Cabin Fever 3: Patient Zero (2014) User Reviews (66)

The Cabin Fever series are in order from best to worse.

[terrylaterreur · 4/10 · 31 March 2016]

I watched this gore-fest with little expectations after the second Cabin Fever. Even with low expectations, I was disappointed.

The plot is thin, the pace is slow, the horror is limited, the characters are not interesting and most of what happens makes little to no sense once you have accepted that the disease is real. The virus reacts so differently from a person to another that it's just ridiculous how one victim gets Deadly sick within a few minutes while others take hours before having serious symptoms. The security issues around a facility of that nature are laughable at best and the people working there seem to be hired on a good-looks basis only.

Sean Astin is good, but his part is small and his lines are cliché.

I also had an issue with the most gruesome action scenes where I had a hard time understanding what was happening. As it's often the case in many movies, the quick cut from an angle to another to prevent us from noticing how low budget some FX are makes it difficult to comprehend what they are really doing. Lighting in some scenes is horrible too.

It's still enjoyable for some horrific scenes, but overall, this is not a good movie.

Cabin fever 2 was equally bad. Cabin Fever (the original movie) was campy and kind of good, even though it was by no standards great.

By the end, my patience was zero.

[BA_Harrison · 4/10 · 8 June 2015]

I blind bought Cabin Fever 3, reasoning that it couldn't possibly be worse than part 2; I was correct in my assumption—it's EQUALLY as bad.

Part three of Eli Roth's flesh-melting horror series takes place in the Dominican Republic where Marcus (Mitch Ryan) is due to marry his fiancé, but not before his brother Josh (Brando Eaton), long-time pal Dobbs (Ryan Donowho), and Josh's girlfriend Penny (stunning brunette Jillian Murray, who provides the gratuitous nudity) have given him a proper bachelor's send-off. Chartering a cruiser, they whisk Marcus off to a remote island for a night of copious amounts of beer and weed, but the party atmosphere doesn't last long: after a swim in the warm tropical waters, Penny and Josh contract a flesh-eating virus that requires serious medical attention, and so Marcus and Dobbs go looking for help at a nearby complex, where they discover the origin of the deadly virus.

When Josh gives oral sex to Penny, unaware of the severity of her condition, and emerges looking like he's been in a serious road traffic accident, Cabin Fever 3 looks set to be an enjoyable dose of messy horror in the worst possible taste; but as night falls on the island, the film rapidly devolves into a largely forgettable slice of straight to DVD fodder, made all the more lacklustre by some very dark cinematography. Even the film's most outrageous scene—a fight between putrefying Penny and an equally gloopy nurse that culminates in death by giant rubber dildo—proves rather disappointing thanks to a lack of decent lighting.

Co-starring Sean Astin as the titular 'patient zero', the carrier of the disease, who tries to hide his shame behind a beard.

Absolutely dire

[angie2911 · 3/10 · 16 May 2014]

After wasting over an hour of my life on this (yep my own fault entirely) I felt compelled to write a review to save others doing the same. This is without doubt one of the worst movies I've watched in a very very long time. It really is genuinely, absolutely dreadful, with no redeeming features whatsoever. The acting is simply awful - some of the worst I've witnessed in ages, the plot is nonsense, the "make-up effects" are laughable and the whole thing reeks of amateur trash. Put these things all together and you've got yourself an absolute stinker, and that is exactly what this is. Don't waste your time on it, trust me, you'll regret it.

A Little Too Much...

[NotAnotherMovieCritic · 3/10 · 4 November 2014]

The first Cabin Fever was pretty good.

The second, not so much. In fact I don't even remember the second one that much except that it was horrible. However what the second film lacked, this new one brings back.

I will say that this film brought back the disturbing horror feel the first one had, just that it did it in so many wrong ways. The gory fight scene, something you wont quite forget, was a little too way off the top.

The story line was a little confusing. It sort of reminded me of something from Resident Evil.

