This announcement came just a few days ago but it’s worth swooping in on at the moment for celebrated director Gustavo Hernandez (The Silent House, Local God, You Shall Not Sleep). AMC Networks’ Shudder has acquired his new zombie thriller, Virus :32, and has set exclusive world premiere debut on the platform on Thursday, April 21.
In Virus :32, a virus breaks out and a chilling massacre rages through the streets. The sick become hunters, and only calm their fever by unscrupulously killing all those not yet infected. Unaware of this, Iris (Paula Silva, In The Quarry) and her daughter spend the day in the sports club where Iris works as a security guard. When night falls, their fight for survival beings. Their only hope of salvation arrives when they discover that after each attack, the infected seem to stop for 32 seconds of calm before attacking again.
Berlinale Silver Bear winner Daniel Hendler (Lost Embrace) also stars. Sebastián Aloi produced the film via Aeroplano in Argentina, with Hernández producing alongside Ignacio Garcia Cucucovich for Mother Superior Films in Uruguay.
