Quarantine (2008)

Woah, this was not supposed to be so good. I was horrified when I heard they were Americanising REC, from Spain, which was one of the best and scareist zombie-freak-out films I have ever seen. I expected the whole thing to be watered down and dull. I didn't expect to be scared. I expected a collossal American fuck up of The Ring proportions.

I was wrong.

You know, I felt something very early on in this movie and I think that has to do with the chick that's in it. She was just so cool, and bubbly, and seemed very realistic in the fake-doco style here -- something difficult to pull off, I reckon. So she kept me going, to the point that at the end I started to get slightly distressed -- her terror was so real. She looks fucking petrified. I wonder if the filmmakers didn't really freak her out and film it.

So, that was good. And the effects were okay, too. I didn't find it as slick and tight as REC, but it was decent enough. And the end was scary as it should have been. I jumped. Good movie.

3.5/5