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This movie nearly made me sick with how many people see this walking zombie of a person and think “it’d hit that”. 🤢

I love how all the "maggots" in these movies are actually just mealworms covered in red dye.

Getting sick and ignoring it in hopes it goes away is a very relatable reaction.

Contracted 1&2 was one of those movies where everyone was so horrible that I was cheering on the virus

"Contracted 3, why does it burn when I pee?" I swear that was the funniest deadpan joke Roanoke has ever said.

Just a note: tinnitus can be more than just a "ringing" in your ears. Which I wish my doctor had told me because I thought I was _losing my damn mind_ when it progressed past ringing.

Should also point out that even after "Typhiod Mary" was diagnosed and told she has Typhiod, she continued taking jobs knowing she would infect people. She worked as a cook, and then told by doctors never do to that again, because of the risk of infection. But working as a laundry worker she earned less than half of what she did as a cook, so took on fake names and worked as a cook nontheless.

I knew someone who died from someone drugging her drink. Very correct Roanoke, no joke! Great video as always.

The number of people hitting on both Sam and Riley AFTER infection makes me wonder if there was some kind of pheromone effect too making them more attractive in order to spread the virus. (Edit for typos)

10:57 "She actually got maggots on her skin... HMMM... Gross" this had me lol Bro, I'm sorry, I don't care what a doctor told me, if I see maggots anywhere in me, I'm going straight to the hospital, either I'm already dead and forgot to lay down, or there's something dead in me. I honestly hate movies that depend on bad character writting and convenient plot moving mistakes, It just takes me out of the immersion and makes me lose interest on it.

Bro imagine getting down and dirty and you hear the Halo announcer say " *infected* "

I actually made CONTRACTED! This is such a cool video, thanks for sharing. I wrote the first film when I was in my early 20s, and we shot it for $50k in 15 days. So it’s a little rough around the edges 😂

I appreciate the realistic portrayal of doctors in this film. Matches all of my experiences with them!

not only do i also suffer from Tinnitus, but when being examined and questioned about it by a medical expert i was told its not only chronic but on the more extreme ends of it lol. so yeah, infinite empathy to you roanoke ''why are we made this way?!?''

My roommate went to the ER one time after not being able to breath well. they were like "its just the herpes that you got diagnosed with recently and your over reacting" turns out she had Ross River which she then had for 6 weeks.

Typhoid Mary didn't spread it by accident; she was repeatedly told to stop working as a cook and kept finding new cooking jobs. Maybe it wasn't her intention but it wasn't an accident

Your Roanoke Tales videos have been making my workdays go by quickly. Your video on the Franklin Expedition was engrossing.

I love that I literally JUST watched these films last night and wondered "Hey, has Roanoke made a video on this?" The timing is impeccable.

I like the concept here. A zombie film that focuses on the person slowly turning after getting infected. Interesting

I used to wonder how she ignored concerning symptoms until I was bleeding at a concerning rate and didn't go to the hospital until I dropped. So yea, we can be woefully obtuse

So basically the bad guy is a Nurgle worshipper and was just brewing up a fun concoction for Daddy Nurgle. 10/10 movies

