HorrorMystery

[REC]

- One witness. One camera.

A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.

Release Date : 2007-11-23

Language :JapaneseSpanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : FilmaxCastelao ProductionsCanal+ EspañaTVEICO

Production Country : Spain

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Ángela Vidal

Original Name : Manuela Velasco

Gender : Female

Character Name : Manu

Original Name : Ferrán Terraza

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Izquierdo

Original Name : Martha Carbonell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Álex

Original Name : David Vert

Gender : Male

Character Name : César

Original Name : Carlos Lasarte

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pablo

Original Name : Pablo Rosso

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Police Officer

Original Name : Vicente Gil

Gender : Male

Character Name : Guillem

Original Name : Carlos Vicente

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hysterical Mother

Original Name : María Lanau

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Police Officer

Original Name : Jorge-Yamam Serrano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grandmother

Original Name : María Teresa Ortega

Gender : Female

Character Name : Grandfather

Original Name : Manuel Bronchud

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jennifer

Original Name : Claudia Silva

Gender : Female

Character Name : Medeiros Girl

Original Name : Javier Botet

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Ben Temple

Gender : Male

Character Name : Japanese Woman

Original Name : Akemi Goto

Gender : Female

Character Name : Japanese Man

Original Name : Kao Chen-Min

Gender : Male

Character Name : Colombian Girl

Original Name : Ana Isabel Velásquez

Gender : Female

Character Name : Japanese Boy

Original Name : Daniel Trinh

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fire Station Operator

Original Name : Marita Borrego

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fire Station Operator

Original Name : Jana Prats

Gender : Male

Character Name : Buhardilla Boy

Original Name : Víctor Massagué

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pablo (voice)

Original Name : Javier Coromina

Gender : Male

Reviews

The Movie Mob

@mooney240

2022-11-05

**REC is zombie horror brilliance!** REC is one of the best found-footage and zombie movies ever made. The panic, chaos, and terror that grows and spreads through a small apartment building as residents fall one by one to a zombie plague is overwhelmingly suspenseful and believable. REC starts slow but exponentially builds into a bloodcurdling frenzy with horrified characters frantically struggling to survive. This low-budget horror film belongs in the hall of fame for creativity and genius in the genre. I saw the American remake, Quarantine, many years ago, which is very similar to this film, but REC edges Quarantine with originality and a franchise of 3 other films following it. Any zombie or horror fan needs to add this to their watchlist immediately!

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-05-15

"Ángela" (Manuela Velasco) is a pushy television reporter who is with her cameraman "Pablo" (Pablo Rosso) doing a feature about some local hunky firemen. When they are called to an emergency, they accompany the crews but upon arrival the find themselves subject to a terrifying lock-in as the raging fire proves not to be their most imminent danger. It seems that there is also something afoot that is hungry, and that hunger breeds more hunger... It's filmed from the perspective of the camera and has a lot of "Blair Witch" (1999) to it - and that's where I lost interest. The intensity of the photography in the dark and winding corridors of this expansive apartment block works quite well for about ten minutes, thereafter the hysterical acting, constant screaming and overdoses of ketchup just made me think that they hadn't the budget or the imagination to make something different or memorable. If Velasco's plan was to make the audience dislike her character intensely then she hit the nail on the head and if I'd been one of the fire crew trying to save lives amidst her increasingly annoying histrionics, I'd have happily sacrificed her to their tormentors. It doesn't hang about, but even at just eighty minutes I was weary of it's repetition. Not for me, sorry.