''Antisocial'' is a 2013 Canadian horror film and the feature film

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of Cody Calahan. The film had its world premiere on 31 July 2013 at the

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and a sequel entitled ''Antisocial 2'' was released in 2015. Both films predominantly center on Sam, a young woman that finds herself in the middle of a pandemic where disease sufferers suddenly begin showing strange symptoms and violent behavior.

Synopsis

Sam is a young college student that has recently been dumped by her boyfriend via video chat. To lift her spirits Sam decides to take her friend Mark up on his offer to attend a small New Year's Eve pre-party. Once there, things seem to be going well until their friend Jed turns on the television, which displays a news story about a seemingly isolated act of violence. The attack proves to be not so isolated as the group soon finds themselves the focus of an attack. Through the news and social media sites the group discovers that there is a new disease that causes various different symptoms, one of which is uncontrolled violence. They board themselves up in their lodgings and initially they believe that they will be fine until some of their friends begin to show symptoms of the disease. The film also follows Brian, a friend of Jed's that is confined to his dorm room and decides that he will chronicle the happenings online via a social media site named Social Redroom.

Cast

Michelle Mylett Robyn Michelle Mylett (born January 4, 1989) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Katy on the comedy series ''Letterkenny'' (2016–present). Early life Mylett was raised in Ladysmith, a town on Vancouver Island in British C ...

as Sam Reznor * Cody Ray Thompson as Mark Archibald * Adam Christie as Jed Erickson * Ana Alic as Kaitlin Cosgrove *

Romaine Waite Romaine Waite is a Canadian actor. His most notable works include '' The Mist and Star Trek: Discovery''. Early life Waite was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica. He moved to Canada and spent his adolescent years in Brampton, Ontario. Career ...

as Steve McDonald * Ry Barrett as Chad Wilson * Eitan Shalmon as Brian * Laurel Brandes as Tara Reiner * Kate Vokral as Julia * Charlie Hamilton as Dan Hamilton * Colin Murphy as The Doctor

Reception

Critical reception to ''Antisocial'' has been predominantly negative and the film holds a rating of 14% at

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, based on 7 reviews.

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and Grolsch Film Works both panned the film, and Grolsch Film Works wrote that "This really is an idea for Generation 2.0 - but the social commentary is short-circuited by ''Antisocials faulty wiring."

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and Dread Central praised the film, and Dread Central wrote "Overall, ''Antisocial'' is a solid Canadian horror film made for the Generation Y crowd and is surely able to crawl under the viewers' skin as it deals with a frightening concept far too relevant in our self-induced, isolated digital world."

References

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* {{IMDb title, 2772092 2013 films 2013 horror films 2010s science fiction horror films Canadian science fiction horror films English-language Canadian films Films about viral outbreaks Holiday horror films Films set around New Year Films about social media 2013 directorial debut films 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films