I got tested for a STD an hour ago. Pretty good timing dude

As a woman, you would not believe how dismissive some male doctors can be. When I was pregnant I had a lot of problems with the pregnancy. I was put on full bedrest 6 months in because of the various problems. At about 8 months along I walked into my house after coming home from my weekly check up and just passed out. No warning or anything, I just hit the floor. I was rushed to the emergency room and spent 4 hours sitting on the bed in nothing but one of those little nightgowns and NOBODY came in to check on me once. At the 7 hour mark of sitting there and not even having a nurse come ask if I needed a blanket (or to see if I was even alive) I got pissed, grabbed my clothes and walked out of the hospital while putting them on. When I got home there was a dozen panicked calls on my answering machine from the hospital begging me to come back. I didn't want to but my parents made me. So I go back, sat on the same damn bed for another 45 minutes. The doctor finally came in, listened to my heart/lungs, looked in my ears and informed me in medical terms that I had a cold. Apparently he thought I was stupid and didn't understand medical jargon and was quite taken aback when I informed him that a simple cold wouldn't cause a person to just up and pass out, mid step, for no reason whatsoever.. but, toxemia and extremely high blood pressure would. And if he had bothered to look at my legs and feet he would have been able to make that simple medical deduction since my feet were so swollen that I had to remove the laces from a pair of (mens size 11) Doc Martin boots just to be able to pull them on and even then it was a struggle and my legs were so swollen that I couldn't put on pants. I then demanded that they get someone with a degree from an actual medical school to come give a second opinion. A female doctor came in about 20 minutes later, took one look at me and said "Jesus Christ!" and got to work on trying to at least bring down the swelling in my legs while they found me a room upstairs. I was on the verge of having a heart attack my blood pressure was so high and the male doctor didn't even bother to check it or anything else. Yeah, I filed a massive complaint against him and he didn't work in the ER anymore after that. I spent a few days in the hospital, got sent home and was back a week later to have my baby (who came out very healthy thankfully). But yeah, I have had quite a few encounters with male doctors that were infuriating because they just blew off everything I said. My mom, daughter and quite a few of my female friends have all dealt with similar. It's sad, disgusting and can be downright dangerous.

As someone that has been drugged as a test, I can tell you that that shit hits quicker than you'd think, and the worst part is, you're still partially conscious. Keep an eye on your drinks ladies and gents, it's a tough world out there

The Ultimate safe sex PSA. Side Note: The first film is underrated. I actually felt bad for the character.

Due to my lack of experience in that field, it took me a little bit to remember why ecoli would be more prevalent in people 18-35. [edit] There is something that could explain why he suddenly had game. If you look at the first person, she had everyone trying to get into her pants. It could be that the illness also causes people to give off pheromones that lead to attraction. Just like how many illnesses trigger responses that are great for spreading them.

In case anyone cares, a stroke feels like that woozy feeling you get after you stand up too fast, except it doesn’t go away. You’re already probably having a time at that point though. If it starts in the hands and then migrated to the face, it’s probably a migraine. If it starts in the face, the chance of it being a stroke is greater.

She actually does get it checked out pretty immediately after symptoms show. The dr just kind of dismissed her/couldn't do anything without test results and by then it was too late.

20:37 peroxide can burn Roanoke, I use it to clean out the area between my skin and toe nail on my big toe because I get in-grown nails every 2-ish months, cat scratches, cuts, and even use it as mouth wash (obv didn't swallow it), it burns a little less than alcohol but it still burns regardless.

Honestly I'd believe the doctor was just bs-ing to get her out of his office. A doctor at Texas Children's Hospital refused to diagnose me back when I had West Nile in 2008, because apparently he didn't want to file paperwork to report it at 1am, even though I had been in the emergency room for (according to my parents) 8 hours. Side note, please use lots of insect repellent when going to Brazos Bend, because that's where I went 2 weeks before I started showing symptoms.

"Totally unrealistic doctor didn't believe a woman's pain, ignored her symptoms, and told her to go home" love your content, but man... that may have been the most true-to-life moment in the first movie

9:06 I'd like to mention that those kinds of doctors exist; as woman with a rare autoimmune condition, we (and our symptoms) are dismissed very often by many doctors. Very common experience, sadly. Thank you for your video, I look forward to more!

I'm so happy you are covering it. The first movie is so underrated and the second one is blah.

