Cabin Fever: Patient Zero
A bachelor-party escape to a secluded island becomes a splattery fight against a runaway flesh-eating virus and the people it destroys.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- frantic
- grotesque
- darkly comic
- halloween night
- midnight movie
What critics said
Critics broadly found the prequel poorly written and predictable, though some acknowledged effective makeup effects and late-film gore.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The friends are trapped on a secluded private island containing a laboratory and a rapidly spreading virus.
The critical reception specifically highlights strong makeup work and gruesome anatomical shredding and pulverizing.
The escaped flesh-eating virus turns infected characters into mindless, lurching threats while survivors fight for containment.
The central threat begins when a deadly, extremely fast-acting virus escapes containment from the island laboratory.
Films like Cabin Fever: Patient Zero, and why
Cabin Fever
shares outbreak horror, quarantine tension, bodily gore, and dark genre humor
28 Days Later
shares isolated-location survival horror, infection anxiety, and graphic practical effects
The Crazies
shares island-bound epidemic horror, escalating paranoia, and gruesome creature effects
Movie Details
- Director
- Kaare Andrews
- Release Date
- 2014-02-05
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rating
- 5.0 / 10 (366)
Cast
- Jillian Murray
- Mitch Ryan
- Lydia Hearst
- Claudette Lalí
- Sean Astin
- Solly Duran
- Currie Graham
- Ryan Donowho
- Brando Eaton
- Juan 'Papo' Bancalari
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Cabin Fever: Patient Zero about?
- A bachelor-party escape to a secluded island becomes a splattery fight against a runaway flesh-eating virus and the people it destroys.
- What is Cabin Fever: Patient Zero like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Cabin Fever: Patient Zero as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Cabin Fever: Patient Zero violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Cabin Fever: Patient Zero as graphic.
- What did critics think of Cabin Fever: Patient Zero?
- Critics broadly found the prequel poorly written and predictable, though some acknowledged effective makeup effects and late-film gore.
- Which films are like Cabin Fever: Patient Zero?
- Films with a similar feel include Cabin Fever, 28 Days Later, and The Crazies.
- How long is Cabin Fever: Patient Zero?
- Cabin Fever: Patient Zero runs 91 minutes.
- Where can I watch Cabin Fever: Patient Zero?
- In United States, Cabin Fever: Patient Zero streams on Philo.