There is not a lot of good things I can say about this film. I guess its worth a watch if your bored, but its not something you should go out of your way to see. That's just my opinion.

The last gasp of a terminal victim.

[Kolobos51 · 23 February 2014]

Yay, the Cabin Fever franchise continues! I guess that's what the makers of this movie were hoping horror fans would say ignoring the fact that basically no one liked the second movie, not even its director, and it's been 10 freaking years since the original and this only Pt. 3.

Cabin Fever Patient Zero looks to be the cheapest entry in the series, starting with a quartet of barely likable, uninteresting young people going on a small yacht, not a cruise ship as promotional material states, and ending up stranded on a beautiful, uncharted tropical island.

In the meantime, special guest star Sean Astin (The Lord of the Rings, Rudy) is the father of a dead infected kid who turns out to be immune and, now, is imprisoned indefinitely in a remote government research facility located on, you guessed it, that same uncharted tropical island.

Cabin Fever 3 needs something more. Made on such a low budget, this movie needed A LOT of personality to work and, sadly, it just doesn't have it. There are some down and dirty fun moments, some legitimately stomach churning, shocking gore moments with great makeup effects, but these moments are few and far between. Too much of the movie comes down to dull characters wondering around and doing stupid things that don't make much sense until they finally die.

In terms of production values, this movie looks like a Sy Fy original and while it's not nearly that bad, it just isn't that good either. It's more serious in tone than either previous film, but closer in feel to the original. It lacks Pt. 1's zany, retro spirit though. Cabin Fever 3 isn't terrible. It's actually better than I thought it would be and I'm being a little charitable with my rating because I suspect it could have been better if they had a bigger budget. But they didn't, and I can say this movie is just barely worth seeing.

Probably best to give this one a miss

[bowmanblue · 5/10 · 3 March 2015]

Cabin Fever 3? Where did it come from? Why is it here? Who made it? All these questions you'll probably never really figure out by watching the film. The first in the series was released over a decade ago. It was a nice (or rather horrible!) little film about a flesh-eating virus which didn't need any more done on the subject matter. However, they made a second instalment anyway. This was met with pretty much universal hatred. Therefore, the fact they went as far as to make number three remains a mystery.

Personally, I didn't mind the second one. Yes, it wasn't as good as the first, but it was just about watchable. Number three is about five times worse than number two. It's about four American youngsters (who's good looks just about make up for any social niceties) who go to a remote island for some reason (are you bothered? You're only interested in the gore!) and end up falling foul to that good ol' fashioned killer virus we all know so well.

Cabin Fever 3 is low budget. I have nothing against low budget films. However, if you can't afford A-list actors or special effects, at least try to make up for it by entertaining characters we can root for and relate to. No such luck here. When it comes to the battle between flesh-eating virus verses man, you too will probably root for the virus.

The only famous face you might recognise is Sean Astin. Mordor and fun with Frodo seems a long way off now and he's reduced to some sort of extended sub-plot/cameo in this film. At least he's tried to disguise his appearance with a beard, but you can tell beneath the facial hair he's ashamed to be here and would rather have flung himself into Mount Doom instead of the One Ring. While the annoyingly good-looking teens are being eaten alive by the bug, Sean's been captured by a scientist who is so evil he speaks with a kind of randomly-changing accent which can be anything from British, through Canadian to American. Plus he seems to have employed two Victoria Secrets models for his lab assistants.

However, it's not all bad (well, mostly it is). There is some nice gore and make-up. However, that makes up about ten of the ninety minutes. For the rest you'll probably be asking yourself why these infected people suddenly start behaving like zombies half way through the film (when you're not dwelling on why this film was ever made in the first place). If you like dark and gory horror (with a helping of tongue in cheek) then watch the first Cabin Fever – ignore anything that shares its name made after the original.

