Infection (2004) movie poster

Infection

感染

2004 ·1h 38m · ★ 6.3 (123)

Infection takes place in a dark, isolated hospital, where one doctors mistake has led to dire consequences for a patient. In a hospital death is just a breath away.

Why it matters

A suffocating descent into medical nightmare that wrings dread from the sterile halls of a remote hospital.

  • A claustrophobic, almost surgical atmosphere that turns antiseptic corridors into a labyrinth of terror.
  • Practical effects and body horror that recall the visceral grit of 80s hospital horrors, without leanings on cheap gore.
  • For fans of slow-burn dread and psychological unraveling over jump scares—this is infection as existential contagion.
  • A cautionary tale about hubris and isolation, tapping into deep anxieties about medicine’s fallibility and hospital vulnerability.
7 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
43
Slow Burn
100
Psychological
29
Supernatural
0
Creature
55
Disturbing
67
Fun Factor
0
Cerebral
99
Survival
66
Infection

Setting

Hospital

Content Warnings

Body HorrorDehumanizationMedical Gore

Phobia triggers

Medical ProceduresNeedlesTight Spaces

TMDB Keywords

mass lunacynurse

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