THEME EXPLORATION

outbreak

20 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Mimic
1997 · Guillermo del Toro

Arrowsmith
1931 · John Ford

Foot and Mouth
1955 · Lindsay Anderson

Four Frightened People

Four Frightened People
1934 · Cecil B. DeMille

Resident Evil
2002 · Paul W. S. Anderson

28 Weeks Later
2007 · Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Braindead
1992 · Peter Jackson

[REC]
2007 · Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza

Panic in the Streets

Panic in the Streets
1950 · Elia Kazan

Zombi 2
1979 · Lucio Fulci

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
2021 · Johannes Roberts

#Alive
2020 · Cho Il

[REC]³ Genesis
2012 · Paco Plaza

Lifeforce
1985 · Tobe Hooper

The Sadness
2021 · Rob Jabbaz

Doomsday Book
2012 · Kim Jee-woon & Yim Pil-sung

Ebola Syndrome
1996 · Herman Yau

MexZombies
2022 · Chava Cartas

Night of the Zombies

Night of the Zombies
1980 · Frank Miller

Sars Wars: Bangkok Zombie Crisis

Sars Wars: Bangkok Zombie Crisis
2004 · Taweewat Wantha

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

David Cronenberg Canada

His body horror films like 'Shivers' and 'Videodrome' obsessively explore viral contamination and biological outbreak as metaphors for loss of bodily autonomy.

John Carpenter USA

'The Thing' and 'The Fog' present outbreak scenarios as unstoppable forces that reveal human nature under existential threat.

Denis Villeneuve Canada

'Sicario' and 'Enemy' examine how invisible threats and contagious violence spread through societies and individuals with precision and dread.