Not Sean Astin's Best Outing

[dfa120374 · 5/10 · 19 January 2015]

On a secret island just off the coast of the Dominican Republic, doctors in a secret lab are working on a vaccine to a deadly flesh eating disease and they seem to have found a breakthrough when they find a person who is immune to the disease. Meanwhile, a group of 4 are on a boat trip to the island as part of a bachelor party, obviously unaware of what is already there. Not before long, though, the trip starts to go sour when one of the group members starts showing signs of a mysterious virus. Remembering seeing a building on the other side of the island as they were approaching, two others go off in search for help, but when they get there, they soon realise that there isn't much time for their friends and it is now a race against time to get help.

Cabin Fever: Patient Zero was actually a bit of a mixed bag for me. It was pretty campy in places, pretty predictable at times, had a few eye-rolling moments, but at the same time is actually quite an enjoyable ride. Only just though.

Now, you obviously don't go into a movie like this expecting an amazing plot, and if you do, well more fool you, but it's still better than Cabin Fever 2 (which has been erased from my memory banks, thankfully). If you're a gore fan then you'll LOVE it because quite a good bit of the film is definitely not for the squeamish. There are a couple of ridiculous moments however that will leave you rolling your eyes (the way a guard gets a gun stuck in his head and a cat fight near the end), but, like I said earlier, it IS pretty campy so you'll get some campy moments.

The acting, while not that bad at all, isn't fantastic, but again, you don't go into a film like this expecting Oscar-winning performances. This installment isn't too bad, like I say, and at least it's better than the 2nd one.

Absolutely terrible,

[Nowaj · 2/10 · 6 April 2014]

One of the worst movies I've seen this year, and I've seen some pretty bad ones, being a huge horror and gore fan. The acting in Cabin Fever: Patient Zero is terrible, the script is a one big cliché, there is no suspense whatsoever. The only funny and actually quite well done thing in this movie was a fight between two putrefying chicks, which is in fact worth seeing, therefore I strongly recommend to FF this film till the last 5-7 minutes if you happened to buy it or rent it. If you haven't done it yet - don't. Get a beer or grab a snack. This piece of garbage isn't even worth the bandwidth and there are literally tens of thousands movies which are more worthy of being watched.

Ambitious Start ... and then morphs into an Ed Wood special

[A_Different_Drummer · 2/10 · 5 February 2014]

Rating 2/10. Reviewers notes as follows: Let's start with the positives. First, this is a direct to DVD release, and in the review biz, we always award points for honesty. Here the producers are being brutally honest about their expectations. MATRIX this 'aint. Second, the script (and I use the term loosely) starts off very ambitiously for an indie knockoff produced on a shoestring. Under those constraints, many producers would be challenged just to manage one single narrative. Here, the viewer gets two to play with -- the film starts with two core stories, one about a group of young, stoned, teens out to have fun, who run into a deadly virus which (typical of what passes for humour in these sorts of scripts) they initially mistake for a harmless "reaction" to bad weed. The counterpoint narrative is about a group of scientists who have somehow captured a man they believe to be the carrier of the original CABIN FEVER virus and are testing him in an underground lab. (A lab where the female lab assistant looks, and acts, like she just wandered off the Vivid set, and is not entirely sure what film she is in.) Again, very ambitious, and this dual narrative would have strained a much bigger production, with a much bigger budget. Here in Cabin Fever 3, it completely obliterates the film to such a degree that, by the midpoint of the runtime, there is clearly no money left in the kitty for anything but closeups framed in a garish red light (that signifies nothing in particular, and is mainly annoying) as well as equally inexplicable scenes shot in dim lighting where the characters from both narratives finally get together and essentially pull plasticy looking fake "skin" off each other as the last dregs of the Special Effects budget are exhausted. If Ed Wood were alive, this is precisely how he would do a sequel to Cabin Fever, and frankly I am not sure that's a compliment. PS #1 -- If by any chance you have not seen the original Cabin Fever, one of the best things Eli Roth ever did, run don't walk to your local DVD purveyor or video streamer and watch that instead. (The IMDb rating for CF1, 5.6 as this review is prepared, is dodgy, because some 800 IMDb members have already left a review and you don't do that for a weak film. In fact CABIN FEVER 1 is totally brilliant and does a better job at deconstructing the genre than Whedon did with CABIN IN THE WOODS, and he had a budget that could have resurrected the Manhattan Project). PS #2 -- for these sorts of indie oddities, best to ignore the IMDb rating until at least 100 members weigh in because -- IMDb tip!! -- those involved with, or related to, the production company tend to "overweight" the rating for the first few weeks.

