Extinction (2015 film)

Extinction, originally titled *Welcome to Harmony*, is a 2015 post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Miguel Ángel Vivas, who co-wrote the script with Alberto Marini. It adapts the novel *Y pese a todo* by Juan de Dios Garduño. The cast includes Matthew Fox, Jeffrey Donovan, and Quinn McColgan. Released in the United States on July 31, 2015, the film is a co-production among Spain, Hungary, and France.

In the story, a virus transforms people into zombies. A small group of survivors takes shelter in a snowy town, believing the virus and its monsters have died out. They soon discover the infected have adapted to the new environment, becoming more dangerous. Two buses carry remaining survivors toward a safe zone. The first bus is attacked; on the second bus, main characters Jack, Patrick, Emma, and baby Lu try to escape. Emma is bitten during the chaos. Nine years later, Jack and Patrick live next door, separated by a fence. Emma has died, and nine-year-old Lu lives with Jack, calling him father. The two men do not speak, and Lu is forbidden to leave the property, though she bonds with Patrick’s dog through the fence. Patrick finds a half-eaten fox and follows tracks to an infected. He escapes but is later attacked and bitten on the neck; Jack hesitates to shoot, but Patrick’s dog saves him. Lu is angry at Jack’s inaction. She sneaks out at night to place flowers on the dog’s grave and is attacked by an infected. Jack rescues her but is badly injured. Patrick ties up the infected, and they realize they are immune to turning. The infected have evolved: they are blind but have heightened hearing. Lu invites Patrick to dinner, and Jack agrees. Patrick hears a voice on the radio and wants to leave. It is revealed Patrick is Lu’s biological father; Jack took her because Patrick was an alcoholic and failed to save Emma. Jack asks to join him, and they go to a warehouse for supplies. Lu spots a pregnant woman in the distance. They bring her home, and she explains her group heard Patrick’s radio call but was attacked. She shoots a captured infected, noting its howling is how they summon each other. They board up the house as howling approaches. A horde attacks. The woman plays loud music, which stops the infected, but the generator runs low. Patrick sacrifices himself, lighting a flare and luring the infected away, then blows himself up.