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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Roger A

@Rogeradams6oh6 4 days ago

I liked it. I actually like found footage movies sometimes. Rabies is scary stuff.

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B P

@Bradster69 6 days ago

Not Bad, but Not My Favorite

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g M

@clpsbt Aug 22, 2026

I was very excited when clicking on the movie, but soon became disappointed about 50 minutes in, when the plot was going nowhere. I understand that the camera work was suppose to be authentic, but i can’t help but notice how artificial it looks, half the time zooming in and out unnecessarily. There was no overall progression to the plot; no full explanation as to what’s going on, besides the dog being the cause, and i felt that the movie did not show Jennifer Carpenter’s best acting, as she was hyperventilating for the majority of the second half of the movie. I think the movie had potential, but i do not feel the plot was given the justice it deserved.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Mar 29, 2026

The worldwide gross is $41,300,000.00 over a budget of $12,000,000.00. Rated R for Disturbing Content, Bloody Content, Language, Terror and Violent Content.

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Shawan L

@ShawanLLibang Feb 17, 2026

Quarantine doesn’t "remake" [REC] so much as it coughs up a smudged, off‑brand bootleg louder, dumber, and somehow even less coherent. It takes the original’s tight, pulse‑killing terror and wrings it dry, leaving behind a limp, tension‑free knockoff that feels like someone tried to recreate greatness after skimming a plot summary.

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Mickey B.

@MickeyBeyond Feb 16, 2026

Re-watching: After living through a REAL pandemic and Quarantine it makes me chuckle. Because before the world shut down this is how we really thought it was gonna go down. It’s fun though!

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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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