What types of relationships exist in Infestation?

Infestation features 10 relationships including Conflict Rival, Alliance Teammate, Family Father, Romantic Unrequited Love, Romantic Love Interest — all analyzed by AI.

How are characters connected in Infestation?

The 7 characters in Infestation form a network of alliances, conflicts, and complex dynamics. Explore the interactive relationship map to see how each character connects.

Infestation (2009) Character Relationships & Connections Map

Name: Infestation
Genre: action, comedy, horror, science-fiction
Released: 2009
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Christopher Rodriguez Marquette, Brooke Nevin, Wesley Thompson, Jim Cody Williams, Deborah Geffner

Character Relationships in Infestation

Cooper (played by Christopher Rodriguez Marquette) is a protagonist in Infestation. A slacker telemarketer fired by his boss. After being cocooned and attacked by giant bugs, he rescues Maureen and Sara. He joins a survivor group, helps analyze bug venom, and travels to his father’s bunker. Despite Cindy’s advances, he remains loyal to Sara. He is captured by hostile survivors, later rescued by his father, and enters the bug hive. He helps defeat the queen and detonates explosives to destroy the nest. Sara (played by Brooke Nevin) is a protagonist in Infestation. Maureen’s daughter, found cocooned in her car and rescued by Cooper. She escapes to a restaurant with the group and later decides to infiltrate the bug hive to find her mother. She holds hands with Cooper, which provokes Cindy, leading to Sara’s capture. Inside the hive, she confronts the queen and assists Ethan before escaping with Cooper and Hugo. Albert (played by Wesley Thompson) appears in Infestation. Hugo’s father and a restaurant survivor. He helps identify the hive’s red gas and stays at the restaurant to study bugs. He travels with the group, shoots a mutant Cindy to save them, and helps kill the spider-mutant Chad. After being stung by a wasp, he mutates at Ethan’s house and is fatally shot by Hugo to save the group. Hugo (played by E. Quincy Sloan) appears in Infestation. Maureen (played by Deborah Geffner) appears in Infestation. Cooper’s strict boss who fires him for chronic lateness. She is found cocooned in the office and rescued by Cooper. Later captured by a wasp-like creature, she is presumed dead after the group finds her seemingly lifeless body at Chad’s house. Ethan (played by Ray Wise) appears in Infestation. Cooper’s father and a military veteran with a weapon stash and bunker. Captured by hostile survivors and later stung by a wasp, he kills his captors and rescues Cooper. In the bug hive, he temporarily restrains Cooper and Hugo, enters alone to find Sara, and sacrifices himself by triggering explosives to destroy the nest after mutating. Cindy (played by Kinsey Packard) appears in Infestation.

Character Relationship Map: Infestation

Infestation (2009) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.

Characters

Cooper (played by Christopher Rodriguez Marquette) — protagonist
A slacker telemarketer fired by his boss. After being cocooned and attacked by giant bugs, he rescues Maureen and Sara. He joins a survivor group, helps analyze bug venom, and travels to his father’s...
Sara (played by Brooke Nevin) — protagonist
Maureen’s daughter, found cocooned in her car and rescued by Cooper. She escapes to a restaurant with the group and later decides to infiltrate the bug hive to find her mother. She holds hands with Co...
Albert (played by Wesley Thompson) — supporting
Hugo’s father and a restaurant survivor. He helps identify the hive’s red gas and stays at the restaurant to study bugs. He travels with the group, shoots a mutant Cindy to save them, and helps kill t...
Hugo (played by E. Quincy Sloan) — supporting
Maureen (played by Deborah Geffner) — supporting
Cooper’s strict boss who fires him for chronic lateness. She is found cocooned in the office and rescued by Cooper. Later captured by a wasp-like creature, she is presumed dead after the group finds h...
Ethan (played by Ray Wise) — supporting
Cooper’s father and a military veteran with a weapon stash and bunker. Captured by hostile survivors and later stung by a wasp, he kills his captors and rescues Cooper. In the bug hive, he temporarily...
Cindy (played by Kinsey Packard) — minor

Key Relationships

Cindy → Sara (Conflict Rival)
Sara → Ethan (Alliance Teammate)
Ethan → Hugo (Alliance Teammate)
Cooper → Hugo (Alliance Teammate)
Ethan → Cooper (Family Father)
Hugo → Albert (Family Father)
Cindy → Cooper (Romantic Unrequited Love)
Cooper → Sara (Romantic Love Interest)
Maureen → Sara (Family Mother)
Cooper → Maureen (Professional Boss)

Story Analysis

A group of survivors battles giant, sound-tracking insects after a mysterious cocooning event transforms humans into monsters.

Plot Progression

Cocooned in the City
Mutation and Betrayal
The Enemy Within
Queen's Wail and Escape

Directed by Kyle Rankin

Infestation (2009) · 5.8/10 · action, comedy, horror, science-fiction