I Watch 'Em So You Don't Have To

A SHAKY HAND-HELD FOUND FOOTAGE FILM SHOT MOSTLY IN NIGHT VISION THAT ACTUALLY IS PRETTY GREAT - HONEST!

Quarantine (2008)

This movie has a lot of elements I absolutely hate in movies. Hand held cameras, most of it is dark, a lot of running means a lot of footage of shaky pictures that can really give you a headache. The 'found footage' idea has really started to take off since the insufferable The Blair Witch Project (And that movie was scary why? If I wanted to see teenagers scream, swear and fight with each other I'll hang out at a local high school. Oooh, somebody made a pile of rocks... I'm not sleeping tonight!).

This is a remake of a Spanish film called REC which I had been looking for (never did find it either). However, this is actually a smart, tense movie that follows a TV crew as they shadow fireman to a call about a sick woman. Since this is sort of zombie-like, of course I had to check it out. Despite the elements I mentioned, this is actually a very good movie. There are no big names in it, doesn't need to be - the story carries the movie and doesn't really need a big name to sell it.

The firemen and TV crew end up being 'quarantined' in this building because the 'sick' woman has actually gotten - well, let's just say it's the foaming at the mouth, screaming, biting people kind of thing. And of course the CDC, instead of trying to help them, lie to the public saying the building has been evacuated while planning on never letting the people leave.

The tension is high throughout, there are plenty of scary and just plain psycho scenes to keep your interest and this is definitely worth a look.