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Fans of the handheld camerawork of CLOVERFIELD and THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT will find much to like in this remake of Spanish film REC. Jennifer Carpenter (DEXTER) stars as a TV journalist who finds herself far too close to the action of her latest story. When she and her cameraman (Steve Harris, THE PRACTICE) start filming an 'average' incident at an apartment building, they realize that one of the building's tenants is the victim of a horrific contagious disease and quarantine will keep them from escaping.

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ProducerSergio Aguero, Doug Davison, Roy Lee

EAN5050629155518

eBay Product ID (ePID)72535411

Product Key Features

ActorJennifer Carpenter, Greg Germann, Jay Hernandez, Steve Harris, Columbus Short, Johnathon Schaech, Dania Ramirez, Rade Serbedzija

Film/TV TitleQuarantine

DirectorJohn Erick Dowdle

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageArabic\Bulgarian\Croatian\Czech\English\Estonian\Greek\Hebrew\Hindi\Hungarian\Icelandic\Lithuanian\Polish\Romanian\Serbian\Slovak\Slovene\Turkish

Run Time89 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

FormatBlu-ray

Release Year2009

FeaturesWidescreen, Making-Of\Behind-The-Scenes\Commentary with Writer/Director and Writer/Producer, With Subtitles

GenreHorror/Occult, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate18

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ReviewsNew York Times - æSolid acting and perfectly calibrated shocksÆ, Entertainment Weekly - QUARANTINE director John Erick Dowdle and co-writing brother Drew wisely stick close to the told-from-the-cameraman's point-of-view template of the terrific original, Empire - æA visceral, camera-shuddery ride into foamy-mouthed zombie hellÆ

Additional InformationA faithful adaptation of the 2007 Spanish film REC, QUARANTINE chronicles the outbreak of a rabies-like disease in a Los Angeles apartment building and the struggle of the unaffected residents to stay alive after the authorities trap them inside in an effort to contain it. Equal parts BLAIR WITCH PROJECT and 28 DAYS LATER, the film is presented through the eye of a video camera, putting the audience in the middle of the action and creating a heightened level of intensity and realism. Television reporter Angela (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman, Scott (Steve Harris), are covering the goings-on at a firehouse for a program about night shift workers. As she clowns around with two flirty firemen (Jonathan Schaech and Jay Hernandez), an alarm sounds, and a truck is dispatched--with Angela and Scott on board---to an apartment building where an old woman has seemingly lost her mind. The woman bites one of the firemen and is soon killed, but when more tenants turn up with the same disorder, it's clear that a chain reaction is occurring. Unfortunately for Angela and the rest of the uninfected residents, the authorities have quarantined the building---but she and Scott continue to document the tragic and terrifying events inside the building as those inside are one by one transformed into bloodthirsty monsters. Director John Eric Dowdle, whose film THE POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES also used a pseudo-documentary approach in detailing the crimes of a serial killer, creates a sustained level of chaos and fear that will have all but the most seasoned horror fan cowering in the corner. Though the shaky camerawork may be a bit difficult to take for those prone to motion sickness, it--along with a complete absence of music--gives the film a startling realism and immediacy to accompany its stomach-churning descent into full-on hopelessness and dread.

ScreenwriterDrew Dowdle, John Erick Dowdle

Dubbing LanguagesRussian\Polish\Czech\Hungarian\Turkish

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleQuarantine

Director of PhotographyKen Seng

Consumer AdviceContains strong bloody violence and sustained terror