“In Isolation” (**1/2 out of four) was a better-than-average horror thriller about four friends (Darya Avratinskaya, Valeria Lugai, George Rakito, and Ilya Ilinykh) who go to a remote countryside for a vacation which is interrupted by a severely injured man who informs them that there is a worldwide pandemic that has just started and they have to fight together against looters even as they find themselves falling apart mentally and psychologically and turning against each other. Director Alexey Meets reframes horror genre cliches with mood and style and with proficient scares and tension at a very economical 87 minutes. Film can’t quite transcend its predictable and familiar roots but doesn’t waste time or scenes and is overall worth checking out for genre fans.