Quarantine

After the success of the little-seen but highly regarded Spanish horror [REC], it was only a matter of time before Hollywood brought out the remake. Jennifer Carpenter (star of TV show Dexter) is Angela, a news reporter sent with her cameraman Scott (Steve Harris) to film an item on local firefighters. They are called to an emergency at an apartment building where a distressed woman appears to be locked in her flat. Soon after arriving the cast find themselves attacked by zombie-like creatures – and it’s not long before everyone’s locked in the building to prevent anyone else becoming infected. The result is a nerve-wracker that grips right from the start and never lets go, even if you’ve seen the original, which, aside from the subtitles, is almost exactly the same flick. It’s a movie that should be experienced in the cinema with a good sound system – just watch the people around you jumping from their seats. [Kevin McHugh]