i do not really know whether cabin fever be suppose to be a joke or a film . but as far a i know and it much closer to be a joke than anything else . a few year ago and the community of horror film maker decide to take a new step and make fun of the genre and thus give birth to the scream series . a list be give in scream and of all the stupid thing horror film character will do that be predictable and and the character in scream end up do exactly the same thing and which add a lot of humor and irony to this analysis of the genre and and lead to hope that horror film from now on would show a bit different and either full of irony towards the genre and self derision towards the film itself and or at least different in their dramatic process than all the old film that respond to the same tired criterion . in see cabin fever and ala and many will see how unoriginal and serious and pretentious and boring and even not scary some supposedly scary film be now and even a few year later . first of all and this film lack originality in a way few others do . it have be say several time and how little imagination horror director have today and remake remake of foreign sequel and but set the film in a cabin in the wood just doesn not seem to be an hommage to anything and it seem to be and simply and a ripoff . whoever wish to be surprise by other factor of the film story would not be represent once again and we be deal with a film whose character be all in their early twenty and who would not think rationally when place in front of a problem and will rather argue for hour and pick up fight than try to think and do something about it . not much excitement there either . for the umpteenth time in a horror film and they be tempt to kiss and make love and just basically have fun and all sort of thing that do not really make them any different than any other horror film victim see previously . secondly and this film be unimaginatively serious . every situation the character be in and every dialog and every situation in the film be treat with such seriousness that any viewer with a little sense of derision will be relieve when some character finally end up die . nothing in the way the film be direct and write or act show any sign of humor or sarcasm and which be quite amazing consider the film be about an invisible never heard of before flesh eating virus ( no laugh please ) . i would not even bring up the acting and since there be no actor in this film . the cast be most certainly hire for be friend or neighbor with the director . thirdly and and this will strike whoever have see a good horror film before and the screenplay be absolutely empty . nothing really happen and some action be repeat several time ( let try to get help . ) and nothing make sense and either in the fact and the psychology of the character and or even the hilariously lame last sequence of the film and which be probably suppose to be funny accord to the director and screenwriter . in the end i will only remark that a horror film be suppose to have something scary in it . gallon of fake blood and whether they be be vomit and squirt from sever limb or simply drip from wound and never be enough to scare an audience . such major feature a screenplay and idea and and even cruelty be request for whoever claim to have shoot something scary . if i wasn not consider it to be a total failure and i would agree to reckon that the film have one talent represent it be filthy disgust to watch . yet be gross out and be scar be two very different feeling and let it be know . i would like to encourage anyone a tad curious or interested in see this film to check old major horror film first and why not from the 60 and the 70 and the 80 and film make by wes craven and dario argento and sam raimi and stanley kubrick and david lynch and roger corman and william lustig and john carpenter . it might not only give a good definition of what be scary and or self derisory horror and but also convince viewer that new isn not necessarily well . a good example relate to the film be the few track composer angelo badalamenti provide for this film and even although they be unmistakably close to his previous composition and they be below anything he have ever do before .