NO PANCAKES!
11 years ago today Eli Roth became a household name, especially with the theatrical release of his 2002 festival hit Cabin Fever.
I remember us horror fans clamoring for a glimpse at the film described as “a modern Evil Dead.”
The splatterfest followed a group of five college graduates whom 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. Jordan Ladd, Rider Strong, James DeBello and Cerina Vincent starred.
Cabin Fever originally premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival where Lionsgate quickly nabbed for distribution. It spawned two sequels, thus far, and a forthcoming remake.
It grossed an impressive $33,553,394 at the box office worldwide.
Roth has since gone on to direct two Hostel films, The Green Inferno and episodes of Netflix’s “Hemlock Grove.”
