Viral (2016)

Following the outbreak of a virus that wipes out the majority of the human population, a young woman documents her family's new life in quarantine and tries to protect her infected sister.

Directors:

Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman

Writers:

Barbara Marshall, Christopher Landon

Stars:

Sofia Black-D'Elia, Analeigh Tipton, Travis Tope

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sofia Black-D'Elia	...	Emma Drakeford
Analeigh Tipton	...	Stacey Drakeford
Travis Tope	...	Evan Klein
Michael Kelly	...	Michael Drakeford
Machine Gun Kelly	...	CJ (as Colson Baker)
John Cothran	...	Mr. Toomey
Stoney Westmoreland	...	Bill
Linzie Gray	...	Gracie Lemay
Judyann Elder	...	Mrs. Toomey
Philip Labes	...	Gangly Kid
Brianne Howey	...	Tara Dannelly
Alexa Fischer	...	CDC Investigator
Brendon Eggertsen	...	Party Jock
Jennifer Say Gan	...	CDC Agent
Matt Knudsen	...	CDC Agent

Storyline

Emma and her sister Stacey are normal teenagers in a small town, when a mysterious infection begins to spread. With the town quarantined, and their parents stuck on the other side of the barrier, the girls have a blast eating junk food and sneaking out to go to parties. But when the disease starts to infect people they know, the girls, together with their neighbor Evan (Emma's secret crush), barricade themselves into their home. But it may already be too late, as the infection is already in their midst, and Emma will be faced with a choice: protect her sister or survive the virus.

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Plot Keywords:

virus | teenager | disease | gas mask | violence | 

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Taglines:

Fear what's inside

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing violent content, some language including sexual references, and teen partying

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 July 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Peste

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blumhouse Productions, Busted Shark Productions, Chapter One Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Michael Kelly play a character named CJ in Dawn of the Dead (2004) in this film Machine Gun Kelly plays a character named CJ. Both films are centered around zombies

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Goofs

When Emma gets a text message from Stacey on the first day of the story, the date on her phone says Thursday, October 2. When Emma gets a text message from Evan on the night of the following day, her phone display still reads Thursday, October 2 even though story-wise it should be Friday, October 3.

User Reviews

Cute cliché.

Is it that bad? No. Is it worth your time? Most likely no again. Is it an avoid at all cost. Strike 3, and no again.

So, someone out there decided that there is room for yet another zombie movie. Originality dodged the bullet so we had all the typical moves possible, with some, kinda, perhaps, more rarely used elements, that sadly make for a thin and predictable plot. There are no moments during this movie when you'll have no idea what's about to happen.

It's just out there, every next scene being prepared and previewed in you mind easily 5 minutes before it actually hits the screen. So because of that, there is not much to do with this. I suggest you try something like Hide per example. I actually loved that one.

Cheers!