Horrible sound quality, bad acting, rubbish plot, waste of 80 minutes

Three young couples all find themselves trapped in a house and must figure out a way to survive after a chemical explosion unleashes a toxin that causes those that are exposed to it to turn into lethal murderous crazies.

Writer/director Mark Cantu relates the familiar, but still gripping story at a constant pace, takes time to develop the believably flawed warts'n'all human characters, and builds a good deal of tension along with a strong sense of dread. The small intimate scale gives this film an extra jolting impact while the take-no-prisoners harsh tone further enhances the nerve-jangling suspense, with each and every character placed in an equal amount of jeopardy. In addition, there are acceptable performances from the game no-name cast: Katie Maloney as the snippy Nina, Eric Swader as the bitter CJ, Dawnelle Jewell as the perky Sophie, Umar Faraz as the easygoing Danny, Vincent Bombara as the upwardly mobile Eric, Monisha B. Schwartz as the jittery Monica, and Mike Dargatis as wounded cop Officer Riley. The shuddery pounding'n'pulsating score does the heart-racing trick. The compact 81 minute running time ensures that this film never overstays its welcome. Worth a watch for fans of low-budget indie fright fare.

My title is not about the characters in the movie it's about the high star count of some of the reviews. It's the same as horrible pictures you made as toddlers that look like nothing but the family art. No one not emotionally involved with this could possibly see anything other than amateur carp that it is. First of you do you watch this do yourself a huge favor skip to about the 25 minute mark you'll watching time by a third and all you miss is really really bad soap opera nonsense. But this does lead to the one good part and only good part and why i watched till the end. I could not wait to see every character die I'm not saying everyone does die but when people die it's wonderful to watch this group of over dramatic people get what s coming to them for putting this piece of garbage out into the world. My guess is that this is the affect giving everyone a trophy for everything and not keeping score in youth sportssports. Life has consequences good and bad and if one person in the group learned that as kids this abomination have happened.