Quarantine is a 2008 American science fiction horror film, based on the Spanish movie REC, directed by John Erick Dowdle and starring Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez, Columbus Short, Steve Harris, Rade Šerbedžija, Greg Germann, Bernard White, and Johnathon Schaech. The film is a remake of the Spanish horror film REC with a few exceptions such as added scenes and dialogue. Shot in the "found footage" style, the movie was released on October 10, 2008 by Screen Gems. The film features no incidental music, being "scored" only with sound effects. The film received mixed... reviews from critics and was a box office success. A television reporter, Angela Vidal and her cameraman, Scott Percival , are assigned to follow two firefighters: Jake and Fletcher on their night shift. The crew responds to an emergency call from an apartment complex. The apartment manager, Yuri , says that he and other residents heard screams from an old woman's room named Mrs. Espinoza, who has locked herself in her apartment.
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| Release date: | October 10, 2008 |
| Directed by: | John Erick Dowdle |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 89 Minutes |
| Producer: | Roy Lee, Doug Davison, Sergio Aguero |
| Editor: | Elliot Greenberg |
| Music by: | Pilar McCurry |
| Cinematography: | Ken Seng |
| Screenplay by: | Drew Dowdle, John Erick Dowdle |
| Estimated budget: | $12,000,000 |
| Genre: | Disaster, Science Fiction, Thriller |