cabin fever be the first feature film direct by eli roth . roth and randy pearlstein co write the script from a story by roth . this a zombie film and which owe a lot to george romero and his early live dead movie and and to the original texas chainsaw massacrenot to mention sam ramie evil dead . there be nothing original here and and the story be not compel . the acting be about par with this genre and it just that the story fail . we have pretty much see this movie before and good make . have say that and after have achieve commercial and if not artistic success from this movie and roth decide he be a director and come out with the abysmally atrocious and mean spirit and pointless ( though much more ambitious ) crap fest hostel . roth should have quit while he be behind . cabin fever be not a good film and however compare to hostel it be a work of art . i hope somebody ( preferably a psychiatrist ) convince this guy that film making be the wrong career choice . a for cabin fever and a weak negative for not be as abysmal a hostel .