THEME EXPLORATION

viral contamination

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
I Am Legend
I Am Legend
2007 · Francis Lawrence
Clika
Clika
2026 · Michael Greene
Flint
Flint
2017 · Bruce Beresford
Resident Evil
Resident Evil
2002 · Paul W. S. Anderson
28 Weeks Later
28 Weeks Later
2007 · Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
[REC]
[REC]
2007 · Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza
A Journey to the Fumigated Towns
A Journey to the Fumigated Towns
2018 · Fernando Solanas
Alien from the Deep
Alien from the Deep
1989 · Antonio Margheriti
Contagion
Contagion
2011 · Steven Soderbergh
The Andromeda Strain
The Andromeda Strain
1971 · Robert Wise
Who Is Beta?
Who Is Beta?
1972 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Zombi 3
Zombi 3
1988 · Lucio Fulci
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Paco Plaza Spain

Immersive found-footage horror that weaponizes confined spaces into suffocating instruments of terror.

 David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films like 'The Fly' and 'Videodrome' obsessively explore viral contamination and biological transformation as metaphors for disease and loss of control.

 Andrzej Żuławski Poland

His visceral, nightmare-like films such as 'Possession' depict psychological and physical contamination spreading through relationships with apocalyptic intensity.