Viral
2016 · Movie · R · 86 min · ★ 5.7 · 51% critics
After a fast-spreading outbreak devastates the population, a teenager records life inside a locked-down neighborhood as her family tries to stay safe. With supplies running low and fear rising, she faces impossible choices while trying to protect a loved one who may already be infected.
Also known as Peste
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Details
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-02-18
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 51/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (571 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you want a contained, teen-focused outbreak thriller with quarantine tension and some body-horror touches; Not for you if you need smart decisions, fresh twists, or a strong payoff like The Stand.
Pros: entertaining genre ride; decent lead performances; some gross-out moments | Cons: lots of plot holes; characters act irrationally; generic and predictable
Themes
- quarantine
- sister
- outbreak
- family
- parasite
- disdainful
- foreboding
- frightened
Cast & crew
Sofia Black-D'Elia
as Emma Drakeford
Lio Tipton
as Stacey Drakeford
Travis Tope
as Evan Klein
mgk
as CJ
Michael Kelly
as Michael Drakeford
John Cothran
as Mr. Toomey
- SW
Stoney Westmoreland
as Bill
Linzie Gray
as Gracie Lemay
Judyann Elder
as Mrs. Toomey
Brianne Howey
as Tara Dannelly
Directed by Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman