![]() We combined characters and completely restructured the story into what is now a film, all the while keeping the focus of the script on the very idea that drove all my favorite horror films: what is terrifying? He has a wonderful knack for dialogue as well as storytelling. Once I told him what I was trying to communicate, he said, "What you're describing to me is scary, but it's not in this draft." What began as a notes session soon turned into a four-week collaboration of intense writing and rewriting, and because of Randy, the script is what it is today. Randy pointed out a number of structural and character flaws in the story. He finished the script and said, "This is the funniest thing I've ever read!" I couldn't understand what he was talking about – the script was about a flesh-eating virus! How could it be funny? I remember hoping that Randy would be scared out of his mind, but soon after I handed him the first draft, I could hear him raucously laughing from the other room. Shortly after I began writing the script, I showed it to my friend Randy Pearlstein with whom I had made over 30 short films at N.Y.U. She gave me steroid creme and luckily, my face cleared up. I went to see a dermatologist, who, judging by the horrified and puzzled look on her face, had never seen anything like it before. The strangest part was not only did it not hurt - it actually satisfied some strange itch underneath my skin. The next morning I attempted to shave and literally, shaved half my face off. ![]() I looked down at my hand and saw chunks of skin. I woke up in the middle of the night scratching my cheek, thinking I had a mosquito bite. I had been cleaning out a barn and got a skin infection on my face. The initial idea for Cabin Fever came while I was working on a horse farm in Iceland when I was 19 years old. This would not be a comedy, but instead a scary movie, one that would use humor to both release tension and draw people into the film. I set out to make a film that would be a throwback to the late 70's/early 80's heyday of horror. At the end of the 1970's, horror films were written around the basic premise: what is horrifying? By the end of the 1980's, horror films were written around the premise: how can we kill this group of kids? I aspired to make a horror film that would have a resonating scare, one that would stay with the audience long after they left the theater.Īround the mid-80's, my favorite horror directors "graduated" into big studio movies, the new horror films were made with less care and craft, and a genre that once fueled the movie industry came to a grinding halt. Films like Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead, John Carpenter's The Thing, and Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street were made with uncompromising terror, and pushed my childhood imagination into dark corners I never knew existed. The deal was negotiated with WME Global on behalf of the filmmakers.I have been a horror movie fanatic for as long as I can remember. “It was a great opportunity to recreate an iconic film for a new generation of horror fans. I am a die hard fan of horror films and the king of horror Eli Roth trusted me to re-imagine his film. ![]() “Cabin Fever” follows a group of five college graduates who rent a cabin in the woods where all hell breaks loose as the group falls victim to a flesh-eating virus that attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals. The film was produced by Evan Astrowsky, Christopher Lemole and Tim Zajaros, and executive produced by Roth, Cassian Elwes, Jerry Fruchtman, Peter Fruchtman and Ike and Jaclyn Suri.Īlso Read: Eli Roth Returns to Executive Produce 'Cabin Fever' Reboot Starring 'Teen Wolf's' Gage Golightly Travis Z directed from a script by Roth and Randy Pearlstein, based on a story by Roth. The reboot, which will be released in 2016, stars stars Gage Golightly, Matthew Daddario, Samuel Davis, Nadine Crocker, and Dustin Ingram. IFC Midnight has acquired North American rights to Travis Z’s “Cabin Fever,” a reboot of Eli Roth‘s 2002 film of the same name that was co-written and executive produced by Roth.
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