History Trivia / CabinFever

* OldShame: For director Ti West, [[ExecutiveMeddling as he lost final cut on the movie]], and unsuccessfully tried to [[AlanSmithee take his name off of the credits]].

* SleeperHit: This movie had the lowest budget of any Lion's Gate Film released in 2003, ($1.5 million) and was their highest grossing film of 2003 ($22 million box office.) It was also the most profitable horror film released in 2003. ''Film/Saw1'', another horror film released by Lionsgate, would beat this film's record the following year in 2004 for highest grossing film over a similar low budget (grossing over $100 million with a budget of $1.2 million).

* SleeperHit: This movie had the lowest budget of any Lion's Gate Film released in 2003, ($1.5 million) and was their highest grossing film of 2003 ($22 million box office.) It was also the most profitable horror film released in 2003. ''Film/{{Saw}}'', another horror film released by Lionsgate, would beat this film's record the following year in 2004 for highest grossing film over a similar low budget (grossing over $100 million with a budget of $1.2 million).

* TheCastShowoff: The "pancakes" scene was made up during filming after Creator/EliRoth saw Matthew Helms practising tae kwon do during a break. He discovered that Helms was a real-life black belt, so he decided to add the scene to give a chance for Helms to show what he could do.

** A scene where Paul throws one of the dying rednecks who were trying to kill him in to the cabins previously unseen basement. The original release only had a brief mention at the end by the authorities about "finding a dead body in the basement", with no explanation to the audience about who they were talking about.

** A fight scene between Jeff and Marcy set immediately after their sex scene. It included not only abusive language, but also them throwing objects at one another. Unlike other scenes on this list, this one wasn't even included in the Director's Cut of the movie.

** Creator/CerinaVincent's depressed demeanor during her final scenes (after Jeff breaks up with her) was enhanced by the filming conditions - It was well after midnight for most of those scenes and the set was freezing cold. As if that wasn't enough, you'll remember that poor Cerina was buck naked for most of those scenes. Also, she hadn't even expected to film those scenes on that particular day. Some accidents on set meant that the filming schedule had to be changed on the fly, meaning that Cerina suddenly had to prepare for sex and nude scenes she thought weren't being filmed for some time yet.

* InspirationForTheWork: Creator/EliRoth originally got the idea for this movie while working in Iceland on a horse farm. He got such a bad skin infection from the rotting hay in the barn that his face broke out in sores, bled and peeled off when he shaved.
* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: The original killer dog "Jake" was hired without a rehearsal and sight unseen because Creator/EliRoth loved the idea of using the dog in ''Film/BlackDog'' and there by being only "two degrees from Swayze". The problem was the dog was by then four years older, arthritic, and tired. After a full day of shooting, and if all the few second bits were spliced expertly together, they only had about a minute or so of usage footage. All dog scenes had to be re-shot with a new dog. With no time or money to find a replacement, the producers cast a real police attack dog that was so vicious and unpredictable no actors could appear with it on camera. The crew would hide behind trucks during its scenes, and cameras were operated by remote control.

** Turned UpToEleven during the bathtub scene, as Cerina Vincent, once again buck naked on a freezing cold set was sitting in a cold bathtub full of goo and fake blood associated with her prosthetic makeup. While completely sanitary, Cerina reveals on the DVD commentary that it felt extremely [[SquIck ickky.]]