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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2008: #94 Doomsday

Published on January 28, 2008

#94.Doomsday
Director/Writer: Neil Marshall
Producers: Benedict Carver, Steven Paul
Distributor: Rogue Pictures

The Gist: In the vein of 28 Days Later, a lethal virus spreads throughout a major country and kills hundreds of thousands. To contain the newly identified Reaper, the authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The literal walling-off works for three decades – until Reaper violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists, including Eden Sinclair (Mitra), is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary.

Fact: After Dog Soldiers (2002) and The Descent (2005), Marshall is proving to be a namesake of the horror thriller genre.

See It: Marshall’s great report card is due to his narratives, monster creations, filmic style have many horror enthusiasts foaming at the mouth – true question is: will Rhona Mitra become the next Kate Beckinsale?

Release Date/Status?: Rogue have tested the film, and will be trying to offering it March 14th.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).