Stuart McQuarrie’s Typical Vibe
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Stuart McQuarrie has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including 28 Days Later.
Recurring themes

In Her Skin
2009
Drama · Thriller

Protégé
2007
Drama · Thriller

Insomnia
2002
Thriller · Crime

A History of Violence
2005
Drama · Thriller

Frailty
2002
Drama · Thriller

Murder by Numbers
2002
Crime · Drama

Hannibal Rising
2007
Crime · Thriller

Shiver
2008
Horror · Thriller

Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.
Dir. Danny Boyle · With Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson

After being expelled from Beecher Prep for his treatment of a classmate with a facial deformity, Julian has struggled to fit in at his new school. To transform his life, Julian's grandmother finally reveals her own story of courage of her youth in Nazi-occupied France, where a classmate shelters her from mortal danger.
Dir. Marc Forster · With Ariella Glaser, Orlando Schwerdt, Bryce Gheisar
A young couple on a motorway journey are drawn into a game of cat and mouse with a truck driver when they see something disturbing in the back of his vehicle.
Dir. Mark Tonderai · With William Ash, Christine Bottomley, Andreas Wisniewski

When police discover a young girl brutally murdered, brothers Joe Fairburns and Chrissie Fairburns join their supervisor Robert to investigate main suspect Jason Buliegh, a local sex offender and social outcast. Forced to release Jason from police custody, the Fairburns take matters into their own hands in an attempt to coerce a confession.
Dir. Nick Murphy · With Paul Bettany, Stephen Graham, Mark Strong

When the crew of the Kinloch Bravo find themselves cut off from all communication with the Scottish mainland by a mysterious fog, they must fight to find a way home whilst managing environmental pressures, mounting paranoia and rising tensions. But as the threat facing them reveals itself to be something beyond their wildest imagination, the divided crew must form an alliance to ensure survival.
Dir. David Macpherson · With Emily Hampshire, Iain Glen, Martin Compston
A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.
Dir. David Mackenzie · With Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan