On the hottest day of the year, an unknown virus spreads throughout inner-city Philadelphia. The infected victims, crazed by dehydration, begin attacking other residents of the neighborhood in gruesome ways. When the military is brought in to contain the situation, but realize they can't come up with a vaccine quickly enough, they fence off the area and let everyone die. A group of locals, stuck in the basement of their building, behind the fences, and separated from their family members, band together to try to survive.
Direction
Lippe's rotoscoped chaos makes quarantine feel nauseatingly real.
Writing
Tagline that stings: 'Your Government Loves You... Especially When You're Dead.'
Director
Adam Lippe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot and released pre-COVID, the film became accidentally prophetic; director Adam Lippe has noted audiences found it 'less funny' after 2020.
The entire film was rotoscoped by a tiny team, giving the Philadelphia heatwave a woozy, fever-dream quality that live-action couldn't capture.
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