Quarantine

About Quarantine

A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.

Quarantine (2008) is a horror science fiction film directed by John Erick Dowdle. The film is filed under found footage adjacent, pseudo-documentary, virus, and quarantine.

Jennifer Carpenter takes the lead as Angela Vidal, Steve Harris as Scott Percival, Columbus Short as Danny Wilensky, and Jay Hernandez as Jake. It runs 89 minutes and was released in October 2008.

The screenplay is by Drew Dowdle and John Erick Dowdle. It comes from Castelao Productions and Filmax. In the United States it streams on fuboTV, Philo, and Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel.

Savageland, Cloverfield, and [REC]³ Genesis make useful companions to Quarantine, all filed under found footage. TMDB voters put it at 5.8 out of 10 across 1,458 votes and it carries a R rating.