Quarantine Reviews
Most of you are aware that this film is the American remake of the Spanish film [REC] whether you have seen it or not.
If you have seen the original, then you no doubt will be as anxious to see this version as I was. I figured that if John Erick Dowdle could manage to pull off a film even a little bit as scary as the former, I would be turning cartwheels upon leaving the theater. Well I didn’t break into spontaneous somersaults but that is likely more due to the fact that I am now in my thirties rather than the fact that he failed. Indeed he did not.
I do prefer the original but only by a small margin. There a few subtle differences and also some really big ones. The big ones come in the form of about 15 minutes of added footage for this theatrical release. If you are familiar with [REC] these will be nice surprises surely meant to keep you on your toes…full story
Blame the current End Of Times zeitgeist, but both the “horror movie filmed by a participant with a hand-held camera” and the “disease turning ordinary people into crazed killers” thing have practically become subgenres in their own rights as of late. This past year has seen the release not only of Cloverfield, but also of Diary of the Dead (directed by George Romero of all people!) and of course [REC]. And now this…full story Continue Reading…
Quarantine Movie Stills
Today we have batch of new photos from the upcoming horror film “Quarantine.”
A remake of the Spanish film REC, a downtown Los Angeles apartment building is quarantined after a mysterious deadly and highly contagious strain of rabies breaks out.
Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something unknown. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they try to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined the building. Phones, internet, televisions and cell phone access have been cut-off, and officials are not relaying information to those locked inside. When the quarantine is finally lifted, the only evidence of what took place is the news crew’s videotape.
“Quarantine” is directed by John Erick Dowdle, the man behind a very similar film “The Poughkeepsie Tapes,” stars Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez, Columbus Short, Greg Germann, Steve Harris, Dania Ramirez, Rade Serbedzija, and Andrew Fiscella. Continue Reading…