My skin burns. Let's have sex.

[nogodnomasters · 6/10 · 28 February 2018]

Porter (Sean Astin) is patient zero in quarantine at a CDC facility on some tropical island. He has a natural immunity to the virus. He is there against his will and will do anything to go back to the Shire. Meanwhile Marcus (Mitch Ryan) is going to marry into money with Kate (Claudette Lali). Marcus' wild brother Josh (Brando Eaton) has devised a "bachelor party" which consists of those two, a friend (Ryan Donowho) and Josh's girlfriend Penny (Jillian Murray), a former conquest of Marcus unknown to Josh. They are to take a large boat and go to a deserted island to drink, smoke, and snorkel.

It isn't rocket science to figure out that they make it to the quarantined island and have virus issues.

Sean Astin took his role seriously. The overall plot was unfortunate. There were gross containment rule violations that didn't make sense. The overall plot was weak as were the characters. The highlight of the film comes at the end with the ugliest cat fight in the history of cinema.

Worth a rental.

Parental Guide: F-bombs, sex, brief nudity (Jillian Murray and not supermodel Lydia Hearst)

An obnoxious waste of time.

[datorsiers2 · 2/10 · 8 December 2014]

Wow, this has got to be one of the worst movies i have ever seen, although it is only 90 minutes long, it is so incredibly boring i barely got through it. The plot is completely dumb, the acting is horrible, no suspension whatsoever.

Not a point in the whole movie that was interesting and araised curiosity of what is going to happen next, a very dull and blatant movie.

The first 2 parts were somehow still bearable, but this just does not live up to its prequels, the same overused scenes over and over again, the rotten genital scene is getting kinda old and could only amuse or disgust a person who has never seen anything and has lived in a cage for 50 years.

I strongly suggest everyone to save their time and instead watch something else, also, hopefully there won't be a part 4, this franchise died after the second movie, that is it. No wonder why it has a rating of 4,5.

I don't care what anyone says...I was pleasantly surprised

[Robert_duder · 8/10 · 7 September 2014]

I am actually very surprised at the hatred of other IMDb reviewers towards this film. I mean, I certainly didn't expect it to be garnering critical praise but I had actually heard when the film released in limited screenings that people were enjoying it and impressed by it. I think I saw the first Cabin Fever years ago and I am fairly certain I never bothered with the second but I thought I would give this a go because the last horror/slasher I took a chance on blew me away (Wolf Creek 2.) Well I'm happy to say this also really surprised me. It is dark and twisted and very well shot and while it isn't necessarily brilliant, it is very entertaining from a horror perspective. The story is well told even if it is painfully predictable at times (especially the bachelor party on the open seas storyline.) For those who enjoy the series as a whole, it seems to carry on more of the story and you find out exactly where the origin of the disease came from. The ending to me didn't make a lot of sense, I think there was supposed to be a big twist to it all and maybe if you're a fan of the series you might have got it but I missed something there but regardless it was an enjoyable, mindless, ridiculously violent and over the top excessive slasher/Zombie flick.

