‘Quarantine’ is this Halloween’s most interesting film.

Starring: Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Jay Hernandez

Plot: A reporter following a pair of firefighters gets quarantined inside a building. Add in a bunch of murderous “infected” people and buckets of blood.

The Good: I am a big fan of the undead taking their corpse rage out on the living. Yet “Quarantine” was different, in that it focused only on one isolated building in Los Angeles. There is a true fear in watching “Quarantine,” since the scope allowed viewers only the perspective of the characters.

The deaths in this movie were pretty good, yet nothing different from the traditional corpse-biting that we have all become accustomed to. The highlight was when firefighter Jake (Hernandez) kills the corpses with his fireman’s hammer and even chokes one out. There were also some memorable moments involving the undead, highlighted by firefighter George (Johnathon Schaech) limping towards the camera on a broken leg. His bones snap and crack, and he continues to struggle towards something to infect.

The Bad: It is not the fault of the movie, but there has to be a more clear distinction between “zombie” and “infected” movies. The difference is minor, but to a purist (such as myself), it is glaring. It is impossible to say what it was about this movie that I hated without spoiling anything. However, to really understand, watch the commercial and then watch the movie. It will be pretty obvious.

Another negative aspect is one of the things I listed above as a positive. The scope leaves the viewer in the dark, and while it adds to the terror, the viewer may wish to know more. Also, parts of the movie were very predictable, and Jennifer Carpenter spends the last 45 minutes in absolute terror.

The Lowdown: It isn’t this Halloween’s scariest movie, but it sure is an interesting one. It was pretty good up until the last 10 minutes, where it fell apart like the Chicago Bears defensive line in the fourth quarter.

Unlike many of its contemporaries, however, “Quarantine” allows itself to be funny at times.

Cameraman Scott’s (Steve Harris) dispatching of an undead with his camera was hilarious, and there were many funny moments of dialogue. With a movie like this, taking yourself too seriously harms the overall experience.

It would be a stretch to say this movie is worth seeing for everyone, but for zombie fans like myself, it was a pretty decent “infection” movie, but with an unsatisfying ending.