Carriers - Region 1 DVD

It’s hardly a fresh story behind it, to be fair. You have four youngsters driving through the desert in a car, although in this case they’re trying to outrun the pandemic that happens to be sweeping the world. As they hunt for safety, and as we follow their increasing desperation, things inevitably become ever-more bleak for the four, and not all of that can be blamed on the threat they’re running from.

Playing heavily on the mistrust between the four main characters, Carriers is a solid, often really quite tense little movie that rarely excels but generally impresses. It could use more exposition, and it could arguably use some better performances too, but for a small, tight-budget horror thriller, Carriers nonetheless manages to punch above its weight. --Jon Foster