Sean Astin is probably the most impressive part of Cabin Fever 3. He gives a genuinely stirring and forcefully disturbing performance as thee patient zero. This might be one of the best things I've ever seen Astin do. He is far better than what the film deserves but he definitely adds something to it as well. I would have preferred the film follow his character rather than the doofus typical 20 somethings. Mitch Ryan is the leader of those doofus' but he does alright as our reluctant horror hero. His character isn't given a lot to deal with but he does get more depth than anyone else and plays the role well. Brando Eaton gets a cookie cutter "stoner best friend" type character who is a lot of fun and really gets some messed up disturbing scenes. He is probably a little better than Ryan but his character is better too. Ryan Donowho is barely existent as just another friend there to be fodder for the zombie outbreak and Jillian Murray who is there early on to be a "hot" girl who will take her top off and to make sure there is a female character though she also has some really messed up disturbing scenes including a sickening (but disturbingly creative) oral sex scene and a zombie fighting scene I thought would be very memorable in the cult classic circles.

The film does lack a definitive villain but then the entire concept is that the virus is the true killer. We do have a maniacal doctor and his staff trying to survive and escape the island but that plot is mostly lost in the shuffle. The film absolutely goes for sheer shock value but does so fairly well and as disgusting and outrageous as some of the scenes and gore is...I thought it worked quite well. Maybe I've watched too many terrible horror films and my expectations have shrunk. Certainly Kaare Andrews doesn't have a lot of experience yet but he definitely shows some promise. The story and script is solid but I would have really liked it if they had spent more time developing the characters of the friends at the party. Yes they are supposed to be the stereotypical young party animals who get picked off but there was potential to actually care about them. There was very little chemistry between any of them and yet we were supposed to buy them as life long childhood friends. Cabin Fever 3 isn't brilliant. Don't mistake my 8/10 as implying that. For sheer entertainment, shock value and a crazy campy gory horror flick it succeeded quite well and was heads and tails above similar low budget crap. I enjoyed myself and won't soon forget some of the more shocking scenes. 8/10

Definitely no cult classic.

[Hellmant · 6/10 · 4 September 2014]

'CABIN FEVER: PATIENT ZERO': Three Stars (Out of Five)

Prequel to the first two 'CABIN FEVER' films, revolving around how the gruesome virus originally broke out. It was directed by Kaare Andrews (who previously helmed the 2010 horror flick 'ALTITUDE' and a segment of the 2012 anthology thriller 'THE ABCS OF DEATH') and written by Jake Wade Wall. The movie stars Sean Astin, Mitch Ryan, Jillian Murray, Brando Eaton, Ryan Donowho, Claudette Lali and Currie Graham. It delivers the same over-the-top gore and claustrophobic suspense, as the first two films, but not nearly as much of the dark and witty humor; that made the original movie such a cult classic.

Astin plays Porter; the sole survivor of a deadly flesh eating virus, which kills all the other residents on a remote island. A scientist named Dr. Edwards (Graham) captures Porter and keeps him in a lab, while his research team tries to create a vaccine. After months of being held captive Porter becomes obsessed with breaking out. He causes a lockdown, by spreading the virus to others in the lab. At the same time four friends, celebrating a bachelor party, arrive at the island on a boat.

Eli Roth's original film is a horror movie classic! Ti West's sequel did a pretty good job of continuing the franchise in possibly an even grosser and more disgusting way. This prequel has plenty of grotesque gore, and is somewhat scary, but it lacks the clever wit and nasty thrills that made the first two movies much more memorable (especially Roth's original). Astin is good in this installment and the directing is decent but it's definitely no cult classic.

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Not a necessary addition to the "Cabin Fever" movies...

[paul_haakonsen · 4/10 · 26 April 2014]

Well, while the other "Cabin Fever" movies were entertaining, then "Cabin Fever: Patient Zero" was just too much. Sure there were some nice moments here and there, but it was just like the entire movie was directed by a randy teenager.

The storyline was adequate, didn't really always make coherent sense, but it was enjoyable. The movie doesn't require you to have you brain on while watching, so just sit back and relax.

