RELATED: 10 Deadliest Horror Movie Zombies, Ranked With a simple setup that defies expectation at every turn, the film sees a group of collegiates consumed by a mysterious disease infecting their isolated cabin. Public opinion has greatly soured towards Eli Roth over the years, but watching his first feature film, Cabin Fever, it’s easy to see why he was briefly and prematurely heralded as the savior of 21st-century horror cinema.