thank goodness these viruses are
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viruses and feature films
we'll be excluding viruses from TV shows
and miniseries also a spoiler alert is
now in effect number 10 the rabies like
virus wreck a virus that turns ordinary
people into savage killers is bad enough
but being trapped inside a sealed-off
building with the infected now that is a
nightmare fuel when reporter Angela
Vidal and our cameraman Pablo follow a
group of firefighters into an apartment
building on a routine call the last
thing they expect to face is the fallout
of a rabies like virus the result of a
mutated enzyme the epidemic in this
Spanish found footage film will send
chills down the spines of even the
bravest of viewers throw in wrecks shaky
cameras and claustrophobic setting and
you will be squirming in your seat
number 9 the virus 12 monkeys the virus
in Terry Gilliam's dark science fiction
flick is so potent it wipes out 5
billion people in fact the survivors are
forced to live underground to escape its
effects what's even scarier is that it
was pieced together and released on
purpose purportedly to save the
environment Bruce Willis plays a convict
sent from 2035 to the 1990s in an effort
to stop the virus it's wonderful very
fresh no germs why why do you think
there are germs it's got to have been
released by eco-terrorists known as the
army of the 12 monkeys but it turns out
that 12 monkeys are a red herring and
the virus is unstoppable that's what
they are the ones who did it
number 8 the Crippen virus I am Legend
based on Richard Matheson's 1954 novel I
am Legend also explores the perils of an
engineered virus the premise of this
post-apocalyptic thriller is that in
order to cure cancer scientists
genetically re-engineered a measles
virus the consequences 90% of the
world's population dead and most of
those remaining transformed into
cannibal mutants allergic to sunlight
laid by Will Smith biologist Robert
Neville is one of the only humans in the
devastated City scape of Manhattan to
survive it's a bleak vision of the
future but there is some hope as Neville
continues to search for survivors and a
cure the cures of life number seven
strickler's disease mimic guillermo del
toro sci-fi horror hammers home the same
moral as our previous entries don't
meddle too much with mother nature it
couldn't have developed in a vacuum it's
part of a colony named strickler's
disease the epidemic in mimic is carried
by cockroaches and disproportionately
claims victims under 10
in this case however the cure might
actually be worse than the disease to
rid Manhattan of the disease
entomologist Susan Tyler played by Mira
Sorvino engineers an insect that kills
off cockroaches it works but there is an
unfortunate side effect
the insects mutate becoming freakishly
large and gaining the ability to mimic
the human form the Judas evolved to
mimic its predator number six the simian
flu pandemic or alz 113 Rise of the
Planet of the Apes dammit people are you
not listening to us
stop engineering viruses mind you James
Franco's character will Rodman means
well this Planet of the Apes reboot sees
Rodman testing a viral base drug on
chimpanzees to cure Alzheimer's alz-112
a gene therapy that allows the brain to
create its own cells in order to repair
itself it's effective but only for a
while the problems start when a more
powerful gaseous version of the drug is
created while it enhances simian
intelligence it's absolutely lethal for
humans alz 1/13 spreads rapidly leading
to an ape uprising and eventually
killing off 99% of the human race talk
about side effects
number 5 Andromeda the Andromeda Strain
this viral like alien pathogen takes out
its victims in a particularly grisly way
by causing their blood to crystallize
inside their veins
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based on Michael Crichton's 1969 novel
the film follows a team of scientists
investigating a deadly extraterrestrial
microorganism that crash lands on earth
seen from up close it's green and
pulsating emphasizing its alien origins
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what's scarier is that it can mutate to
change its function for example to
degrade synthetic materials and escape
containment this makes it almost
unstoppable posing a threat to human
life as we know it number four the
t-virus resident evil' a staple of many
sci-fi horror flicks viruses that turn
people into zombies never lose their
ability to scare the living daylights
out of us resident evils tyrant virus or
T virus for short is a particularly
nasty example engineered to cure
crippling diseases it not only kills and
reanimates its victims
it can also mutate hosts into horrible
monsters
worse it's easily transmissible able to
change form and spread through fluid or
air of course this bio weapon soon gets
out of control
plunging the world into an apocalyptic
nightmare you know a virus is resilient
when its movie spawns five sequels the
process can be reversed there's a cure
you're gonna be okay number three the
rage virus 28 days later when it comes
to movie viruses the road to hell is
paved with good intentions
good people yeah that's nice but you
should be more concerned about whether
they're gonna slow you down in Danny
Boyle's post-apocalyptic horror film 28
days later a group of Animal Liberation
activists just want to free some hapless
chimpanzees however scientists have
infected the chimps with a virus that
causes uncontrollable rage transmitted
through blood and saliva the virus
quickly turns strangers friends and
loved ones against each other leading to
the complete collapse of society
mouse by the time protagonist Jim played
by Killian Murphy wakes up in a hospital
London is all but deserted the only ones
left a few survivors in 28 days later
'he's terrifying fast zombies number 2
Motaba outbreak based on real research
into viral hemorrhagic fevers Wolfgang
Petersen's outbreak explores what might
happen if such a disease began to spread
in the u.s. George virus need we say
more
okay we need all the bills of lading
from ships arriving from Africa in the
last three months George shall I call
funny George no originating in the
jungle in Zaire the Ebola like Motaba
causes a deadly fever and spreads like
wildfire initially thought to be
suppressed the virus arrives in the u.s.
thanks to an infected capuchin monkey it
soon mutates becoming airborne Makabe
is only spread through direct human
contact now you said that yourself Sam
I know what I told you but now I'm
telling you we're facing a new strain
from that point on the virus is almost
impossible to stop what's most
terrifying is perhaps the
viruses rapid spread and the realism of
its symptoms well that and the
frightening reaction of the military who
proposed bombing an infected village
every infected person si retreat within
a matter of hours will have their dosage
so you must abort the mission this is
urgent answer me before we unveil our
number one pick here are some honorable
or in this case dishonorable mentions
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something strange is happening to her
haven't seen this before hell is it
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looks like some kind of lizard how'd
everybody get sick it's dead we need to
know where you got this disease it's
always hope but there is no cure and
ever was
we had prevailed here not because of
science through natural selection
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contagion there's a simple reason why
the deadly virus in this action thriller
from director Steven Soderbergh tops our
list and that is believability I really
need you to get off that bus it's quite
possible you've come in contact with an
infectious disease and that you're
highly contagious you understand with a
rare positive reaction from both critics
and scientists there is not a scene in
the film that feels contrived evolved
from a combination of genetic material
from pig and bat viruses the flu-like
virus mev one spreads rapidly while a
team of medical personnel race the clock
to develop a vaccine right now no one
has found a good way to grow the virus
themselves because it kills every cell
we put it in a pig chicken everything
until we can grow it and a great deal of
it we can't experiment with it and until
then we can't vaccinate against him part
of the film's gritty realism no doubt
comes from the extensive research done
to create it as well as consultations
with medical experts and representatives
from the World Health Organization I
can't even imagine all the civil suits
people are gonna file against you know I
have a pretty good imagination and now
you want to tell people not to get
vaccinated when that's the best chance
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