Finally, a scary movie worth seeing this weekend! If you like "Cloverfield" you may like "Quarantine" which opens in wide release today. With a no big name cast, the film, written and directed by John Erick Dowdle, is a handheld cam horror flick that delivers big for an early Halloween fright fest.
The story follows a female TV host, played by Jennifer Carpenter ("The Exorcism of Emily Rose"), who does feature stories on people and their jobs. Who knew that tagging along with cops and firemen on a medical 911 call could be so bloody terrifying!
For one gig, she goes along with some firemen and EMTs, and her cameraman, played by Scott Percival, to respond to a medical emergency call at an old apartment building.
Expecting to find an injured woman, they instead discover she is something more like batshit crazy. She proceeds to bite a couple of the firemen, and hilarity ensues. They try to evac only to discover the building has been sealed.
Now quarantined, the injured men turn into germy carriers. You can guess the rest as the scares then go into hyperdrive.
Lots of screams, blood, gore, frights, horror, tension, and heebie jeebies. "Quarantine" is supposedly a remake of a Spanish movie titled "\." And while it's not the best horror movie ever made, and it may not completely please fans of the hit "Cloverfield," it's worth a look.
