The 1999 movie Virus is a science fiction horror film about an alien energy entity that takes over a Russian research ship, killing its crew and creating biomechanical cyborgs from their bodies and the ship's technology. An American salvage crew, including Jamie Lee Curtis, boards the ship after a typhoon. The alien entity, which views humans as a virus to be eradicated, aims to bring the ship to an inhabited island to spread its influence. The crew must fight to stop the alien and destroy the s