#and the doctor says he cant treat him there. and the cop says he'll take him to another hospital. and then he's in the car with the deputy

[benobikenobie]

just watched cabin fever for the first time and either ive been over-analyzing too many horror movies or its about the fear of stds (specifically aids) that people blame on the queer community

#listen. LISTEN #the sores on both karen bert and paul first appeared around their crotches #while for marcy it was scratches on her back she got during sex before moving to her legs #so that's where you get the fear of stds #but also the vitriolic hate and horror against anyone who is sick and the ensuing violence against those people #(for no reason like? they're asking for help and are met with violence instead of empathy IMMEDIATELY #the way they blame each other and refuse to be so much as near eachother #while the real problem is the fact that the resevoir used for tap water is contaminated because there are no safeguards keeping it clean #the first cop paul meets encorages him to stay and party and have sex with his (female) friend because the guy who was sick is gone now #when bert tries to get help and is bit by that kid and the kid's father says 'if you're sick that's YOUR problem' #'but if my kid's sick that's MY problem and YOUR fault and that's testamount to murder and oh yeah im gonna murder you now' #then he and his redneck friends hunt him down like an animal when all he wanted was to find a hospital #when paul is finally taken to the hospital and asked how he got the disease and he's out of it and says he got it from a random guy #he's trying to explain what happened but the cops and the doctor slowly leave the room and turn off all the lights #and the doctor says he cant treat him there. and the cop says he'll take him to another hospital. and then he's in the car with the deputy #trying to explain it's in the water whike he refuses to listen to listen to him. knowing by now that he's going to be killed #and finally when we see jeff again. hes crawling out of his hidey hole to check on his friends and he's both horrified and ecstatic #to realize he's the only one who made it out. reoeating this to himself over and over as exits the cabin only to be shot down by the police #in clear comparison to ben in night of the living dead which is of course another film about both disease and social commentary #also i immediately clocked paul as bi lmao #that scene in the beginning where both karen and bert were leaning their heads on his shoulders as they slept and he just smiled? that's bi #not to mention he was called gay like twice in the movie. admittedly is was in the usual casually-homophobic way 2000's movies tended to #but i still stand by it lol #no one is reading these tags and yet i murmer sweet-nothings into the void regardless #horror movies #cabin fever