Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever

The ending is a major letdown because you'll feel like you've been cheated. This is just a game for the audience, meant to disgust them, perhaps entertain them a bit here and there, but ultimately, they'll realize that the film doesn't really offer them anything. Until then, Cabin Fever 2 is a fairly bearable film, perhaps a bit stupid, simple, and predictable, but it doesn't lack entertainment value at times. It's just kind of half-baked. (05/12/2015)

I enjoyed Spring Fever more than Roth’s first part. Starting from the animated opening credits (which could have replaced the introduction but didn’t) until the end, the film alternates comedy with atmospheric, brutal, and disgusting scenes, with everything working out passably well (unlike Roth’s) and, what is more, the resulting mix holds together (unlike Roth’s). Even though West didn’t have creative freedom as director (in fact, he wanted to distance himself from the film), he did a pretty good job. Just like The House of the Devil felt like occult horror from the 1970s, the sequel to Cabin Fever feels like a (funny) American B-movie from the 1980s, though it’s not as precise and perfect as the former. (02/07/2010)