Taglines: Fear what’s inside.
Emma and her sister Stacey are normal teenagers in a small town, when a mysterious infection begins to spread. With the town quarantined, and their parents stuck on the other side of the barrier, the girls have a blast eating junk food and sneaking out to go to parties. But when the disease starts to infect people they know, the girls, together with their neighbor Evan (Emma’s secret crush), barricade themselves into their home. But it may already be too late, as the infection is already in their midst, and Emma will be faced with a choice: protect her sister or survive the virus.
Viral is a 2016 American science fiction horror film directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost, directed from a screenplay by Christopher B. Landon and Barbara Marshall. It stars Sofia Black D’Elia, Analeigh Tipton, Travis Tope, Colson Baker, and Michael Kelly. The film was released on July 29, 2016, in a limited release and through video on demand, by Dimension Films.
In May 2015, Dimension Films set the film for a February 19, 2016, release date. In January 2016, it was announced the film had been pulled from the schedule. When Filmyard Holdings sold Miramax to beIN Media Group on March 2, 2016, Miramax was no longer the production company of Viral. The film was released on July 29, 2016, through video on demand prior to being released in home-media formats on August 2, 2016.
Viral
Directed by: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Starring: Analeigh Tipton, Michael Kelly, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Brianne Howey, Machine Gun Kelly, Anna Ross, Judyann Elder
Screenplay by: Christopher Landon, Barbara Marshall
Production Design by: Chris Trujillo
Cinematography by: Magdalena Górka
Film Editing by: Ron Dulin, William Yeh
Set Decoration by: Melisa Jusufi
Art Direction by: Sean Brennan
Music by: Rob Simonsen
MPAA Rating: R for disturbing violent content, some language including sexual references, and teen partying.
Studio: Dimension Films
Release Date: February 19, 2016
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