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

Oct 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

Oct 17, 2018

2/5

Quarantine is a one-note nightmare.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Feb 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, 2025

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

Mar 20, 2024

3/4

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

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 20, 2020

2.0/4.0

Has very much a reality television feeling going for it.

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Feb 17, 2019

Quarantine is very creepy...

Kylo W

Oct 26, 2018

As a standalone horror movie its pretty good. As a comparison to [rec] its terrible. The atmosphere is ok but [rec] seemed much more claustrophobic and haunting. The actors in [rec] did a better job of selling the premise and the urgency. The overall concept and the plot are both still great hence the 3* rating here.

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Draco W

Oct 11, 2018

Just like the events in the film, the loss of control sealed its fate. The atmosphere is agreeably effective to put in a freakish aura for alarming thrills and hyper momentum, but the cinematography is probably one of the worst from the pacing of unnecessary stalling and being too shaky as an annoying reflection of the hysteric performances that denies any sympathy - which is before the found footage genre's improvement. (C+)

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Anakin S

Sep 2, 2018

REC for the illiterate

Leia M

Sep 1, 2018

Quarantine is a good zombie movie and an example of how to make a film on a limited budget and with limited locations. The entire film takes place in a derelict high rise and the point of view is that of a news reporter. This is a unique idea since we only see what the main character sees. The scares are more of a shock type but it is well executed. This is the template more independent horror feature films should take. Quarantine is a classic example of a well made scary film. (Genuinely shocking horror film from Spain).

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Abraham S

Mar 19, 2018

This is a watchable horror flick with good performances and the right tone. I could do without discussion of the REC series. It's like saying "the book was better". This film is this film and stands on its own just fine, regardless of influence and sources.

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John Erick Dowdle

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Jennifer Carpenter

Angela Vidal

Steve Harris

Scott Percival

Jay Hernandez

Jake

Johnathon Schaech

George Fletcher

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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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