The story, roughly summarized, is about a group of people going out to what they believe is a quiet, secluded island to celebrate a bachelor party, but come to find a bunker-like building on the island, and inside are ghastly secrets.

While the storyline is adequate, and doesn't really bring anything new to the genre, then what makes the movie worth watching is the effects and seeing people deteriorate and basically come apart.

But, this is also where the aforementioned randy teenager part kicks in. I am thinking about the unnecessary oral scene in the movie that ended with ... well, I am not going to give away spoilers here, but it was just ridiculous. But this is not the worst of things in the movie. There was a cat-fight scene, yep, that's right. But it gets better it is between two deteriorating women, where once again this was highly unnecessary for the movie, especially when a massive sex toy was brought into the fight.

While there were really badly chosen scenes added to the movie, then the make-up team really worked magic, and there were some really nice effects on the people as they deteriorated. And that alone was enough to make the movie watchable. Although, the movie just barely manages to sneak up on a 4 out of 10 stars rating.

"Cabin Fever: Patient Zero" is not a groundbreaking movie in any sense, nor is it one that really brings anything new or anything that the "Cabin Fever" movie series just wouldn't be the same without. So this movie hardly qualifies as a 'must watch' in order to come full circle with the previous movies.

"A Waste of Contaminated Water."

[VenturousArtist · 19 December 2017]

The third entry in the Cabin Fever franchise was undoubtedly a disgusting mistake.

With the attempt to elaborate the origins of the bacterial plague that was previously unanswered in past entires, it offers an overly bloated and convoluted story with nothing special aside being absolutely disgusting. Although not as grotesque as the franchise's second entry, it continues retaining the exhausting nastiness its predecessors began.

The biggest unforgivable dilemma with this film, aside from everything else, was its merged storytelling with two separate situations. These events are intended to conjoin answers but merely create further questions and flaws. Its introduction becomes the film's main subplot and had more interesting scenery than the film's main focus. Despite that, almost none of the characters are likable or tolerable, the elongated and senseless disposable scenes are immediately annoying, and the film dares to become an exciting thriller during its final act.

It's absolutely revolting, stupid, and a waste of contaminated water.

Nasty and dull

[Leofwine_draca · 3/10 · 6 April 2022]

CABIN FEVER 3: PATIENT ZERO (2014) is the third instalment of this grisly franchise, following from the pretty good first film and the dire sequel. This time around we're in the Dominican Republic, where a small party of friends arrive for a holiday. Unfortunately for them, there's a secret laboratory on their chosen island, containing a research team and their test subject: the 'Typhoid Mary'-style titular character.

Before long the outbreak spreads, various parties are infected, and it's a race against time to escape before contagion hits. Inevitably the only thing going for this lamentable, low budget production are the FX, with an emphasis on the grotesque throughout. There are two sickening moments here: a scene of a guy performing a sex act on his girlfriend with predictable bloody results, and a fight between two of the infected which ends in bodily amputation. It's nasty stuff for sure, but gore alone does not a good film make, and I found it quite dull. Sean Astin stars, and he's a long way away from the cuddly Sam Gamgee...

Vewy vewy poor. Seriously.

[neil-476 · 3/10 · 24 July 2015]

On a remote Caribbean island, a research facility seeks to create a cure for the Cabin Fever virus from a bloke who appears immune to it (Sean Astin, in a career-worst performance. And film). Crashing into this set-up, which is already going pear-shaped, come a bachelor party comprising likable and sensible groom-to-be Marcus, his obnoxious and annoying idiot partner Dobbs, his brother Josh, and Josh's girlfriend Penny with whom Marcus had a bit of a thing a couple of years ago, and quite why she's along I have not the faintest idea, other than to swan around in a bikini to my daughter's annoyance. Chaos ensues.

