Review of Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009) by Nick G — 26 Mar 2010

About 30 seconds into the movie someone dies.. about 15 seconds later that person gets top billing for the movie. Yes. From that point on you know what to expect - cheese.

There doesn't seem to be any connection to the first movie other than a couple of minor recasts and the virus itself. This is no more Cabin Fever 2 than 28 Weeks Later is Night of the Living Dead 10 or 15. Where is the cabin? The entire mystery and isolation behind the first movie is gone. I didn't even really enjoy Cabin Fever 1, but still find this movie an embarrassment to the series.

The continuity in the movie is horrible. It's probably the worst I've ever seen.. people getting out of locked doors and others locked in unlocked doors just to start. It should be telling when the writer/director wanted his name taken off the film once he saw the production copy. That being said, this movie is arse and a big portion of that has to be his fault.. so he should be anchored with this on his resume.

There is absolutely NO good material in this film.. Anywhere. For the love of God can someone get her co-stars a pair of lifters so the girl isn't a foot taller than everyone else?

I can only imagine the goal was to make this movie funny campy with over the top gore. Well.. with the exception of a few scenes it isn't even intentionally unintentionally funny. Whether it tries to be funny or not - it simply isn't.. it is just embarrassingly campy and low quality.

If you want to see a GOOD, low budget, intentionally unintentionally FUNNY, campy and charming movie.. see DANCE OF THE DEAD.

Dance of the Dead is an Oscar winning flick compared to this - Cabin Fever 2 is Dance of the Dead's cheap high school theater-production version knock off.