A kind of claustrophobic reaction which can occur when people are shut in together over long periods of time.
9 seconds sound clip from the The Shining (1980) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:07:45 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- He came up with his wife and two little girls of about 8 and 10.
- The police thought that it was what the old-timers used to call cabin fever.
- Yeah, it is. It's still hard for me to believe it actually happened here. But it did.
- And, uh... I think you can appreciate why I wanted to tell you about it.
- I certainly can. I also understand why your people in Denver left it for you to tell me.
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