When I worked in the restaurant, I had literal whooping cough and my manager made me come in 😅 I tried to explain how contagious it was and how deadly it could be for infants… but no, had to come in. Also, I had two broken ribs as well! From coughing so hard… from whooping cough. (I had been vaccinated as a child, but I missed my booster after collage due to not having health insurance.) I’m not surprised at all that a restaurant would make a poor girl turning into a zombie come in for her shift.

man, i love these videos so much. genuine scientific breakdowns of purely fantastical topics have always played through my head, but actually hearing the details from someone qualified with more than common sense and google is really just so engaging

This was one of the most original zombie origin movies I've ever watched, and I enjoyed it for that journey

Attempt #4 of getting Roanoke to take a look at either the physiology of Guts from Berserk or the micro-biology of the Blackwing Virus from Star Wars: Death Troopers. I'd love to see you cover such a bizarre take on a zombie virus and I would also love to see you tackle the genetic luck needed for someone like Guts to do even half of what he does.

How does the main character, the friend, and the doctor make my blood pressure skyrocket.

Another movie I low-key thought was a fever dream again. My mind was also completely blown when I realized there was a part two, cause I legit only remember the first few minutes of the beginning and a specific scene near the end. I just thought it was a scene I missed from the first one lmao

"It's not rabies!" reminds me of "It's not lupus!"

Yeah....the lack of concern about this disease is really frustrating lol, both on her end, her friends and the doctor's end. I would be sitting in the ER until someone actually HELPS me.

Can't wait for the part three, I really wish they used your titles because they would probably be way more popular if that were the case.

The Utter lack of proper infection control in these movies is mind boggling. Really blundered the brain on this one.

A few weeks after I watched this movie, I was hospitalized with blood clots and an aneurysm in my splenic artery because of post Covid complications. My IV got extremely infected in a matter of hours and I went into septic shock. After having one thousand feet of tubing stitched into my neck while I was awake and without numbing (lol it felt like that much), I was told they flew in a bunch of infectious disease specialists from several states away because of me. Apparently the batch, or whatever it's called, of IVs was contaminated in some way. I felt like a fetid, sickly celebrity lol I got better and I'm not sure what came of it all, but I thought of this movie a lot during my morphine induced, fever dream, semi coma

I always had a hard time seeing the connections between everything happening in our body. I take biology and chemistry but even though I struggle quite a bit in both I love when I watch your videos and things connect, even more when before you explain I have my own hypothesis and it aligns with yours. Love your videos, makes me feel better when thinking I don't get anything in microbiology xd

So the one thing i can't stop thinking about is: at the end stages of infection, unless she's doing dry rot, or dousing in perfumes, she has to smell terrible from just random body parts decaying And people still want to hook up with her?!

I now have to wonder how she ended up with mealworms eating her flesh.

I have tinnitus in both ears, and have done some research on it. The papers I read reported that it might have to do with certain nerves in the back of your neck that, instead of communicating with the brain, they talk to each other which creates sort of a feedback loop. Your explanation has more validity to it than what I've read. Unfortunately though there's new research on it, they've gotten no closer to finding a cure for it. The ironic thing about it is you do end up getting used to it. Since it's literally always there, you tend to block it out. When I first realized I had it, it drove me completely insane, but now that it's been a few years, it doesn't really even bother me anymore. That being said I do wish they'd put some damn effort into it so we can get rid of it once, and for all. The real pain is you can actually hear it "turn on" when you very first wake up, lol.

Watching this video now after going over the immune response in pathophysiology is a lot more cool because I'm able to get a lot more of the terms. It feels more impactful.

The advice about always having a lawyer present when questioned by law enforcement is 100% accurate. I should know as I've been a cop for nearly 20 years. As Roanoke said, it's not that cops are bad, it's just that we ask questions in such a way as to elicit certain responses, both verbally and physically, to ascertain whether or not someone is telling the truth. Even if someone is completely confident and innocent and confident about being innocent, they can say or do things that may make them become more attractive as a suspect. Granted, that doesn't happen often at all, and 99% of the time, we are able to remove innocent people as suspects, but it does still happen. Having a lawyer present is always a great idea.

