For today’s film for Eddie’s 31 Days Of Halloween, we are looking at the third installment of a film that took the world by storm. Eli Roth’s Cabin Fever kicked off a whole new threat in the horror world and it was genius because what’s scarier than a killer you can’t see or detect? So, we have the third film in the series titled Cabin Fever: Patient Zero which kicks off with authorities in haz-mat suits finding Sean Astin (The Goonies) holding another human being that has melted. He is taken to a facility on an island so that a doctor can figure out a cure to the flesh eating disease because Astin’s character Porter is apparently immune to the disease. Meanwhile, Marcus (Mitch Ryan) is about to get married and his friends decide to take him out to what they think is a deserted island for a bachelor party. What they didn’t expect to find on the island is the flesh eating disease and the facility holding Porter. The film was directed by Kaare Andrews (The ABC’s Of Death) and it also stars Currie Graham (Pompeii) as Dr. Edwards, Ryan Donowho (Altitude) as Dobbs, Brando Eaton (TalHotBlond) as Josh, Jillian Murray (The Graves) as Penny, and Claudette Lali (Way Back Home) as Katia.
Usually straight to DVD film sequels never live up to the name of the original, but I have to say that this one was worth watching. It has some really good and convincing acting especially from Sean Astin, who wears many hats in this film as you will see if you watch it. The characters who are getting eaten alive by this flesh eating disease are as gross as you would want them to be. There is even a scene in the film where two girls are practically falling apart as they are tearing each other’s flesh off and one gets smashed by a giant sexual toy. There is a tiny bit of nudity, but I would have been pleased if it wasn’t there because it had a great story that kept you guessing as to how the spread may have occurred with a man in isolation. As you can tell, I really did like the film and I actually enjoyed the fact that this was shot as a prequel to the first film because it definitely sets up the rest of the films nicely. Give the film a shot, check it out at your local Red Box, video on demand service, or where ever else you grab films. I am going to give this film an A- because I really enjoyed it.
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