Viral

R

Released Jul 29, 2016

1h 29m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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Separated from their father (Michael Kelly), two teenage sisters (Sofia Black-D'Elia, Analeigh Tipton) try to survive an apocalyptic viral outbreak that leads to a quarantine.

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Tina K

I liked it! It has funny high school humor and antics. It has satisfyingly "eeeewwww", "gotcha!", tension-filled, suspenseful, moments & scenes. It also has a nice mix of likeable and unlikeable characters.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/28/23

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Elvis D

La productora Blumhouse presenta una historia que, aun con algunos elementos de terror, intenta ser algo distinto, orientándose más al drama y la ciencia ficción. Viral es una película que en su momento no fue la gran cosa, pero tras la pandemia del COVID, ya se la puede ver desde otra perspectiva. Esta película es un drama con elementos de suspenso orientado en 2 hermanas adolescentes que deben sobrevivir en una cuarentena. A simple vista, la película parece solo otra simpleza, pero tiene ciertos elementos que muchos terminaron experimentando en la pandemia. Gente que no puede salir de casa, uso obligatorio de barbijos, jóvenes yendo a una fiesta sin importar los riesgos. Lo descabellado es que Viral acaba siendo otra película que predijo lo que ocurriría en 2020. Se podría decir que Blumhouse le atino bien a esta película, ya que esa combinación de drama y suspenso hace que la película sea un poco más realista. Incluso los realizadores decidieron ser sutiles al querer hacer esta película porque Blumhouse a menudo trabaja con un presupuesto moderado y no se toman la molestia de mostrar como está cayendo el resto del mundo, eso solo queda bajo la interpretación del espectador. El concepto del parásito es bueno y es seguro que tenía muchas cosas más que se podrían haber aplicado si no fuera por el presupuesto moderado. Viral es en conclusión un drama de ciencia ficción y suspenso simple, pero cumplido. Mi calificación final para esta película es un 8/10.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/02/23

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Michelle L

Story isn't really original. It would have been a really good horror but the acting wasn't as great as it should be. Got boring towards the end, and unfortunately the final moments are somewhat corny.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/17/23

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Dane B. M

Good effects. Good acting. Good. That's all.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/17/23

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Jeffrey P

I was reluctant to start this but it wasn't that bad. Released in 2016, it shows that covid-19 could have been alot worse. Then it got cringy and becomes some sort of weird zombie virus horror movie. A bit of a mixed bag, not hating or liking it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/26/23

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Derrell B

The story and film quality is good, but the characters lacked so much common sense that it is unbearable to watch.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Henry Joost

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Ariel Schulman

Director

Sofia Black-D'Elia

Emma Drakeford

Lio Tipton

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Ed Gonzalez

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The filmmakers notably doodle in the margins from the start, slightly reorienting our perspective on the familiar tropes of both the teen and apocalyptic genres, making them feel almost new again.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jul 25, 2016

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Emma Wolfe

SpookyAstronauts

I thought it was all right for what it was, I'm not a huge fan of this type of film. I'm not really a huge fan of like teen films either.

Rated: 5/10

Apr 29, 2021

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Noah Berlatsky

Splice Today

There's a lot of potential, but most of it's wasted.

Sep 18, 2019

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Zena Dixon

Real Queen of Horror

Viral is an entertaining, infection horror film with awesome cinematography and a pretty cool story line.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 27, 2018

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...it is, in the end, not difficult to see why the prolific Blumhouse Productions decided to keep this one out of theaters.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jul 10, 2017

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Pablo O. Scholz

Clarín

A film that offers the viewer what he paid for his entry. Very entertaining and scary. [Full review in Spanish]

Oct 13, 2016

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Synopsis

Separated from their father (Michael Kelly), two teenage sisters (Sofia Black-D'Elia, Analeigh Tipton) try to survive an apocalyptic viral outbreak that leads to a quarantine.

Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Producer: Stuart Ford, Charles Layton, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Jeanette Volturno, Todd King, Matt Jackson, Steven Squillante, Barbara Marshall
Screenwriter: Barbara Marshall, Christopher Landon
Distributor: Weinstein Co.
Production Co: Chapter One, IM Global, Blumhouse Productions, Busted Shark
Rating: R (Some Language|Sexual References|Disturbing Violent Content|Teen Partying)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 29, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 7, 2017
Runtime: 1h 29m

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