Hollywood loves an infectious movie plot. In "28 Days Later" (2002), a virus experiment on monkeys goes wrong after activists free the animals, who then infect London. It takes only 28 days for the city to destroy itself. Writer Alex Garland says he's got a story for "28 Months Later." (Warning: This gallery contains movie spoilers!)
Hollywood loves an infectious movie plot. In "28 Days Later" (2002), a virus experiment on monkeys goes wrong after activists free the animals, who then infect London. It takes only 28 days for the city to destroy itself. Writer Alex Garland says he's got a story for "28 Months Later." (Warning: This gallery contains movie spoilers!)
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But first came a sequel to "28 Days Later." "28 Weeks Later" features the same rage virus, which returns when an uninfected group breaches safe zone lines and comes into contact with a carrier who is immune to the virus.
But first came a sequel to "28 Days Later." "28 Weeks Later" features the same rage virus, which returns when an uninfected group breaches safe zone lines and comes into contact with a carrier who is immune to the virus.
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In 1995's "Outbreak," Dustin Hoffman and Rene Russo work to contain Motaba, a fictional disease similar to Ebola. The outbreak spreads from Africa to the United States via an infected monkey before a serum is created.
In 1995's "Outbreak," Dustin Hoffman and Rene Russo work to contain Motaba, a fictional disease similar to Ebola. The outbreak spreads from Africa to the United States via an infected monkey before a serum is created.
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A deadly airborne virus strikes an American after travel to Hong Kong in the 2011 movie "Contagion." The death toll reaches over 25 million before a vaccine is created. It is later determined that the virus originated from bats and pigs.
A deadly airborne virus strikes an American after travel to Hong Kong in the 2011 movie "Contagion." The death toll reaches over 25 million before a vaccine is created. It is later determined that the virus originated from bats and pigs.
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In 1995's "12 Monkeys," based in part on the French short "La Jetee," a convict from 2035 is sent back in time to determine the source of a virus that has devastated the planet. The movie ends with a last-minute realization of who is behind the outbreak.
In 1995's "12 Monkeys," based in part on the French short "La Jetee," a convict from 2035 is sent back in time to determine the source of a virus that has devastated the planet. The movie ends with a last-minute realization of who is behind the outbreak.
Universal Pictures
A small TV crew gets trapped in a quarantined area after an unknown infection is discovered in the 2008 movie "Quarantine." An intentional introduction of a mutated rabies virus is behind the outbreak and turns the infected into violent killers.
A small TV crew gets trapped in a quarantined area after an unknown infection is discovered in the 2008 movie "Quarantine." An intentional introduction of a mutated rabies virus is behind the outbreak and turns the infected into violent killers.
Andale Pictures
A virus begins killing people in New Mexico after a satellite falls to Earth in the 1971 movie "The Andromeda Strain." Scientists in an isolated lab study the virus, which dangerously mutates before becoming benign.
A virus begins killing people in New Mexico after a satellite falls to Earth in the 1971 movie "The Andromeda Strain." Scientists in an isolated lab study the virus, which dangerously mutates before becoming benign.
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A trip to a beach motel to wait out a viral pandemic goes wrong when the group encounters "Carriers" (2009) of the virus. Difficult choices are then made as friends and family members get the disease.
A trip to a beach motel to wait out a viral pandemic goes wrong when the group encounters "Carriers" (2009) of the virus. Difficult choices are then made as friends and family members get the disease.
Paramount Vantage
In 2007's "I Am Legend," a manmade virus that was created as a cure for cancer has a deadly mutation that leaves a virologist believing that he is the only healthy human left in the world. He is able to develop a cure but at the cost of his own life.
In 2007's "I Am Legend," a manmade virus that was created as a cure for cancer has a deadly mutation that leaves a virologist believing that he is the only healthy human left in the world. He is able to develop a cure but at the cost of his own life.
Warner Brothers
In "The Crazies" (2010), a small town's water supply gets infected by a virus that turns the people into insane killers. A small group attempts to flee, and the virus spreads despite violent containment measures.
In "The Crazies" (2010), a small town's water supply gets infected by a virus that turns the people into insane killers. A small group attempts to flee, and the virus spreads despite violent containment measures.
Overture Films
"Doomsday" (2008) gets political as a deadly virus in Scotland leads to severe quarantine tactics by Great Britain, which is then shunned by other countries. A new outbreak leads scientists to search for a cure in the dangerous territory that was once Scotland.
"Doomsday" (2008) gets political as a deadly virus in Scotland leads to severe quarantine tactics by Great Britain, which is then shunned by other countries. A new outbreak leads scientists to search for a cure in the dangerous territory that was once Scotland.
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A cabin trip turns deadly when college friends get infected with a flesh-eating virus in 2002's "Cabin Fever." One by one, the friends get infected, with gory results.
A cabin trip turns deadly when college friends get infected with a flesh-eating virus in 2002's "Cabin Fever." One by one, the friends get infected, with gory results.
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