Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever Unrated (2009/Lionsgate DVD)
Picture:
C- Sound: C Extras: C- Feature: C-
A group
of teens vacationing at a cabin in the woods contract a horrifying disease in
Eli Roth’s debut film Cabin Fever. Now, in the sequel Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, infected water is bottled and shipped
to a small town high school, just in time for prom. The result is a raunchy high school drama
interrupted by the gruesome disease which leaves the whole school oozing,
shedding, and falling apart in some of the worst ways you’ve seen on film.
Best
friends John and Alex have decided that prom is a waste of time, mainly because
they have no one to go with. But when
Alex manages to talk a girl into possibly meeting him there, he convinces John
to show up too. Unfortunately the school
has been distributing bottled water infected with a deadly disease, and as the
building is placed under quarantine teens begin vomiting blood, peeling skin,
and losing various bodily fluids and appendages. Alex, John, and John’s longtime crush Cassie
have to stay alive and healthy while the rest of the school goes to hell around
them.
Cabin Fever 2 is a quick, cheap cash-in
following the original (even director Ti West has disowned the film) and it
shows on screen. The picture and audio
quality are disappointing, but little more could be expected or even desired
from a low-budget gore flick. The
picture is presented in an anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen format with Dolby
Digital audio.
There are
two special features on the disc. The
first is a Behind the Scenes featurette featuring interviews with the
cast. The second is a “Gore Reel,”
highlighting the most gruesome moments of this gross-out flick.
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever is a very simplistic movie focusing
on horrendous deaths, the likes of which would make Freddy Krueger cringe. And there’s a certain charm to that, which –
granted - is only likely to appeal to a very small minority of the film going
population. Wedded with an overly crude
brand of humor this sequel is a guilty pleasure at best.
- Matthew Carrick