This was in Poundland, and it even had one of those embossed outer slipcases, so it must be good, right? Wrong. This is perfectly dreadful. Not in every way, mind you - it is technically competent - but creatively. It is poorly written, directed and acted, and almost all of the second half is composed of that stalwart of horror movies which have running time to fill and no idea what to fill it with - yes, that's right, creeping around in unlit tunnels by torchlight, a section which is so badly executed that you're never quite sure who is creeping where and what they expect to achieve when they get there.

I don't recall ever having seen a film quite so bad featuring an actor with anything similar to Mr Astin's track record.

One Cabin Too Many

[wes-connors · 3/10 · 14 December 2016]

This third "Cabin Fever" opens with much confusion. Cameras and characters wobble and walk around. We see there is sickness, blood. It doesn't make much sense, but we do learn Sean Astin is the title's "Patient Zero" and may be uniquely distasteful to the movie's flesh-eating monster. Some guys have all the luck. Also note, our "Cabin" is really an island. A parallel story begins, which makes more sense. There, three buddies and a beautiful dark-haired young woman take a boat to the island. The leading man is among the boating quartet, tall blond Mitch Ryan (as Marcus). His buddies are muscular brother Brando Eaton (as Josh) and fun-loving best friend Ryan Donowho (as Dobbs). The pretty girl is Jillian Murray (as Penny). Yes, her bikini comes off quickly...

The first scenes with Mr. Ryan and his friends are better than the stuff with Mr. Austin on the island, although they do not contain any special effects. While the overall story simply does not engage, the make-up and "gore" effects are a relative strength. The highlight is a knock-down, drag-out fight between two half flesh-eaten young women. The plot eventually makes more sense, but it's difficult to stay focused on the details. Eli Roth's original "Cabin Fever" (2002) struck a funny vein and worked out surprisingly well. This edition, directed by Kaare Andrews, has no comic relief. Or, more accurately, there is no humor that works like it should in a horror movie and did in the first "Cabin Fever" film. If this is the last of the series, they didn't end on a high note.

*** Cabin Fever 3: Patient Zero (2/6/2014) Kaare Andrews ~ Mitch Ryan, Brando Eaton, Ryan Donowho, Sean Astin

Not much better than 'Cabin Fever 2', and that was rubbish.

[Michael-Hallows-Eve · 4/10 · 15 February 2014]

After the debacle that was 'CABIN FEVER 2', I was hoping that this movie going to be better. Well it was only marginally better in my opinion. If only Eli Roth had more of an "on hands" role with this film, could have been a much better movie. I liked the plot, but it wasn't executed in the way it could have been in my opinion. I find this a commonly occurring theme with sequels, the new director has the potential to make the series better, but then they change things too much and try too hard which usually ends in failure. Some of the effects were OK, and although it was quite bloody in some parts, the film didn't really deliver as I was hoping it would. For me the first one was the best, and it will stay that way. All I can give this movie is a 4 out of 10.

The Clue is in the Title

[edwardrevans · 1/10 · 13 December 2015]

Zero: This has to be by far the worst film I have ever seen, it completely lacks any plot or merit and I cannot say a good word about it. The effects are something out of Hammer House of horror all the gore is shown at night because its poor. There script is like they took two unfinished Horror films and cobbled them together. Please do your self a favour and do not watch it.

Acting is on the amateur level, and the Dialogue is repetitive, starts poor ends poor and characters are shoehorned in during the middle of the film for padding.

You have to wait till the end credits till there is very little closure to the movie.

utter Garbage

Better then I was expecting & one of the better straight-to-DVD horror sequels that have come out, take from that what you will

[cosmo_tiger · 6/10 · 27 July 2014]

"Sometimes we have to harm one to save millions." A group of friends decide to throw a bachelor party for one of their own. After searching for the best place they find a secluded abandoned island that will be perfect. What starts off as a fun relaxing time turns strange when one they start to develop strange rashes on their bodies. When the rash turns into something much worse they look for anyway they can to cure what they have. When they find a building they think they found the answer, but their problems are only beginning. Once again another sequel that no one was really asking for is made. Due to the recent string of straight-to-video things like this I was obviously not expecting a whole lot from this. I'm not sure if it was because I had that attitude going in but this was actually better then I was expecting. I'm not saying this is anything amazing but it was watchable and I wasn't really bored with what I saw. The most interesting parts though were the scenes involving Sean Astin and the "back story" of the virus. When it was over my thoughts were, wow...I was expecting much worse. Take from that what you will. Overall, better then I was expecting and actually one of the better straight-to-DVD horror sequels that have come out...again take from that what you will. I give this a B-.

