Virus (1999)

Directed by

John Bruno

Genre

horror film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

R

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 698 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A salvage crew boards an abandoned Russian research ship and discovers it has been taken over by a sentient alien energy. The entity builds machines and cyborgs from the crew and their equipment to turn them into slaves.

tensesuspensefulchaoticbleakgoryfast-paceddarkcyberpunk

What happens

Virus is a 1999 American science fiction horror film directed by visual effects artist John Bruno and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin and Donald Sutherland. Based on the comic book of the same name by Chuck Pfarrer, it tells the story of a ship beset by a malevolent extraterrestrial entity that seeks to turn humanity into cyborg slaves. Virus was released by Universal Pictures on January 15, 1999. The film was promoted with a line of action figures and a tie-in video game. It turned out to be a critical and commercial flop by grossing $30.7 million against a $75 million budget, with Curtis herself calling it one of the worst films she has ever been in, but has made a cult following. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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