Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Allissa .Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Tokyo-1997 This is one of my top 20 favourite horror movies. This movie is really unique. Although there are similar movies like this that were made before such as resident evil and slither. This movie has a very unique twists at the end which makes the entire movie interesting. Is there really a virus?? I'll leave you to watch this movie and figure out for yourself. This movie has an extremely creepy atmosphere. This movie builds tension and fear very well. This movie just gets more and more scary as it proceeds. The scariest parts of this movie to me are towards the ending. The ending is quite confusing though. This movie starts of as being very simple but ends off being a very complicated and tangled one. If you are interested to know the types of emotions doctors who treat patients in the hospital have, then go watch this movie. This movie is mostly made in a very dark atmosphere that adds to the tension and fear when one watches this movie. Some of the flaws of this movie include being slow pacing at the beginning with quite a number of dialogues, some parts were not even scary for me. Other than that, if you want to watch a movie with an interesting storyline, original and unique. This movie is highly recommended. Score:9 out of 10 stars

LoneWolfAndCub I have always been a big fan of Asian horror, as the directors seem to have a knack for incredibly creepy visuals and creepy atmospheres. Kansen (Infection), is no exception to this, as it rivals Ju-On, Ringu and Gin Gwai for thrills and chills. What is really amazing is that there is no reliance on long haired girls or little boys, what is scary here is the hospital itself, and the characters within. This is very different to most supernatural horror films, as the story focuses on the characters for the majority of the film.Infection is set in an under-staffed and under-financed hospital where the staff are under a lot of stress. One night, while trying to save a burns victim who has been there for three months, a young nurse accidentally gives him a lethal injection. Dr. Uozumi convinces all the other staff to create a false report to save the hospital. That same night a patient is brought in with a severe infection which causes the internal organs to liquefy. Soon all the staff are working together to discover what this disease is before it starts to spread to far.As with most Japanese horror films, the plot is not wrapped up nicely, and in this case, it is the most puzzling of them all. Although I now have formed a solid conclusion for myself, it was still an incredibly confusing and muddled final 10 minutes. I think the last section could have been fixed up, as the pace slowed down after a very tight hour. However, the film is highly original for the most part and features some genuine scares and disgusting and beautiful visuals (much like Dario Argento's Suspiria). Amongst all the American trash being released, this stands tall and further proves that Asia (and Europe) are producing the highest quality horror.3½/5

dbborroughs Japanese horror movie that is real creepy and uneasy for a good while before its obliqueness gives way to a completely WTF final third.In a hospital low on funds and horribly understaffed by uncaring or under trained professionals, a man with a horrible rash and burns is brought in and is accidentally killed by the staff.They decide to cover it up. Unfortunately another patient seems to be infected with a disease that causes you to go nuts before having a green slimy liquid ooze out of you. As the staff tries to cover up whats going on we quickly realize something terrible is going on.Strange uneasy horror film goes off the rails completely in the last third as all sense of any sense goes out the window. Early on, before anything happens there is a great sense of dread. The apathy and distracted nature of the staff is a clear sign that all is not right.(how many times does the staff turn off the radio of the paramedic asking for help?)As the deaths occur and the staff becomes infected the feeling intensifies-at least for a while. Somewhere just before the half way point things start not to make sense internally (real world logic isn't really in this film). People show up, disappear, are found to be dead, show up again, appear in dreams, are we awake are we dreaming...and it all crashes to pieces in the final third as strange happening follows strange happening and its all breaks apart in an ending that made me wonder why I had just spent the better part of two hours watching it. Actually I stayed because the tone of the early scenes promised something that was never delivered.Its gooey green mess of a movie that isn't worth bothering with. Trust me despite the good start it ends badly. Watch something else instead.

Coventry I'm generally not a big fan of the recent stream of Asian (and more particularly Japanese) horror movies, but "Infection" is sincerely one of the creepiest and most atmospheric thrillers I had the pleasure of seeing recently. The story may be just average (or perhaps slightly above average), but it's the grim setting and morbid scenery that make this film so genuinely intense and haunting. Great horror directors – and Masayuki Ochiai is clearly one of them – know that hospitals form the ideal setting for a claustrophobic horror movie. It's a place people don't want to get associated with because it equals pain, fear and risks. "Infection" even goes one step beyond the usual and already uncanny hospital setting, as the building used in the story is ramshackle, understaffed and full of technical ailments. People already want to avoid hospitals as it is, but ending up here would be a total nightmare. There are always malfunctioning lights in the hallways, the nursing staff is unfriendly because of the stress and the doctors look like they'll screw up their next surgery because they've been awake and working for several days straight. The plot of "Infection" is compelling and frightening as well, but unfortunately it gets far too confusing and incoherent towards the finale. This almost seems to be a standard "shortcoming" in Asian horror, however. The concept is thrilling and absorbing at first, but an overload of red herrings and supernatural insinuations eventually ruins everything. "Infection" opens terrifically, with a group of doctors and nursing closing a pact of silence regarding a medical blunder. Immediately after, a mysterious and seemingly abandoned new patient spreads a horrible virus throughout the hospital that infects other patients as well as doctors. The infected start bleeding green fluids from all body holes and behave like mindless zombies. One of the resident doctors insists on investigating the new bacteria and even threatens to break the others' pact if they don't cooperate, but the infection soon goes out of control. "Infection" is a great and terrifying film up until a certain point, but please don't ask me to explain the ending. It certainly features the most effectively unsettling atmosphere ever in an Asian horror effort, the acting performances are more than adequate and the make-up effects will even engross the most experienced horror freaks. More than enough reasons to give this film my highest possible recommendation.