[Rec] (2007)
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A bubbly, ambitious TV journalist reports on the seemingly dull sedentary life of an urban fire station and a call to help a strange old lady locked in her apartment hardly seems worthy covering... (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Written By: Jaume Balagueró, Luiso Berdejo, Paco Plaza
Starring: Javier Botet, Manuela Velasco, Vicente Gil, Manuel Bronchud, Claudia Font, Maria Lanau, Martha Carbonell
Genres: Suspense/Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Franchise: [Rec]
AKA: REC
Country: Spain
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pernographer | 80 56th |
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Holy nightmares, thank god I didn't see this late at night. Grating characters, plenty of dumbass dialogue, but jesus, this thing is scary. And claustrophobic. That final stand in the dark is very, very uncomfortable to watch. Great job.
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graag | 75 88th |
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Scary. Effective. Scary.
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terrymac | 69 54th |
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Reasonably effective shaky cam docu-horror. Perhaps gets a bit hysterical for a legitimate attempt at real-life, and the exposition at the end felt a bit rushed and tacked-on. That said, though, it was entertaining, and even the cheap jump scares worked well. The taught running time works to its benefit, and the small cast is decent. The cameraman must have been hard as nails; I'd have been sobbing in the corner, getting eaten...
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| 3 |  |
LennyNero | 30 16th |
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Annoying actors who curse the whole time, awful camera work and a extremely boring story and setting. Only some parts of the ending were thrilling.
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| 3 |  |
afx237vi | 25 9th |
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I don't understand the hype, and will go as far as to say that if this movie was in English people would have far harsher opinions of it. The concept is old and unoriginal and the shakycam is the worst I've ever seen; I thought it was going to give me a frickin' epileptic fit. It's simply unpleasant to watch. I held out until the end in the hope of a clever twist ending (my hope was a candid camera style practical joke by the TV company), but alas not.
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| 3 |  |
eCitizen | 70 70th |
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Though I am rarely impressed with low budget horror films, this was surprisingly rewarding. Manuela Velasco is gorgeous & was excellent. The ending was creepy & better than expected. Infection occurred too quickly, there was a bit too much chaos, a few lines were repeated too many times & there was too much shaky camera. But, I was impressed with the amount of tension they were able to create & Manuela sold it well. I went into this not expecting much but was surprised to enjoy it.
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| 2 |  |
joseywales | 79 84th |
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Despite a slew of plot holes this is a fresh entry into the zombie genre and gets capped off with one of the most intense third acts I've seen in a recent horror flick.
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| 2 |  |
Tripwyre | 81 78th |
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It's surprisingly effective given that it really boils down to a lot "screaming people jumping out of dark places" scares. If shaky-cam ruined Cloverfield or the Bournes for you, don't even bother with this, as it gave me problems here and I've never minded it before. The final act throws a lot of strange information at you that kind of clogs up the story, but when the shit hits the fan, the intensity here is unmatched. Strong action, and a very scary experience. Great horror on a small budget.
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Big Lemons | 87 79th |
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Easily the pinnacle of "found footage" horror films. Some great scares in here.
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Heer | 75 62nd |
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The ending's a bit abrupt but the last ten minutes or so leading up to it are scary as hell and the whole documentary angle works surprisingly well.
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KasperL | 90 97th |
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75 minutes of awesomeness.
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Quicky | 73 67th |
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Much better than any other first-person film I've seen before. The tension really builds up until at the end it really is impossible to sit comfortably in your couch. This film was **really** scary. Even though it was still totally unrealistic, it "felt" more realistic to me than other zombie-like movies. I think it's because it's completely filmed in a normal apartment building so many people live in. It feels like it could be *your* house it's being filmed in.
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s.weinberg | 90 88th |
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"A shock-a-minute mini-masterpiece of sound design, tricky jolts, and wonderfully distressing tension."
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| 2 | johnshaft | 90 88th |
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Kicks the crap out of almost any other horror movies released this decade. Masterfully paced, this film ratchets up the tension from beginning to end. It leaves you feeling drained afterward, in a good way though.
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SirStuckey | 85 87th |
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Definitely worth watching if you are a horror fan that can stand shaky-cam style of film making. A claustrophobic zombie-like movie that takes you for an action packed ride and leads to a terrifying last 20 minutes. My main complaint was their finding out of the back story to why and how this situation was happening. It felt like they got too much information from the two sources and was basically a spoon-feeding to the viewer. Leaving it open to debate would have only made it better.
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FrederikA | 70 67th |
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A tightly stuctured and effective little zombie movie and in the horror-mockomentary "found footage" subgenre one of least annoyingly executed, probably because the cameraman is largely anonymous unlike Blair Witch, Paranormal Activity and Cloverfield.
