
Antiviral
Taste attributes: horrorscience fictionmysterythrillerrobots/ai/spacefresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarysurrealglossyenclosedfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentary
"What If You Could Feel Like They Do... We Can Help."
Boxlist takeA fantastical horror film that is fresh, heavy and unsavoury. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: surreal · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
5.9 /10
TMDB · 253 votes
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What lines up
- Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
- Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
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Synopsis
Syd March is an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Directed by
- Brandon Cronenberg
Cast
- Caleb Landry Jones
- Sarah Gadon
- Malcolm McDowell
- Joe Pingue
- Sheila McCarthy
Details
- Genre
- Horror
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Alliance Films
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











