Quarantine
Director: John Erick Dowdle
Writer: John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle
(Adapted from film “Rec” written by Juame Balagueró, Luis Berdejo and Paco Plaza)
2008
I’m going to start off by saying that this film really freaked me out. Not only was the story plausible, but added to that was the handheld first person camera technique used throughout. The story revolves around a nightly news team consisting of a reporter and her cameraman, who are sent to document a night in the life of the firemen in the city. The chemistry between the actors works wonderfully and with the audience experiencing everything from the camera’s point of view we can really connect with what’s going on in the story, ultimately, this choice of camera style makes the horrors seem more real than if it had been filmed any other way. Quarantine is frantic and suspenseful with really great horror acting throughout and I encourage you to pick this one up, it is seriously enjoyable. And if you can, pick up the original Spanish film Rec, which is just as enjoyable if not a little more.
