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Quarantine (2008)

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Average Rating: 5.7/10
Reviews Counted: 79
Fresh: 47 | Rotten: 32

Quarantine uses effective atmosphere and consistent scares to stand above the crop of recent horror films.

Average Rating: 4.8/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 5

Quarantine uses effective atmosphere and consistent scares to stand above the crop of recent horror films.

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Movie Info

Jay Hernandez, Jennifer Carpenter, and Johnathon Schaech star in this remake of Jaume Balaguer� and Paco Plaza's successful, Spanish-language horror film [REC], which follows a television reporter and her cameraman as they fall under a mysterious quarantine issued on an inner-city apartment building. Television reporter Angela Vidal (Carpenter) and her trusty cameraman (Steve Harris) were documenting a night in the life of a Los Angeles fire station crew when the firefighters were summoned to a

R, 1 hr. 29 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Horror

Directed By: John Erick Dowdle

Written By: John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle

In Theaters: Oct 10, 2008 Wide

On DVD: Feb 17, 2009

Box Office:$31.7M

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Quarantine is based on the 2007 Spanish thriller [REC]. Like any imitation, the quality's not as good, but this is about cheap thrills, of which there are not enough.

October 13, 2008 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Tony Wong

Toronto Star

Top Critic

Give Quarantine credit: Without resorting to computer-generated monsters or supernatural explanations, it uses consistent logic and confinement to find new ways of being scary.

October 13, 2008 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

Quarantine, yet another pseudo-documentary horror movie, delivers the heebie-jeebies with solid acting and perfectly calibrated shocks.

October 13, 2008 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

Top Critic

I have seen many execrable films -- Plan 9 From Outer Space, Disaster Movie, Batman & Robin -- but never has a movie made me so physically ill.

October 13, 2008 Full Review Source: Boston Globe

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Michael Hardy

Boston Globe

Top Critic

Quarantine fails to correct some of the problems evident in its predecessor while also incorporating a few defects of its own.

October 10, 2008 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

No, the script isn't anything special and the novelty long ago wore off in this style of movie making. But the execution in this film from John Erick Dowdle is amazing, the camera work and cutting perfect.

October 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel

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Roger Moore

Orlando Sentinel

Top Critic

The best thing about this cheesy rip-off mockumentary-styled horror pic is that I didn't catch its virus or vomit after following its shaky developments.

April 26, 2010 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Works as every bit the disposable jolt dispenser it's assembled to be.

December 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinematical

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William Goss

Cinematical

'Quarantine' is a solid horror movie and one of the better to be released this year. The last 15 minutes is hardcore suspense that redeem any cheap movie making flaws.

July 3, 2009 Full Review Source: BET.com

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Clay Cane

BET.com

Develops into a legitimately unnerving experience.

April 7, 2009 Full Review Source: Paste Magazine

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Jeffrey Bloomer

Paste Magazine

...one could surely do far worse as far as horror remakes go.

March 25, 2009 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

A respectable, if uninspired, adaptation of... [REC], a Blair Witch-style variation on zombie movie cliches that might seem fresher had it not opened after veteran George Romero's grimly pared-down Diary of the Dead.

March 1, 2009 Full Review Source: Miss FlickChick

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Maitland McDonagh

Miss FlickChick

Real no frills filmmaking. Anything that gets in the way of the main idea is stripped to the bone. This includes certain niceties like character, humor, and even story.

February 25, 2009 Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com

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Brian Holcomb

CinemaBlend.com

Not as frightening as it should be, but still better than the average Hollywood scare-a-thon.

February 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

A passably engaging claustrophobic horror thriller that eventually reveals the limitations of its storytelling mode and visual scheme, and descends into nonsensical confusion.

February 20, 2009 Full Review Source: Shared Darkness

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Brent Simon

Shared Darkness

Extras on the disc include a commentary by writer/ director John Erick Dowdle and writer/ producer Drew Dowdle.

February 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide

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Brian Webster

Apollo Guide

We are saddled with the limitations of the 'found' film premise - seemingly endless screaming and scrabbling around in the dark, filmed from just a single angle.

February 16, 2009 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide

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Brian Webster

Apollo Guide

Grim, grisly horror film only for mature viewers.

February 12, 2009 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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James Rocchi

Common Sense Media

An eye-popping both metaphorical and literal genocidal rat race scare scenario made especially haunting when it kicks in, with its post-9/11 domestic terror lurking around every corner, hyper-paranoid sensibility.

February 8, 2009 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze

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Prairie Miller

NewsBlaze

February 8, 2009 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze

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Prairie Miller

NewsBlaze

An affair that aims low and succeeds well in such.

January 2, 2009 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Rob Humanick

Slant Magazine

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Predictable but not bad. I really dont have much more to add.

September 6, 2009

John Manard

Super Reviewer

Mediocre remake of Rec, which is far superior in every way, Quarantine is a poorly constructed film that uses everything from the original film to create its terror. Like every other horror fan, I have a love / hate relationship with remakes. Some are good, some not so good. Some lack anything that would it interesting

March 20, 2012

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

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1. Angela Vidal: They are not gonna come and get us! THEY ARE NOT gonna come and get us!
– Submitted by Nick P (9 months ago)
1. Angela Vidal: THE LIGHT! THE LIGHT! THE LIGHT!
– Submitted by James W (12 months ago)

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