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Madison (Kris Alexandrea), despite already being the "teacher's
pet", works very hard to get ahead in college, and pretty much has to
if she wants to get this students grant. Of course that weighs heavily on
her relationship with Jesse (Johnny Kostrey), an orderly at a nursing
home, so much so that she breaks up with him, on the very night he planned
to propose to her. This shatters him, and it doesn't get any better when
later, at work, he's attacked by one of the nursing home's inmates (Kris
Ann Russell). He comes out of this unscathed, but something inside him has
changed, and later attacks his roommate Aaron (Johnny Uhorchuk) and
Aaron's girlfriend Nora (Sara Young Chandler) without any rhyme or reason,
then just runs off. Aaron goes after him out of concern, but Jesse gives
him the slip. And when he remains elusive, Aaron and Madison organize
search parties, hang up missing posters and the like. Then Jesse out of
the blue returns to work, even if in a totally dishevelled state - and
that he returns is not a good thing, as apparently the nursing home has
been ground zero for some virus that turns the infected into violent
versions of hemselves, as if possessed - and with Jesse's help, this virus
has since spread all over town, too ... Horror veteran Eileen Dietz
plays the inmate of the nursing home who might actually be patient zero.
A pretty cool piece of horror that's focused on relatable
characters with actual arcs inside a well-structured while the direction
puts an emphasis on creating an atmosphere of unease and puts atmosphere
over spectacle. And the finale alone that goes the body horror route and
scores high points on the grotesque scale is worth the watch for its own
sake already. In all, very good genre entertainment.
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