I would love to ask, and you by no means have to do this or look into it, but have you ever considered covering the way that element 115 affects people in cod zombies? I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of something like lovecraftian radiation causing people to mutate and would love to see if you could find some way to make any of it semi scientifically possible. Ignoring all the nonsense like extra dimensional travel and stuff, I’d be fascinated to see what 115 would be comparable to in real life. Anyway, long rant over, I love your vids and have binged most of your series multiple times, just now getting to finishing the dead space one a second time to prepare for the new remake.

Psyched to see someone actually cover this! The first is one of my favourite virus/body horror movies, though it's not necessarily an objectively good movie and kinda went under the radar. I never hear anyone talk about it, and anyone I've told about it thinks it's insanely gross and dumb lol

The most important part about Typhoid Mary was that she was an asymptomatic carrier. She could spread it but was essentially unaffected by the it.

I'm pretty sure it's possible to have a believable epidemic without every person in the film doing the absolute dumbest thing possible. I'm also pretty sure whoever wrote this will never realize that.

Man if my college professors could teach like Roanoke I'd be a genius. Think I've learned more watching this channel.

I didn't know there was a second one, but the first Contracted is the _perfect_ prologue to absolutely any zombie movie. Want to know how 28 Days Later started? Contracted. Left4Dead? Contracted. World War Z? Contracted is the prologue. Contracted's useability as a universal prologue to zombie movies is criminally under-credited

Me and my mom were talking about this movie and we both agreed "yup that's definitely how the zombie apocalypse will start"

The development of diseases in this and Afflicted are interesting to see. Great breakdown as usual

Your movie breakdowns and sciencey talk is the best. Favorite YT channel by far.

Before you said what you thought it was I was actually thinking of syphilis because I've heard of some people having necrosis and psychological symptoms too.

Pretty sure the recurring theme of absolute everyone in this movie trying to hit on Sam is just some sort of "Ugh, men!" theme. Like "Teeth" but with less genital trauma.

I've been waiting for part 3 forever smh swear, thank you for covering this series!

I have a bad way of clenching my jaw when sleeping. I've done a lot of damage to my jaw because of it, including teeth. I know you talk about tinnitus a lot but I honestly never knew about it until I watched your videos. Now I know what that strange high pitched noise is that I'd hear all the time.

I didn't think the waiter was trying to get with the protagonist. He looks genuinely confused. But you're right, they don't really expand on it so really great filmmaking.

Man, I definitely should have chosen another video to watch during lunch when I already feel sick. But I don't want to waste time looking for another video.

I always assumed it was a mutated form of syphilis. The lesions, dying eyes and erratic behavior sounded a lot like syphilis to me.

Yeah, Roanoke, unfortunately everything you're confused/perplexed by in both her behavior and that doctor's near the beginning? (Not taking into account what we find out at the end of movie 2, of course.) That's unfortunately normal for a lot of women. Ignoring symptoms until they get WILD because we're just used to bulling through, as if we complain we're seen as overreacting. Doctors then dismissing our symptoms as exaggerations, PMS, or possible pregnancy. That last part is getting better, more and more doctors take us seriously, but it's still a really unfortunately normal experience for many of us. And it helps contribute to the first part, us avoiding going to the doctor until absolutely necessary.

My only issue is your belief that they’d be wearing hazmat suits… because we all have lived through this same pandemic right? Where we nurses weren’t even allowed to wear surgical masks at the very beginning because “it might scare patients.” So I mean, very possible you’d see people not having PPE. I mean we still have issues getting PPE unfortunately. :/

The doctor is like them parents who see a child with stomach cramps and vomiting and calls it a “stomach bug”

Such an underrated gem of a channel. I can’t believe that more people aren’t subscribed yet. 😤

Love your videos! I will say that a doctor being really dismissive of a patient, especially a female one, might the most realistic thing in this movie. Sucks but it’s an insanely common experience, at least in the US.

I've had tinnitus all my life and shingles screwed up my auditory nerve on the left side. getting used to being left with nothing but tinnitus is a trip.

You should cover the movie Bite. Massive warning though. It will definitely gross you out, I MEAN IT. But it also revolves a disease that mutates its host.

