthetics made for the leg shaving scene froze during transport and were non-functional upon arrival on set, so Serina Vincent’s actual legs had to be used, which were covered with special makeup and then shaving cream.
- One of the scenes was conceived directly during filming. Director and screenwriter Eli Roth saw Matthew Helms (who played Dennis) practicing Taekwondo during breaks between takes and decided to add a scene with Taekwondo moves performed by Helms to the script.
- During the filming of one of the most gruesome scenes, Ryder Strong (who played Paul) decided to take a walk in a nearby forest between takes. Covered from head to toe in fake blood, he accidentally stumbled upon a tour group of 35 schoolgirls. Upon seeing him, the girls screamed in fear, and the screams and cries became even louder and more piercing when they realized it was their favorite actor from the series "Boy Meets World" (1993-2000). The schoolgirls rushed towards Strong, he took off running, and upon returning to the set, vowed never to leave the filming location during breaks again.
- Robert Jones, a member of the film crew, took a headless mannequin used in the filming home with him after work. He put it in his car and drove off. He was stopped by a patrol – the police kept Jones at gunpoint until one of them personally verified that it wasn't a corpse in the car, but a dummy.
- While filming one of the bloodiest scenes, Ryder Strong (who played Paul) decided to take a walk in a nearby forest between takes. Covered from head to toe in fake blood, he accidentally stumbled upon a tour group of 35 schoolgirls. Upon seeing him, the girls shrieked in terror; the screams became even louder and more piercing when they realized the person before them was their favorite actor from the series "Boy Meets World" (1993-2000). The schoolgirls rushed toward Strong, and he fled; upon returning to the set, he vowed never to wander away from the filming location between takes again.
- The idea for the film came to screenwriter and director Eli Roth while he was working on a farm in Iceland. He developed such a severe allergy to rotten hay that sores appeared on his face, which bled heavily whenever he shaved.
- Eli Roth wanted Marcy (played by Serina Vincent) to be completely nude in an erotic scene with Paul (played by Ryder Strong). In 2001, Vincent had already played a permanently nude student in Joel Gallen's comedy 'National Lampoon's Dorm Daze'. She now feared that after filming this movie, she would only be cast in 'nude' roles, and therefore flatly refused to expose her buttocks for Roth's shoot. The tension between the director and the actress continued to escalate until Vincent suggested that Roth find another actress for the role of Marcy, since he was so desperate to film bare buttocks. Eventually, the parties reached a compromise: Vincent agreed to expose exactly one inch (2.54 cm) of her buttocks—and no more. Roth personally measured exactly one inch using a ruler he had brought specifically for the purpose. The actress's body was then wrapped in sheets at the level indicated by Roth, and the erotic scene was filmed. Ironically, Vincent later decided on her own to appear topless in one of the scenes, even though no one required it of her. This was the bathroom scene where Marcy, wearing a robe, tries to examine a rash on her back in the mirror. Vincent felt the scene as written in the script was unrealistic and suggested playing it topless herself.
- During auditions, actresses vying for the role of Marcy were asked to perform a scene in which the character compares the current situation to being on a falling plane, saying: "It's just like when you're flying on a plane..." The choice of both the phrase and the timing of the auditions proved to be extremely unfortunate—it was September 11, 2001. The producers tried to cancel the auditions or at least postpone them to another day, but due to the chaos gripping the entire United States at the time, they were unable to contact many of the actresses expected at the auditions. The auditions proceeded as planned, and the role went to Serina Vincent.
- Four times during filming, Joey Kern (who played Jeff) had to be rushed to the hospital with an eye injury. This seriously disrupted the filming schedule. This is why many of the daytime scenes (mostly in the cabin) were filmed at night.
- According to director and screenwriter Eli Roth, the prosthetics made for the leg-shaving scene froze during transport and were unusable upon arrival at the set; consequently, they had to film Serina Vincent's own legs, which were covered in special makeup and then shaving cream.
- One of the scenes was improvised during filming. Director and screenwriter Eli Roth noticed Matthew Helms (who played Dennis) practicing taekwondo between takes and decided to add a scene featuring Helms' taekwondo moves to the script.
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