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Cinema_Asia | 70 56th |
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Pretty intense little horror film shot in the "hand held cam" style as part of the plot. There is some decent acting in the movie with a few wicked little twists thrown in. The best thing about REC is that it not only maintains the tense atmosphere throughout but it gradually gets creepier as it moves along. The only flaws here are not so much technical as much as plot holes and a reliance on religion to explain too much of the supernatural elements.
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| 2 | myfavchords | 45 4th |
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This film had unlikable characters, a bad script and it was not scary. There is a number of scenes in the film were it is dark and you can't see what is going on, this is supposed to make it scarier but I just found it annoying.
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Jimmy Suede | 55 21st |
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Just not much substance here. It's kind of creepy, but really consists of a lot of darkness and a few jump scares, characters who resist making a single good defensive decision, and filmwork by the worst fictional cameraman ever hired (even before things got hectic). I guess "found-footage" just isn't for me. Also, in these "aggression virus" premises, why do the hyper-aggressive individuals never attack each other? They always kinda chill out with their homies until they sense the uninfected.
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| 1 | knyttelol | 99 95th |
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Im giving this film 99 not because its a great film-film but because its probebly the horror film that has scared me most as an adult and Im not easily scared. The dirty brutality and feeling of hopelesness of 28 days later combined with the handmade style and paranoia of the Blair witch project makes this the ultimate terror.
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CCLZA | 70 51st |
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An standard, solid zombie flick vastly elevated by its original screenwriting concept and visual style.
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Moribunny | 80 91st |
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[Rec] isn't wholly original. It fits into two or three familiar categories of horror, but it does take a while to pick up on all of them because the premise is so much fresher, the level of realism so much higher and the acting so much better than usual. An old tape recorder near the end reveals too much information too conveniently, but for the most part the film is short and sweet and balances mystery, suspense and horror very well. Genuinely scary.
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| 1 | CatScandal | 22 10th |
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handycam horror is the worst thing. props to the makeup people but seriously... can we stop making these movies already?
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SmooveJ | 90 82nd |
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Scary, tense movie, highly recommended. My only complaint is that the final scenes present you with really unnecessary, convoluted information.
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| 1 | legstump | 70 68th |
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Begins by introducing itself as yet another found footage gimmick and ends with the de rigeur nihilistic-smash-cut-to-black-zombie-movie-ending (complete with utterly dire metal song), but in between is a reasonably compelling horror show that breaks no new ground yet manages to sustain interest throughout.
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joeroxy | 77 81st |
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This one really kicked ass and every other body part which is to be kicked, but still, i was quite pissed off with the ending.
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th_mertens | 75 68th |
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This is very well the most terrifying experience I've ever had. ... Saw it in broad daylight and I was still hiding under a blanket. But even besides its power to make you shit your pants it's still worth appreciating on its cinematic values. ... The sometimes very long takes, the sound, and the claustrophobic ending. DAMN!
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PeaceAnarchy | 70 26th |
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I have to admit this is pretty well done, creating a claustrophobic atmosphere and some serious tension. It devolves into a bunch of hysterical screaming, though, and that just isn't something I want to watch. Even if the panic is justified I'd rather watch characters who at least try to be resourceful and keep it together. Outside of that the acting was pretty decent and the movie as a whole had some merit.
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frederic_g54 | 7 57th |
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(2nd viewing) 12 years ago, this was the scariest movie experience I've ever sat through, so either this didn't age very well, or I've become immune to horror flicks. Since the film still holds up well, I'll go with the latter.
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axlertan | 79 77th |
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highly recommended. there is somethings special make this film more effective than the ordinary hollywood horror films. i wanted to turn it off one time as i watch it, because it made me very uncomfartable. Great Job from Spain.
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amerigo | 88 93rd |
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On one hand Quarantine felt better all throughout, on the other hand the girl zombie in the end is one of the most disturbing things I've seen in a zombie movie in a long time. Though Quarantine is essentially almost the same film, both are equally good for different reasons.
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panzerwolf | 80 84th |
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I have to admit that for some reason I love movies that are done in this particular shaky-cam -style. There are people who hate it, but I like it. [Rec] is one of the scariest movies I ever remember seeing.
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Neonman | 85 80th |
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Small, obviously low-budgeted horror film that's quite claustrophobic. Has some genuine terrrifying "cat-out-the-closet" moments that are brilliant and uses the diagetic camera really well for this. And the last 15 minutes are gloriously fucked up.
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| 1 | Omicron91 | 90 75th |
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Fuck that ending scene scared me.
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Indicam | 85 92nd |
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Suspenseful and believable, [REC] should be an enjoyable movie for anybody who's a fan of the personally-recorded type shooting.
