Antiviral (2012)

Film details

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Year2012
CountryCanada
TypeMovie
Runtime108m
CastCaleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Lisa Berry, Douglas Smith, Nenna Abuwa, Donna Goodhand, Adam Bogen, Salvatore Antonio, Matt Watts, Dawn Greenhalgh

Review

"If David Cronenberg is the king of body horror, Brandon would be the king of body parts. Almost the entire film is shot in an uncomfortable close-up. Shots of hands, eyes, arms, and stomachs all fill the screen. It's as if the film is invading your personal space, like it's the virus trying to get inside of the audience, and it works very well. Not only is it visually disturbing at times, but you begin to feel uncomfortable with it seeming to be so close. Imagine trying to have the most interesting two hour conversation of your life with someone who stands inches away from you. You wouldn't dare leave for fear of missing something important, but you squirm the entire time." - Will Brownridge, The Film Reel

Ranking history

The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films

EDITIONS IN TOP 1,0002
HIGHEST#9032026
LOWEST#1,7462021
#835#1,325#1,814TOP 1,00020192020202120232024202520262019 — #1,468 · Outside Top 1,0002020 — #1,554 · Outside Top 1,0002021 — #1,746 · Outside Top 1,0002023 — #1,457 · Outside Top 1,0002024 — #1,561 · Outside Top 1,0002025 — #978 · Top 1,0002026 — #903 · Top 1,000
Top 1,000Outside Top 1,000Missing ranking data

Dashed lines indicate missing ranking data. Select a point to view that year's published list. The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films list was not updated in 2022.

The 21st Century’s Greatest Horror Films

EDITIONS RANKED3
HIGHEST#2212020
LOWEST#3202025
#193#393#593Top 250Top 5002020202120232024202520262021 — Not ranked · Outside Top 5002023 — Not ranked · Outside Top 5002024 — Not ranked · Outside Top 5002020 — #2212025 — #3202026 — #296
Published rankingNot ranked (outside published list)

The list was not updated from 2016 to 2019 or in 2022. It expanded from a Top 250 to a Top 500 in 2021. Full rankings beyond the published lists are not available. Dotted segments and hollow points indicate editions in which the film was outside the published list; their exact ranks are unknown.

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Ain't it Cool News' Ambush Bug's Best Horror Films of 2012-20132013Ranked#2
Bloody Disgusting's Becky Belzire's Terror from the Tundra - 20 Awesome Canadian Horror Movies!2017Ranked#2
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Bloody Disgusting's Mr. Disgusting's List of the Best Horror Films of 2012!2012Ranked#9
Buzzfeed's Louis Peitzman's 44 Body Horror Movies To Kill Your Appetite2014Unranked—
Collider's Gaby Shedwick's The 10 Scariest Movies That Will Terrify Pretty Much Anyone2025Ranked#4
ComingSoon's Ryan Turek's The Top 8 Horror Films of 20122012Ranked#2
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Horror Homeroom's Lev A. Nikulin's Eight Medical Horror Films (and Two Shorts) to Watch in Quarantine2021Unranked—
Jason Coffman's 100 Favorite Horror Films 2000-20142015Ranked#17
Nightmare on Film Street's Kimberley Elizabeth's The 10 Best Canadian Horror Movies of All Time2023Unranked—
Paste's Jim Vorel's A Century of Terror - The 100 Best Horror Movies of the Last 100 Years - Honorable mentions2019Unranked—
REVOLVER Magazine's Jovanka Vuckovic's The Best Horror Films of 20122013Ranked#2
SciFiNow's Jonathan Hatfull's 13 best horror films of 20132013Ranked#4
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SYFY WIRE's Jason Faulkner's 25 body horror movies2017Unranked—
Taste of Cinema's Christopher Weston's 10 Great Horror Films of This Century That Most People Didn't See2018Ranked#9
Taste of Cinema's Liam Hathaway's The 20 Best Body Horror Films In Cinema History2014Ranked#8
The Advocate's 16 Horror Films Only LGBTQ People Truly Understand2018Unranked—
The Chicagoist's Joel Wiklund's 10 Overlooked Recent Horror Movie Gems2014Unranked—
Vulture's Rory Doherty's 15 Horror Movies About Showbiz2024Unranked—
WhatCulture's Michael John-Day's 10 Perfect Sci-Fi Horror Movies You've Never Heard Of2024Ranked#2