Warning Sign

R

1985

1h 40m

Horror

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20%

10 Reviews

Tomatometer

43%

500+ Ratings

Audience Score

Research scientists are turned into homicidal maniacs when a secret germ-warfare experiment goes haywire.

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Saso Q

This film could have been as good as John Carpenter's The Thing, equaling it in claustrophobia, paranoia and not least of all in soundtrack. Unfortunately, from an extremely promising and captivating beginning -- with some genuinely intense sequences relating to biohazard protocols, biowarfare containment procedures and the collective unconscious memory of the horrors of rabies -- it steadily devolves into a progressively goofier and goofier zombie affair that ends with the most feeble-minded resolution possible, involving a medical and political happy-ending wherein a small town sheriff and an alcoholic scientist manufacture a cure to a bioengineered, weaponized disease in a matter of hours while the inhabitants of said small farming town overpower the United States military and break into a Level 4 maximum security federal research facility to liberate survivors of one of the most dangerous and sinister medical-industrial disasters conceivable.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/05/23

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Richard S

I don't get the hate for this movie, I loved (and still) love it. The cast is phenomenal and the story is (still) plausible to this day. I admit there are a couple of technical inaccuracies but they're only minor and this movie inspired me to become a scientist who worked on vaccines! Well worth a watch and still holds up to this day.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/21/23

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delysid d

this movie is really cool. i like yaphet alot he was in some cool ones

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/06/22

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Audience Member

Warning Sign is new generation of covid-19.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/24/21

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Audience Member

Pretty cool, claustrophobic outbreak thriller. It wraps up a little too cleanly for my liking, but it's a solid entry in this genre.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/13/19

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Audience Member

MEH I THOUGHT THIS ONE WAS KINDA SLOW AND BORING ESPECIALLY FOR A MID 80'S HORROR MOVIE. I USUALLY LOVE 80'S HORROR BUT THIS DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO OFFER. IT HAD A FEW DECENT MOMENTS BUT NOT ENOUGH.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Hal Barwood

Director

Sam Waterston

Cal Morse

Kathleen Quinlan

Joanie Morse

Yaphet Kotto

Major Connolly

Jeffrey DeMunn

Dr. Dan Fairchild

Richard Dysart

Dr. Nielsen

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Rick Kogan

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Warning Sign fails to deliver any substantive messages or any genuine thrills.

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 26, 2019

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Craig Schroeder

Battleship Pretension

In the war against the capitalist curation of streaming services, Scream Factory continues to be a noble soldier, offering horror fans the opportunity to see forgotten oddities and small pictures that would otherwise go unnoticed.

Jan 7, 2021

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

A sedate endeavor.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 30, 2019

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Tom Long

Santa Cruz Sentinel

The film is fast-paced, predictable, and ultimately mediocre, but at least it helps breed some healthy paranoia.

Feb 4, 2019

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

So ill-conceived and poorly constructed.

Oct 15, 2018

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Rated: 2.5/5

Dec 30, 2006

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Synopsis

Research scientists are turned into homicidal maniacs when a secret germ-warfare experiment goes haywire.

Director: Hal Barwood
Production Co: SLM Production Group, Twentieth Century Fox
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 18, 2012
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Surround

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