Contracted (2013)

No plot,no story,no ending,nothing explained...this movie was awful.What happened to Samanta?How did she turn into zombie at the end or whatever that was?What disease did she have?Why did she kill her friends?What happened to the guy that gave her this disease? Also this girl had the worst mother ever. Poor acting,didn't't like the make up,so unreal... The trailer gives a false hope,even the movie itself.At the beginning i was interested but after that i found out what a horrible movie this is.Don't bother watching it.

Samantha (Najarra Townsend) is a somewhat prickly, somewhat supercilious, usually unimpressed party girl who only has eyes (and smiles) for assured posh girlfriend Nikki (Katie Stegeman) – who is even less pleasant that she is! After being stood up at a party, Samantha has unprotected sex with BJ (Simon Barrett) – who may or may not have spiked her drink - only deciding against the idea once he is on top of her in the back of his car, the windows having had time to heavily steam up.Seemingly as a result of this, Samantha begins to suffer a series of increasingly harrowing afflictions – heavy loss of blood, tinnitus, disorientation, cramps, heightened veins, hair-loss etc. Despite Samantha's lofty characteristics, Townsend plays her very well and it is impossible not to empathise with her when her illness spirals out of control. What helps our empathy is the furthering reveal of Nikki's character as utterly self-absorbed, and try as she might, Samantha will never figure in her life because she (Nikki) is always entirely preoccupied with herself and her sexuality.To discuss the character of BJ– 'Contracted' opens with a scene of him having sex with a corpse in the mortuary where he works. It's actually quite difficult to work out what is happening, which is a shame as the whole reason for Samantha's decline is based on this detail. It is interesting that, for all his notoriety, we never clearly see his face (in the sequel, he is even played by a different actor).Another slight issue I have is that the unfortunate girl's physical decline is not always entirely consistent- sometimes her teeth are blackened, sometimes not; her eyes deteriorate into whiteness only to improve before deteriorating in the next scene. This isn't a major problem by any means; it just means her transition from living to 'other' isn't always a smooth one! As a diary of what happens when pretty people are not so pretty anymore, this is interested and wince-inducingly watchable. It reminds me of 2012's 'Thanatomorphose', which also features a young woman becoming increasingly decomposed and attempting to handle the situation alone. Here, the attitude of Samantha's unsympathetic doctor (who judgementally suspects an STD) and mother appears to explain her reticence to seek further outside help.Written and directed by Eric England, the first sequel ('Phase II') was released in 2015, and a further instalment is due for late 2017. I thoroughly enjoyed this, not ever knowing where the story was headed – instead, just 'enjoying' Samantha's turmoil. Whether any explanations as to the nature of the malady will be revealed doesn't really matter as long as the story is this horrifying and enjoyable.

I loved this film, was blown away by it, but I didn't watch the trailer, read anything about it, I prefer watching movies without anything tainting me. This movie was very scary, very gross and actually shocked me with the ending. It can haunt you a bit afterwards so watch some SouthPark after it to get rid of that! Great cast and direction. Cinematography was average, music score / sounds average, but a great story told in a raw unfiltered way, this film is great Horror entertainment. Don't watch it alone!

A horror film that has a man getting jiggy with a corpse and then later has unprotected sex with a girl he drugs to do it. The next day the woman starts showing signs of an STD from hell.This one wasn't too bad. The effects were pretty cool as they show her rapidly decaying from the inside out. She starts bleeding from everywhere, teeth and hair fall out and so on. Meanwhile she has to deal with her job, girlfriend and her mother.They keep pounding the theme of safe sex. Some people probably didn't want to have sex after seeing this let alone wear a condom. For a much darker version of this watch Thanatomorphose (2012) which I liked better. Now I have to see the sequel.