[REC]

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3.67

[REC]

Synopsis

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

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Cast

Manuela VelascoÁngela Vidal
Ferrán TerrazaManu
Martha CarbonellMrs. Izquierdo
David VertÁlex
Carlos LasarteCésar
Pablo RossoPablo
Vicente GilOld Police Officer
Carlos VicenteGuillem
María LanauHysterical Mother
Jorge-Yamam SerranoYoung Police Officer

Recommendations

100
Entertainment Weekly
Shot in shaky handheld style, [REC] is a bit like George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead, but, you know, actually scary.
100
Film Threat
Masterpiece.
91
IndieWire
“REC” delivers a steady stream of frights because its camera man never knows quite where to look — and by the time he figures it out, it might be too late.
90
The Observer (UK)
Guaranteed to scare the pantalones off you.
80
Time Out
A brilliantly staged early scare signals that the safety rails are off and, despite an unexpected, last-minute swerve into the supernatural realm, the edge-of-the-seat tension is sustained to the very last second.
70
Chicago Reader
If you can tolerate 79 minutes of joggling images you’ll probably find this entertaining, though writer-directors Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza overplay their hand with a late-breaking back story that rips off one movie too many.
60
Empire
Even thought it's the third such effort to employ handheld camera in a zombie flick, this has more than enough shocks to hold its own.
40
The Guardian
Midway through, the plot blows a gasket and the camerawork turns altogether crazed, joggling us about in the semi-darkness while the soundtrack rings to distorted screams. Expect pitch and yaw and lots of gore.