Polished silliness

[peterbp · 5/10 · 17 February 2015]

Horror and gore: Decent acting. Good cinematography. Decent surroundings and sets. Script as can be expected from its genre, which means run of the mill "surprises", shock, and screaming, peppered with gore and ickyness.

This one starts as a slow-paced guys' excursion to a tropical island, and, via some nasty flesh-eating virus infection, ends up as an unintentionally comic splatter movie, which at points reminded me of Braindead, though it is nowhere up that the standards of that classic. Not much more to be said without spoiling the experience.

It's still good entertainment, though. Worth watching on a night with the guys, though at all not memorable.

Better than 2 but not 1!

[UniqueParticle · 8/10 · 24 October 2019]

Sean Astin is so incredibly handsome, his characters name is awesome too - Porter! Such a gross disturbing sequel or prequel of the underappreciated series. Better cinematography than 2 and very unsettling, first time I saw a couple years ago I felt nauseous, I love that feeling after a horror film. Not as bad as some say, at least in my eyes I like this movie a fair bit; so much blood which is great sometimes.

Honest Opinion on the Cabin Fever Franchise.

[terryrode · 6/10 · 8 February 2014]

WARNING: THERE ARE POSSIBLE SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW!!! With that said, first I'd like to let everyone know that the plot of this movie is all wrong. There is no cruise ship. A man is getting married and his friends decide to throw him a bachelor party by renting a boat to take them to this deserted island. Well on this deserted island, is where the infamous flesh eating disease comes in to play. It is unclear during the beginning and middle of the movie as to what is causing the disease. Whether it's the weed they are smoking or the water they swim in, but towards the end, it becomes very clear.

Without giving too much away, I will say that this movie is 10 times better than the last Cabin Fever movie. The first Cabin Fever movie was a shock to the system, but the sequel, Cabin Fever: Spring Break, was such a joke. This movie, should of been the ACTUAL sequel. Cabin Fever: Patient Zero is actually a good movie. No cheap nudity, no cheap laughs. It just gets to the point of what horror actually is. And when I say horror, I don't mean that this is a scary movie, but it does have it's scares. I would totally recommend this movie to ANYONE who HATED Cabin Fever: Spring Break.

If you still don't get it by the credits, stay tuned, because after the credits, the explain the whole thing.

Pleasantly surprised.

[Patient444 · 4/10 · 11 February 2014]

Let me start by saying that I really, really liked, Cabin Fever. Nice in the woods movie, with a interesting disease, OK plot, OK movie! Then I saw CF2: Spring Fever, and I knew, it all went down the drain. Perfect example of what happens when the apple falls too far from the tree. Needless to say, I had kinda no expectations from part 3, thinking they will rely on gore even more, and won't see anything but guts and blood.

Was I wrong? Sort of. Sure, you do see more blood than on the first, but this one, actually has a back bone. It has a story behind it, has characters, will intrigue just a little, and amuse you a few times. Aw, and it has one of the greatest chick fights I've ever seen. So, there are some reasons to watch it, especially that it jumps from "Spring Fever" and acts more like a sequel to the first part.

Just don't expect a masterpiece, but an OK horror movie, that can stand as a movie all by itself, you don't have to watch the other parts to understand it. I gave it a 4. 4 is a good enough grade for this one.

Will I recommend it? Only if you are a fan of the first too, well, the original at least. Cheers!