Extinction: The G.M.O. Chronicles2011

Name: Extinction: The G.M.O. Chronicles
Genre: Zombie, Body Horror, Sci-Fi Horror, Survival
Released: 2011-11-17
Rating: 5

“At the dusk of man... Only the dead survive”

Directed by Niki Drozdowski

5.0

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IMDb 4.5TMDB 4.8

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Year

2011

Runtime

114 min

The premise

A Retrovirus, which was conceived as a tool for industrial genetic engineering, has gotten out of control and is spreading rapidly. While it crosses all organisms within our ecological system completely indiscriminately (mixing plant with animal and humans) most plants prove more resistant because of their complex DNA. However, the simple genes of the plants lead humans to become grotesque mutations, in most cases even to death. Within one week, 90% of mankind are either extinct or no longer human. However, a small fraction of the earth?s population remains immune to the virus and must survive in this new and constantly changing ecological system. Tom cellar is one the survivors and on an old military base in the Eifel he has entrenched himself. Further survivors come together and succeed in carving out a life in this new world. But the GMOs - the ?genetically modified organisms? - constantly develop themselves further, and soon the fence of the base offers no more protection.

Horror Vault's take

When an engineered retrovirus escapes containment and begins merging plant and animal DNA indiscriminately, humanity is nearly wiped out within days — and those who survive the death toll face something arguably worse: a world overrun by grotesque, ever-evolving hybrids. A small band of immune survivors holes up in a decommissioned military base in the German Eifel region, hoping its fences will hold. What begins as a fragile attempt to rebuild normal life soon becomes a desperate struggle as the creatures outside refuse to stay the same. This German sci-fi horror entry trades polished spectacle for grim, grounded dread rooted in biotech anxiety.

Content: Graphic Mutation Imagery, Body Horror, Violence, Depictions Of Mass Death And Epidemic Collapse