Mulberry Street (film)
2006 film by Jim Mickle
Mulberry Street (also released as Zombie Virus on Mulberry Street) is a 2006 American horror film directed by Jim Mickle and written by Mickle and Nick Damici, who also stars.
Set on Mulberry Street in Manhattan, the film follows a group of apartment-building residents as a rapidly spreading infection turns people into rat-like, zombie-style creatures and forces the survivors to barricade themselves against the outbreak. The film’s cast includes Kim Blair, Ron Brice, Bo Corre, Tim House, and Larry Fessenden.
Produced on a budget of $60,000, Mulberry Street premiered at the Stockholm International Film Festival on November 16, 2006, and was released theatrically in the United States by After Dark Films as part of the 8 Films to Die For lineup on November 9, 2007, before a direct-to-video release on March 18, 2008. The film received generally positive reviews.
Plot
Set during a long and hot summer day and night, a deadly infection breaks out on Mulberry Street in downtown Manhattan, causing humans to devolve into bloodthirsty monstrosities. Most of the information in the film comes from TV news broadcasts, where, as a result of constant urban decay, pollution, and unbearable heat, the sewer rats of Manhattan are rapidly spreading an unknown and horrific disease that causes their victims to mutate into ravenous, bloodthirsty rat-creatures. Once bitten, people quickly turn into rabid-like creatures with the appearance and eating habits of rats, and they only look at their former friends and neighbors as a source of food. Clutch, a retired boxer, nervously awaits the homecoming of his soldier daughter, Casey, recently back from a tour of duty in Iraq, but first he has to protect the other tenants as the rat-zombies are quickly infesting the entire neighborhood.
Initially, emergency services and city authorities attempt to contain the spread by shutting down public transportation and closing roads, but soon hospitals are inundated with the wounded, and the virus begins to spread island-wide.
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