Not particularly — Virus's appeal is atmospheric or thematic rather than overtly scary. As a body horror film, it scored 3.0/10 for fear, 8.0/10 for atmosphere, and 6.0/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

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body-horror

Virus

1999 · R · 1h 40m

Life on earth is in for a shock.

When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.

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Curator Score

6.0

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Anchored by atmosphere.

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6.0Overall

Fear3.0

Gore5.0

Atmosphere8.0

Intensity5.0

Genres

science-fictionhorroractionthriller

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Details

Budget$75M

Box office$30.7M

Directed by

John Bruno

Written by

Chuck Pfarrer, Dennis Feldman

Cinematography

David Eggby

Music

Joel McNeely

Starring

Jamie Lee Curtis as Kelly Foster · William Baldwin as Steve Baker · Donald Sutherland as Captain Robert Everton · Joanna Pacula as Nadia Vinogradova · Marshall Bell as J.W. Woods Jr. · Sherman Augustus as Richie · Cliff Curtis as Hiko · Julio Oscar Mechoso as Squeaky

Production

BBC Film, Dark Horse Entertainment, Marubeni, Mutual Film Company, Tele München, TOHO-TOWA, UGC PH, Universal Pictures, Valhalla Motion Pictures

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