Quarantine

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Quarantine

R

2008

1h 29m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Reporter Angela (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman Scott (Steve Harris) are doing a story on night-shift firefighters for a reality-TV program. A late-night distress call takes them to a Los Angeles apartment building, where the police are investigating a report of horrific screams. The TV team and emergency workers find an old woman, who suddenly attacks with teeth bared. What's more, Angela and company find that the building has been sealed by CDC workers. Then the attacks really begin.

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Critics Consensus

Quarantine uses effective atmosphere and consistent scares to stand above the crop of recent horror films.

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Michael Ordoña

Los Angeles Times

10/17/2018

Shame on the filmmakers for reducing one of the main characters to an incessantly whimpering, hyperventilating embodiment of fingernails on a chalkboard for what feels like the final third of the film.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

10/17/2018

2/5

Quarantine is a one-note nightmare.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

02/24/2009

B-

Not as frightening as it should be, but still better than the average Hollywood scare-a-thon.

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David Day

Horror Movie Talk

Sep 18

7/10

Even with the overacting, I think Quarantine stands out as one of the classic found footage examples. If I had to point people to a movie to watch, I would point them at REC before this. You can find REC right now on prime for a few bucks.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

03/20/2024

3/4

It's the rare remake that improves upon the original.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

09/20/2020

2.0/4.0

Has very much a reality television feeling going for it.

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Shawan L

@ShawanLLibang Feb 17

Quarantine doesn’t "remake" [REC] so much as it coughs up a smudged, off‑brand bootleg louder, dumber, and somehow even less coherent. It takes the original’s tight, pulse‑killing terror and wrings it dry, leaving behind a limp, tension‑free knockoff that feels like someone tried to recreate greatness after skimming a plot summary.

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Mickey B.

@MickeyBeyond Feb 16

Re-watching: After living through a REAL pandemic and Quarantine it makes me chuckle. Because before the world shut down this is how we really thought it was gonna go down. It’s fun though!

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Todor Y

@Phantom961 Feb 5

Nothing to do with the original version of the film. The acting is under all criticism and terribly fake. The film is shot somehow in a rushed manner which makes it even more boring. Unlike the original version, this film is shot with a much more modern camera which gives a feeling of a cleaner and more shiny image of the picture but takes away its realism. Overall, it can be said that it is a complete waste of time.

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Aadil M

@RT69075013 Jan 31

The film was good but it didn’t come close to the original [Rec].

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Oz S

@Ozsoffy Oct 19

Quarantine had potential but it completely missed the mark for me. I liked the overall vibe and atmosphere, it definitely tries to create tension and chaos, but everything else fell flat. The acting was terrible, the characters felt unrealistic, and the whole idea of locking down one building while police and firefighters are trapped inside without any information just didn’t make sense. It’s hard to stay invested when the story logic is so weak. The ending wasn’t satisfying either, and while I understand this is a remake of another film, I still expected much more. Overall, a disappointing experience that could have been so much better.

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Terry S

@RT84781810 Oct 2

Well-done enough to be believable and sure as hell unpredictable!!

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Quarantine: Official Clip - Vicious Rabid Dog Attack

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Quarantine: Official Clip - Gross-out Brain-Drilling a Zombie

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Quarantine: Official Clip - Horrifying Demon in the Attic

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Quarantine: Official Clip - Eaten Alive by Zombies

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Quarantine: Official Clip - Freaky Little Girl Zombie

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Quarantine: Official Clip - Beating a Zombie to Death Violent Scene

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Quarantine: Official Clip - Terrifying Zombie Chase

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Quarantine: Official Clip - Scary Zombie Attack

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Quarantine: Official Clip - The Creepy Crying Zombie

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Quarantine: Official Clip - Creepy CDC Shoots Survivors Scene

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Synopsis

Reporter Angela (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman Scott (Steve Harris) are doing a story on night-shift firefighters for a reality-TV program. A late-night distress call takes them to a Los Angeles apartment building, where the police are investigating a report of horrific screams. The TV team and emergency workers find an old woman, who suddenly attacks with teeth bared. What's more, Angela and company find that the building has been sealed by CDC workers. Then the attacks really begin.

Director: John Erick Dowdle
Producer: Roy Lee, Doug Davison, Sergio Aguero
Screenwriter: John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle
Distributor: Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Vertigo, Andale Pictures
Rating: R (Disturbing Content|Bloody Content|Language|Terror|Violent Content)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 10, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $31.7M
Runtime: 1h 29m

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