Rec (2007)

Original title

[REC]

Directed by

Paco Plaza, Jaume Balagueró

Genre

horror film, zombie film, found footage film

Country

Spain

Runtime

1h 15m

Rated

R

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 4,911 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A TV reporter and her cameraman follow firefighters into an apartment building. They get trapped inside with the residents as a violent outbreak spreads. The film is shown entirely through the cameraman's lens.

tenseclaustrophobicchaoticurgentgrittyfrighteningvisceralraw

What happens

Rec (stylized as [•REC]; short for "record") is a 2007 Spanish found footage zombie horror film co-written and directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza. The film stars Manuela Velasco as television reporter Ángela Vidal, who, along with her cameraman, accompany firefighters on a late-night call to an apartment building in Barcelona, where an outbreak prompts authorities to seal the building and place its occupants under quarantine. Rec was released on 23 November 2007 to critical and commercial success. It has appeared on lists and retrospectives covering found-footage and horror cinema. The film spawned the Rec film series, which includes three sequels: Rec 2 (2009), Rec 3: Genesis (2012), and Rec 4: Apocalypse (2014). An American remake, Quarantine, was released in 2008, followed by Quarantine 2: Terminal (2011). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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