FAQ

Quarantine is a remake of Spanish filmmaker Jaume Balagueró's [REC] (2007) (2007). Balagueró wrote the original script for [REC], which was then adapted for Quarantine by American film-makers Drew and John Eric Dowdle (also director).

Not quite. The victims of the infection in Quarantine are still-living humans, much in the vein of the Infected from the 28 Days Later series. The sick are infected with a rare, mutant strain of rabies that causes symptoms to manifest within a manner of minutes and causes the carrier to react in a homicidal manner. The sick can also be compared to those in Je suis une légende (2007) (2007) in that they appear to be capable of rudimentary cognitive abilities that enable them to achieve various tasks outside of violence.