I like the part where the 40+ year old woman with a lip ring and a WICKED sweet spider tattoo was talking to some random grown adult like she was "cool" and he was "not cool".

I wonder if he's like this at the doctor. "Yes, I do have this. You're absolutely right."

Peroxide doesn't burn but if the wound is sensitive enough it stings like hell. Tore up my finger tips not wearing gloves digging out chunks of concrete. Used peroxide and it hurt a lot, the bubbles sent jolts of pain through my nerves 😂

The true danger of this disease is it's impenetrable plot armor that keeps it undiagnosed and untreated for an unreasonable amount of time.

Your videos have indirectly helped me with my Pathophysiology class, thank you

The "contracted phase 2 OMG does itch boogaloo" did make me laugh

I just gotta say, I love your humor. Kinda dry, kinda friendly, you just have a great vibe, that is why I keep coming back.

You should do a video on the rat plague from Dishonored and how people turn into weepers. Although, it would be a challenge because there's not a ton of lore behind it.

God I remember this film I thought it was just a fever dream. Always nice seeing a underrated film make it onto the channel!

THIS WAS MY FAVORITE HORROR MOVIE AS A TEENAGER! I have no clue why I loved it so much, but any time someone new wanted to watch a horror movie with me, I suggested this and Circle. I’m really into like, random ass streaming service horror.

If I'm a boss, and one of my employees came to work literally rotting with body parts falling off I'm just ordering them to get out and go to the hospital, I'd call the cops if they refuse

I love how they couldnt bother to buy fly larvae, they went to a local pet shop and bought MEALWORMS which arent even decomposers, they're grain parasites LMAO

This video has to be your best one yet. The quick jokes just make it so much better 😁

If you start falling apart like you're doing your best impression of Jeff Goldblum in The Fly, you best book it to ER as fast as humanly possible. How she kept ignoring it this long boggles my mind, lol. Not that she's the only one. This entire movie is full of such bafflingly stupid decisions that you can't help but think: 'Maybe they deserve this zombie plague infection...'

Honestly as soon as a "maggot" scene popped up, my first reaction was "aww a mealworm!" and then "why is that there", before I processed that you said "maggot".

The bit on tinnitus makes a lot of sense as to why there’s evidence is to link tinnitus to early onset dementia. And considering I suffer from chronic tinnitus that never goes away… I’m even more worried. Awesome.

Still think you should cover the strain TV series it's only like two seasons so not that long but it's about a guy that works for the CDC trying to crack the case on a parasite that turns you into this strange zombie vampire combination. In that show the parasite grows inside of you and becomes you basically. Oh and their hair falls out if it's a man their penis falls off if it's a woman the vaginal opening seals it's some type of blood worm but when it gets in to your body your fucked. The series is pretty wild it would be amazing if you would cover it.

Reminder to get tested frequently, and to always bring up concerns with your doctor. They're there to help, never feel ashamed for getting treatment for anything.

That opening bit made me rather happy that I'm not the type to engage in the supposed delicacy that is someone's backdoor

"It's literally not that hard! Just use the brain upstairs. Do this, and you too can achieve greatness!" I LOL'D.

If I was a doctor and I saw her symptoms I'd be calling the damn CDC and the WHO.

Hey Roanoke, could you look at a game series call X-Com. It's about aliens infiltrating Earth to conqueror the planet and test humanity genes. Our genetics needed to be tested to see if we could be vessels for the overlords of this multi-species alien empire. We eventually get conquered and a genes end up being spliced into the aliens which attacked us. In at least one of the games you scientists preform dissections of dead aliens if that is of any interest to you.

i really dont appreciate being flashbanged with rage comic reaction images while im watching a roanoke video in the middle of the night

Sam is like that one merchant in Skyrim that has been proposed to by half the men in Whiterun

Been waiting for you to cover these movies. Wish there was a third movie

I’d love to see you do a video of all the different creatures from Vita Carnis.