Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27119 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-07-24
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, PAL
• Original language: Japanese
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 98 minutes

Synopsis
The first in a trilogy of Japanese horror films, Masayuki Ochiai's (PARASITE EVE) INFECTION takes place in a dark, isolated hospital, where one nurse's mistake has led to dire consequences for a patient. The night crew decides to cover up the incident, hiding the evidence deep in the bowels of the institution. Soon the hospital is visited by another person dying of some exceedingly unnatural symptoms; that death triggers a bizarre infection that only seems to affect those involved in the initial crime. As the infection spreads, so does the terror, as the staff is dying off one by one and no one knows what to do. With excellent special effects and an intricate, twist-laden plotline, this is a chiller in the vein of THE RING and THE GRUDGE.

Customer Reviews

worthy edition to J horror
Infection is the second instalement in a series of 6 J horror movies brought to us by producer takashige ichise.

the basic story is a patient in a under staffed hospital dies due to malpractice and those involved decide to cover it up. Around the same time another patient is found at the doors dying of bizarre symptoms this triggers of a deadly infection that seems to only target those involved in the cover up.

the infection is a good J horror and a worthy edition to any true J horror fans collection. However the film is more creepy than it is scary. The tension does build up and there are the odd jump scenes but the film does not manage to compete with films such as Ju on (the grudge) ringu (the ring) or dark water however these films raised the bar for horror movies so few films could.

Whats interesting about the film is it is not your typical J horror rather than being another film about vengefull spirits its more of a body horror.

One of my fave scenes is the bit with the nurse walking on the ceiling however there are many other good moments in this film

so far in ichise collection 3 films have been released premonition, infection and reincarnation and another 3 are due in my opinion though the best film will be hideo nakata,s contribution which i can't wait to see

Messy Demonic Cooties
Warning- Major spoilers ahead.

Oh dear, this one was a bit of a mess. Granted, I absolutely loved the idea of an understaffed hospital stuck in some kind of creepy limbo where the poor inhabitants would succumb to a grisly fate one by one, but it really did miss the mark when it tried to come up with anything coherent. Usually I enjoy that 'keep ya guessing' approach but this one was a wee bit too vague for its own good and the end result just seemed all a bit sloppy to me.

One minute we have some incredibly melting mystery patient and the next, we have medical staff going completely nutters and climbing the walls. Literally. Apparently they're all infected with some kind of virus that turns them into possessed raving lunatics before reducing them to green goo. Kinda like The Exorcist meets the Ebola Virus (but not quite). There's a distinctive 'Reap what you sow' vibe going on, but it's really not that effective when the main characters are just floundering around and not really doing anything about it. Their running about darkened wards got both laughable and annoying. Why no one turned on the still working lights was a mystery to me.

I also found them to be quite an inept bunch of medical professionals, especially when faced with a serious epidemic. Wrapping one deranged nurse in a flimsy plastic sheet without even restraining her to the bed first, made me despair of these guys quarantine techniques. Surprise! She got out. No wonder their hospital was on the skids... This lack of common sense kind of killed any credibility and sympathy I may have felt for them and their situation.

Alternatively, I felt there was a lot of potential secondary characters that were just wasted in this movie. We have a little boy who seems unaffected and scared but is never focused on, some young disgraced doctor who ends up practicing his suturing but gets kinda forgotten about until the end, some guy with a head injury and some other doctor who basically sleeps through the whole thing. There's also a female psych doctor who seems to have some rather interesting insights about the perceptions of the human mind, but basically bogs off and doesn't come back until she's just in time to be made useless all over again.

Other than a very nicely done creepy senile old lady who talks to her family through mirrors, the rest of the cast are fairly dull predictable fodder for the nasty goo infection and you'll see that 'surprise twist' coming a mile away.

Overall, I feel this is a horror movie with a great set-up but let down by a somewhat disappointing execution.

Another infectious asian horror
Very good J horror, intriguing and interestingly directed, possibly at the expense of comprehensibility but very enjoyable to watch nonetheless. A dilapidated hospital on the verge of closing, an overworked workforce with low staff morale and barely basic medical supplies are the basis for this story of a rampant infection spreading throughout the relatively small hospital and pool of people within.
Not your standard asian horror as far as the horror tradition represented in many other films from this part of the world, but arguably as good as most of its peers. There is a concept attached to 'Infection' which dictates the manner in which it is filmed; this is explained later on, just sit back and relax, let it wash over you and don't be too concerned at understanding the strands and plot lines too much on first viewing. Quite creepy, lots going on, some questionable responses to certain situations but so what, I just can't help liking these films. If you didn't like other asian horrors you're unlikely to like this one but if you did this is another worthy addition.