Jennifer Carpenter stars as a reporter who gets trapped in a building where something strange is going on in the Screen Gems thriller Quarantine. The horror film had its premiere at Knott's Scary Farm where zombies stalked unsuspecting guests both on the red carpet and in a creepy maze. Prior to making her way through the maze, Carpenter chatted up the film on the red carpet.

Jennifer Carpenter ('Angela Vidal') in Quarantine

Tell me about working on this. They shot it in order - how easy is that for you?

Jennifer Carpenter: "It was a real blessing because the movie, like if you put it on a pie chart or if you put it on a graph chart, you'd have to make sure the whole cast is going 50 miles an hour and not some people going 90 and some people going 20. So we all had to be on the same page, so the climax really pays off and it really, really does."

And you have to keep up that whole level of adrenaline the whole shoot. How difficult is that? What do you do to psyche yourself up?

Jennifer Carpenter: "Well it was six weeks of shooting so for like the first 10 hours of every day, you sort of rest on the amazing makeups they do. You're resting on everyone's performance and the story. And then by the end of the day you're running on fumes so you scream a lot, you chase your cast members around, you laugh. You call your family and touch in with them. Trickery."

You don't really like horror movies I heard.

Jennifer Carpenter: "No, I don't."

So why do you keep getting cast in horror movies?

Jennifer Carpenter: "Because I think people who like horror movies, like to see people who don't like to be scared be scared - and I'm one of them. I am one of them."

You're so gorgeous I would see you in a romantic comedy or something lighter. Are you ready for that?

Jennifer Carpenter: "I am ready for that. Yes!"

Are you getting scripts that are lighter?

Jennifer Carpenter: "Some of them, yeah. And I also haven't been on the stage in seven years so I'm kind of looking forward to going back to that, you know? That scares me more than this stuff does, going back to stage. Going back to stage - it's rough stuff."

Do you like performing in front of a live audience?

Jennifer Carpenter: "Yes, since I was eight. That's where I fell in love with the idea of this."

Why should people go see this?

Jennifer Carpenter: "Because it's a great movie. Because I'm sick of going to movies and like two minutes in thinking, 'God, they stole my money again,' you know? And you won't have that experience here. This movie pays off. It's really excellent. It's easy to promote. I'm really happy with it."

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