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RUNTIME
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Tight 76-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Virus Detected
"A Technology Anthology"
2025 1h 16m EN
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10.0
MASTERPIECE
★10.0TMDB · 1
Synopsis
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When an electrical storm hits during a late-night talk show, a radio DJ receives persistent phone calls from a mysterious caller warning her and telling her stories of electrical appliances having been affected by the storm. Are they true, or just calls for attention.
“A Technology Anthology”
Cast
Stacy Hart
Irritable Joe
Amber Doig-Thorne
Amber
Annabella Rich
Cassie
Chris Mills
Jason
Charlie Bond
Alex
James Hamer-Morton
Blake
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Geoff Harmer
- Writers
- Peter Hearn, Pat Higgins, Lucas Eisele
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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The take
Geoff Harmer directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 76-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 3Released last year.
- 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 5Stacy Hart and Amber Doig-Thorne and Annabella Rich carry the top of the cast.
- 6Marketing tagline: "A Technology Anthology".
- 7IMDB entry: tt32896989 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 76 min · 1h 16m
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2,000
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Geoff Harmer
Trailers & featurettes
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What people are saying
- graeaehorror★ 10/10
When an electrical storm hits during a late-night talk show, a radio DJ receives persistent calls from a mysterious caller telling her stories of electrical appliances affected by the storm. This wraparound was a great premise and works well to hold the various tales together with purpose and direction. Each short is helmed by different directors, yet centre round a shared nightmarish theme of how technology could harbour malevolent intent. We have gamers slaughtering each other in VR, crazed Alexa's, haunted exes, folk horror inspired twisted nightmares, men obsessed with double cooked bread, the most macabre of game shows, and a sentient adult toy who wreaks carnage on a married couple. Virus Detected balances some wonderfully outlandish and unique ideas with a dark reflection of our dependence and obsession with technology. There's also flashes of comedy scattered throughout, making this a truly unmissable watch. Currently on the film festival circuit, we can only hope for distribution soon as this anthology is simply too good not to be seen.
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2025-01-17· World Premiere - Horror-on-Sea Film Festival
