A high school prom faces a deadly threat: a flesh-eating virus that spreads via a popular brand of bottled water.
After the success of “Cabin Fever” a sequel wouldn’t have been a shock, the surprise was that it took 7 years.
In all honesty the film is a complete mess and not in a good way although there is plenty of gore, no the mess was all because of what was happening behind the scenes. There were two separate drafts of the film written in 2004. One by original director Eli Roth and one by genre favorite Adam Green. However due to internal politics at Lionsgate both scripts were set aside to bring in a completely new vision.
Ti west was eventually named as the film’s director. Despite the movie being done with filming back in April of 2007, it was shelved for over two years and fans waited in limbo before it was finally shown on October 24th, 2009 as part of the Screamfest Horror Film Festival.
After extensive re-editing and re-shooting by the producers, writer/director Ti West requested to have his name removed from the film and replaced with the popular pseudonym Alan Smithee. Since he was not a member of the DGA his request was denied by the producers and he remains credited as the film’s director.
West has since disowned the final product claiming that it is more a product of the producers and executives than that of his own and you can’t blame him for it. It is unknown if there will ever be a “directors cut” released featuring West’s original vision but I hope so as we’ll finally get to see what he was trying to do.
I’d stay away from this film, it’s just not worth your time.
Miscellaneous facts about the film:
Paul (Rider Strong) and Deputy Winston Olsen (Giuseppe Andrews) are the only characters from the first film to appear in the sequel.
The song Prom Night which is being played during the prom scene is the same song played Jamie Lee Curtis danced to in the 1980 movie Prom Night.
While at Lucille’s diner, Winston orders pancakes. In the original Cabin Fever (2002), the little kid, Dennis, repeats “Pancakes!” over and over.
The school mascot is a rabbit. In the original Cabin Fever (2002), Paul sees a guy in a rabbit suit at the hospital.
When looked at closely, the movie posters for both the original Cabin Fever (2002) and this movie contain an underlying skull in the background.
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