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RealMacgyver | 60 30th |
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I actually think the remake improved things. Controversial I know.
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Crim122 | 100 90th |
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Its 28 Days Later meets The Blair Witch Project, which in the end is one hell of a ride with some truly terrifying moments, and my only *handsinfrontoffacepeepingthroughfingers* moment ever.
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ABUNCHOFCATS | 85 68th |
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Above average zombie flick that really shows how to do the camcorder gimmick right. Lots of scares, lots of gore and lots of fun.
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chiefg | 95 98th |
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Awesome! Don't let the slow start fool you; this film will have you on the edge of your seat by the end!
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Anselmi86 | 78 65th |
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One fantastic horror film. Yes, it's true that I do have a penchant for subjective filmmaking to such extremes. But its a tried and true method mixed with an original, workable concept. The characters have no backstory, but who cares? How really can they in this scenario. What matters is that the film is scary as hell. The film delivers plenty of both startling and disturbing moments and nearly any of them are cheap or obligatory. I really kind of want to watch it again.
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| 1 | netmonk | 90 82nd |
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Simple, straight-forward scary movie populated by actors who look like real people and who play (on the whole) understated and realistically. Truly pulls you in and well worth watching.
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mwgerb | 69 84th |
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The best use of the 'found footage' technique I've seen, blowing away Cloverfield and Paranormal Activity. Although those are occasionally scary, this brings another level of creepiness and claustrophobia that those lacked, along with a much stronger ending. My only complaint is that Angela's hysterics get to be a bit much after a while. I would have preferred to spend the last third with a stronger character (see Night of the Living Dead)
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SeanBerndorff | 75 64th |
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Great genre-pic both zombie- and handheldmovie-wise. Better than Paranormal Activity which I actually liked too, more scary than Cloverfield, but the "found-tape"-thing still doesn't have the same effect as when watching Blair Witch the first time. What I especially liked about the movie was the way it gradually took away certain elements in "moviemaking" right at the end - starting with removing the general light and later the camera flashlight, so that only the nightvision remained. Awesome!
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MArkjp | 55 35th |
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Hailed by zombie fans as being the next big thing. I found it rather annoying. Like a child trying to get your attention by being really loud and doing stupid things. This might in part be because of the extremely annoying TV journalist. Bad acting, and loads of it.
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redacted | 79 67th |
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Lots of screaming/ angry Spaniards here. The handheld nature of the film did lend to the consistent pacing of the film. The young host helped sum up the situation every now and then & drive the camera toward the action which worked fairly organically, which is more than you can say for most FF offerings. The 1st person perspective brought a game element to [Rec] with most of the film feeling like a more & more desperate survival story & the end like L4D where the witch wakes up & well, you know.
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| 1 | Mr. Film | 90 73rd |
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This Spanish horror film achieves what most American films try to and fail: to be actually scary
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Matthew Parkinson (CineMarter) | 50 47th |
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[REC] is a funny movie, but it's not supposed to be. It contains characters I didn't care about, is shot in a way that actually hinders its jump scares, and its hysterics lightened the mood too much for it to be effective as a horror film. The actors are all fine, and it has a few moments that will make you jump, but there's no sense of dread and the explanation tacked-on at the end was unnecessary. I can't recommend [REC], although I know a lot of people will disagree with me about that.
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guy piranha | 70 69th |
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as good as it gets in terms of once again ripping off the homevideo stylistic device. most of the time you wish that stupid reporter slut would just shut the fuck up, take out her boobs and let some fireman squeeze them. but that may just be me. also, as is custom with these movies, the camera guy has stage 3 parkinson's. but it's not all ineffective and there were some decent, even tense moments.
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Just1n | 50 6th |
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Documentary style horror film. The novelty of the idea wears off pretty soon and it becomes just another tedious bore.
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sopachuco13 | 80 62nd |
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I thought this movie took the found footage subgenre of horror movies and put a pretty compelling story to that format. I don't know any Spanish actors so they all seemed to be pretty amateur to me. The cast of characters stuck in the apartment were interesting. I especially liked the vain guy who looked like a broke Salvadore Dali. The story had twists and turns and I thought it wrapped up in a very interesting way that I didn't really see coming.
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hisblob | 10 7th |
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becomes 100% shaky cam in the dark to cover up bad staging, bad acting, DNF. it is so obviously bad that I went on to ignore about 30 criticker users who liked it.
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DarkNights | 85 91st |
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Une bien belle surprise, film d'horreur extrêmement tendu et réaliste, jusqu'au final qui fait monter la tension à son paroxysme !
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| Average Percentile 58.97% from 3876 Ratings |  |