Cabin Fever was a film that I wanted to like but ended up disappointed with after watching it in the theatre. Since then I’ve tried it again on DVD, and I was able to ignore those things that turned me off the first time and enjoy the ride. In the span of two days I gobbled down every special feature on the disc, including the four commentary tracks. Now they may be making a return trip to the Cabin, but with or without Roth?

Movie Hole confides that Cabin Fever 2 is supposed to start filming in January, with Robert Harris reprising his role as Old Man Caldwell. However, they neglect to mention that last year Roth decided to bow out due to creative differences, leaving the proposed sequel up to others to write and direct.

I have a very full plate with HOSTEL and numerous other projects so I’m not involved with CABIN FEVER 2. My concept for the sequel was a SONG OF THE SOUTH-style half-animated film where Deputy Winston sings songs (ones I was forced to learn in Hebrew school) to imaginary creatures in his head, and has sex with the burned, rotted corpses of everyone who died in the original, but they didn’t go for it. Go figure. However, my CABIN FEVER co-writer Randy Pearlstein had a KICK ASS idea for the sequel, and I believe they are going to shoot that draft, so I want nothing more than for it to be a great film. I told them all it should be better than the first one, and with Randy’s script, if they get the right director that’s a real possibility. But I was never considering directing the sequel unless it was an animated musical about a corpse-raping deputy, and even I recognize that’s probably not the most accessible idea.

Fuck, I would love to see that movie.

Quote courtesy of Creature Corner. Link courtesy of I Spit On Your Movie and FilmStalker.

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