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Quarantine (2008)
Director: John Erick Dowdle
Movie review
From Time Out Chicago
Once again, gory horrors befall oddly committed videographers—in this case, a TV crew trapped inside a rabies-infected L.A. building swarming with flesh-chompers. Even The Blair Witch Project never quite licked this concept’s essential dumbness: Put. The camera. Down. Already. But Quarantine has just enough stylishness—it might be the best of this trendlet—to justify itself as a thrill ride. Extended scenes of panic are effective, and even Hitchcock would smile at the dispatching of one sickie with the lens itself, a blood-spattered weapon.Author: Joshua Rothkopf
Time Out Chicago Issue 190: October 16–22, 2008
Cast & crew
Director: John Erick Dowdle
Cast: Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez, Columbus Short, Greg Germann
Rated: R
Duration: 86 mins
US Release: Oct 10 2008
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