Viral

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Viral

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2016

1h 29m

Horror

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Drama

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Separated from their father (Michael Kelly), two teenage sisters (Sofia Black-D'Elia, Analiegh Tipton) try to survive an apocalyptic viral outbreak that leads to a quarantine.

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

Jul 25, 2016

2.5/4

The filmmakers notably doodle in the margins from the start, slightly reorienting our perspective on the familiar tropes of both the teen and apocalyptic genres, making them feel almost new again.

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

Aug 23, 2026

4/10

It only takes 85 minutes to watch, and it does offer some small, passive amount of entertainment, but I cannot imagine bothering to watch it twice.

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Emma Wolfe

SpookyAstronauts

Apr 29, 2021

5/10

I thought it was all right for what it was, I'm not a huge fan of this type of film. I'm not really a huge fan of like teen films either.

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Noah Berlatsky

Splice Today

Sep 18, 2019

There's a lot of potential, but most of it's wasted.

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Zena Dixon

Real Queen of Horror

Aug 27, 2018

2.5/5

Viral is an entertaining, infection horror film with awesome cinematography and a pretty cool story line.

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Jul 10, 2017

1.5/4

...it is, in the end, not difficult to see why the prolific Blumhouse Productions decided to keep this one out of theaters.

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Ian S

@RT48225084 Sep 5, 2026

Disappointing effort. Didn't offer anything new on the subject matter. Some of the acting was okay but it' was pretty lightweight for a man vs nature movie and had little emotional impact Halfway through I was already distracted. Mediocre.

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C B

@RT03025588 Feb 16, 2026

TV-movie-of the-week quality, but not too bad, with a couple of gruesome scenes. Excellent acting by the sisters, especially the younger one.

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Elaine P

@Khloeisacat46 Jan 27, 2026

I enjoyed watching the movie. It's good to see it at least once.

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Jaxon P.

@jaxonpew Jul 30, 2025

Good movie, isn’t going to offer anything new from this genre it’s a classic apocalyptic movie

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Heaven W

@RT60543111 Mar 2, 2025

THE SHITTIEST MOVIE IVE WATCHED IN 2025 NONO SINCE 2003

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Mark B

@Mbindon Feb 10, 2025

A different twist on the pandemic/zombie film with good character development. The runtime of 85 minutes really works for the film. It was entertaining for what it was I give it a recommend.

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Synopsis

Separated from their father (Michael Kelly), two teenage sisters (Sofia Black-D'Elia, Analiegh Tipton) try to survive an apocalyptic viral outbreak that leads to a quarantine.

Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Producer: Jason Blum, Sherryl Clark, Matthew Kaplan
Screenwriter: Barbara Marshall, Christopher Landon
Distributor: Weinstein Co.
Production Co: Chapter One, IM Global, Busted Shark, Blumhouse Productions
Rating: R (Some Language|Sexual References|Disturbing Violent Content|Teen Partying)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 29, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 7, 2017
Runtime: 1h 29m

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