Quarantine Coming in October
Posted by bob in News on April 9th, 2008
The Spanish horror film REC, being remade in America under the name Quarantine, and its viral campaign has caught our eye. The film’s official synopsis says: “Television reporter Angela Vidal and her cameraman are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood-curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something unknown. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they try to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined the building. Phones, internet, televisions and cell phone access have been cut off, and officials are not relaying information to those locked inside. When the quarantine is finally lifted, the only evidence of what took place is the news crew’s videotape.”
The film stars Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter) as Angela and Steve Harris (The Unseen) as the cameraman along with Johnathon Schaech (Prom Night), Columbus Short (Studio 60) and Marin Hunkle (2 and a Half Men). It’s been adapted by director John Erick Dowdle (Full Moon Rising) and original screenwriters Jaume Balagueró and Luiso Berdejo.
The Screen Gems film will be released October 17 and for more, check out the MySpace pages.
