Instant Queue Diaries- Episode Nine: Quarantine

Another one of those nights.

Can’t sleep. Bored. Hungry. What is a grown man to do?

Watch a movie. That’s what.

On the surface, “Quarantine” feels like a rip off of other successful films that have used low budget cameras over the past decade like “The Blair Witch Project” and “Cloverfield,” but there’s a big difference. The actors are solid and the story never makes you feel lost.

The whole concept of “Quarantine” is what makes it so much fun and a departure from all the crap that’s out right now. Imagine if you will if humans could contract the Rabies’ virus and the virus in effect could affect a person within minutes. You’d basically have an almost zombie-like creature focused on destroying everything in its path. Pretty crazy stuff if ya ask me. While this is a lot to stomach, especially for those who could care less about horror flicks, everything seems to flow naturally and there’s never a feeling that the situation the characters have gotten themselves in is inorganic. The result is a fast-paced flick that never stops delivering thrills and manages to keep you guessing throughout.

If you liked Jennifer Carpenter in “Dexter,” you’ll feel at home with her performance here, as she’s cute, classy and fun as reporter Angela Vidal. On her toes throughout the film, you’re almost forced to channel her emotions. The first person camera shots do an excellent job of bringing you into her world and all the bizarre things she encounters. When firemen are hitting on her, you’ll laugh and when she’s running for her life, you’ll have problems controlling your bowels. The rest of the cast is solid as well, providing the film with enough laughs and action to keep you occupied. No one stands out as horrible either, a huge upgrade from the films stemming from this low-budget filmed, but Hollywood actor-supplied horror genre.

However, it is because of all of these elements that “Quarantine” is worth a watch. It also did more than keep me up during my late night endeavors. It made me want to watch another movie afterward. Kind of got me in the mood for something scary, but smart.

In the end, that’s exactly what it is.

Unfortunate for me, I wasn’t able to find something that was able to do the same thing for me that this film did. “Paranormal Activity” looks to be in the same vein, perhaps I’ll check that out soon.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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