Quarantine is a 2008 American science fiction horror film directed by John Erick Dowdle and starring Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez, Columbus Short, Steve Harris, Rade ?erbed?ija, Greg Germann, Bernard White, and Johnathon Schaech. The film is based on the Spanish film REC and features several differences such as added and excluded scenes and characters, dialogue and a different explanation for the virus. Shot in the "found footage" style, the movie was released on October 10, 2008 by Screen Gems.
Quarantine features no incidental music, being "scored" only with sound effects. It received mixed reviews from critics and was moderately successful at the box office. The film was followed by Quarantine 2: Terminal.