Cabin Fever: Patient Zero

Different from the previous two episodes, but I’m not complaining about that, I don’t care – actually, I’d consider a different approach to the template as a plus. What bothers me is that things become incredibly stupid after some time, especially considering how seriously the film takes itself. Patient Zero is relatively effective in some of the scenes (for instance, the underground sequence is nicely atmospheric, and the gore – for those who are into gore – is also good), but when you look at the bigger picture, it’s laughable, rather. Dime a dozen contagion horror, without any original ideas, which shouldn’t be a surprise coming from the director of the awful Altitude. And the one “memorable scene”, I’ve seen it somewhere, I think it was lifted from Excision. PS: I would give it two stars, but that’s what I gave the first one by Roth and this one is significantly worse. (09/02/2014)

Cabin Fever is not my favorite series and Cabin Fever: Patient Zero won't be my favorite movie, but there are things I enjoyed here. Apart from the gore, which is good but gruesome, there's also the presence of Sean Astin, for example, or quite interesting and functional changes in the environment. Compared to the second film, it had a very similar effect on me with flashes of positivity. It's still not good enough for the average, though. (25/05/2015)