Contracted (film)

Contracted is a 2013 American horror thriller film directed and written by Eric England. It was first released on November 23, 2013, in the United States and stars Najarra Townsend as a young woman that finds herself suffering from a mysterious sexually transmitted disease after a rape. It has been compared to the 2012 film Thanatomorphose, with which it shares similarities. Twitch Film has criticized the movie for its marketing, in which England describes the character Samanthas rape as a one night stand.

Samantha wakes up in her house. She shows symptoms beyond that of a severe hangover but irritably tells her mother that she is fine. At the restaurant where she works, Samantha has trouble eating and doing her job. Alice reveals that the police are seeking a man named BJ who was at the party, and Alice later becomes worried when Samantha is ill in the bathroom Samantha explains it away as bad cramps and a lingering hangover. After many attempts, Samantha finally meets with Nikki, but Nikki seems bored and distracted. When Samantha finds an important letter that Nikki had casually tossed aside, she becomes upset and leaves. As pressures mount on Samantha, her condition worsens, and her denial gives way to fear. Although reluctant to seek medical assistance for fear that Nikki will find out that she has contracted a sexually transmitted disease from a male, she eventually visits her doctor, who believes her to have a rash and infection. While eating lunch with Samantha, Nikki expresses her disdain for flirtatious males and dismisses a man who insists that he has seen Samantha before.Samanthas symptoms continue to worsen, which alarms her friends and mother, who accuses Samantha of being on drugs again. However, Samantha keeps the worst of it hidden, and she avoids seeking further medical attention. When her eyes turn bloodshot and hair falls out in clumps, she decides to return to her doctor, but she is called in to report to work. Frustrated, she agrees to postpone her doctors appointment until someone can cover for her. Although taken aback by her sickly condition, her boss forces Samantha to prepare food. Samanthas rotted fingernails fall off, horrifying customers who find them in their food. Samantha flees the restaurant and returns to her doctor, who advises her to avoid contact with other people until tests can determine the nature of her disease. Instead, Samantha visits her mother, who attempts to stage an intervention, and Zain, who gives her cocaine and rev

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