a significant portion of the globe in an official state of quarantine, whether voluntarily or involuntarily. Isolated people, confined to the relative luxuries of their own homes, are turning to their streaming services for some semblance of connection in a world that is becoming more socially detached. While some viewers are finding solace in escapism dreams and absurdist reality TV, others are gravitating to a more gloomy alternative: movies depicting pandemics.
1. Virus
Based on the Dark Horse comic book, Virus is a 1999 science fiction horror movie. It stars Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin and Donald Sutherland. When a storm-lashed salvage tugboat crew rescues a Russian research ship, they find that it has been overtaken by an electricity-based alien. This creature considers organic life to be a virus, and it begins creating bizarre killing machines out of body parts and machinery.
2. Cargo
In Cargo, a small group of survivors are forced to leave the city and drive across California. They soon learn that they are more dangerous than any virus. Written and directed by Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke, the movie was a finalist at Tropfest Australia 2013. It’s a genuinely scary film which is available on Repelis for free..
3. The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead is one of the most popular shows on television. It has drawn an incredible number of viewers over the years and is known for its gruesome violence. With season 9 of The Walking Dead, Rick and the communities he has built around Hilltop and Alexandria turn their eyes toward a more sustainable future. But the walkers are still out there, and they can be a threat to those who survive.
4. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter brings together all the elements that made the series so successful. Alice (Milla Jovovich) returns to where it all started in Raccoon City – the Hive facility – to fight for her life and save humanity from complete annihilation by Umbrella Corporation. Despite a few moments that were good, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter recycles too many of the best parts from its previous films. It’s not bad, but it isn’t great either. You can visit lookmovie to watch it for free.
5. Apes
When the virus accidentally released by Will’s second attempt at curing Alzheimer’s goes global, societal breakdown engulfs mankind. It’s up to the super-intelligent apes of the future to survive against the odds, but a group of humans from San Francisco stumble upon them and tensions flare. War for the Planet of the Apes continues the ape-human conflict begun in Dawn. It also introduces a new villain, the brutal Colonel (Woody Harrelson), who believes only an apocalyptic war can salvage humanity.
So, whether you’re searching for some pandemic-ridden narrative to make you feel less alone or something to make you thankful that you’re at least not alone post-apocalyptic survivor, there are plenty of cinematic antidotes for your confined troubles that you can choose from. Put that script about COVID-19 that you’ve been wanting to write on bedrest, and instead watch one of these all-time great films about pandemics.
