![]() Starring Manuela Velasco, Pablo Rosso, Ferrán Terraza, and Javier Botet. REC (2007) REC is a Spanish found footage horror movie about a TV reporter ( Manuela Velasco) and her crew who end up quarantined in an apartment building when a mysterious infection breaks out. Written by Jaume Balaguero, Paco Plaza, and Luis A. Directed by Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza. REC is a Spanish found footage horror-thriller. Not a moment is wasted, it takes the found footage concept and really sells it better than any other movie I've seen. In the end, 13 years later, Ruth dies, withered and blind, leaving her daughter Jane (Victoria O'Keefe) alone. NOTE: The end of this episode contains mild spoilers through episode 2 of the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Rec (2007) has been one of my all time favorite horrors since it was released. The things we do for you, dear listeners. We round things out with a spirited chat about our love for the genre of found footage as a whole, and Alysa bemoans the fact that she had to rewatch this movie on Crackle - which meant a 75 minute movie was broken up by 500 commercials for Fortnite. Fourteen years later, this movie has lost none of its ability to surprise and terrify. The film ends with the building plagued by its infected occupants, making it seemingly impossible for Pablo and ngela do descend. ![]() But what makes so different - and what makes its American remake, Quarantine, so disappointing in comparison - is its balls to the wall, take no prisoners commitment to scaring the every loving crap out of the viewer, with an ending that still makes us want to curl up in a ball and die. The fourth & final instalment in the REC franchise, REC 4: Apocalypse concludes the horror that began in 2007 with REC, which still remains one of the scariest horror flicks ever made, was followed by an inferior yet effective sequel in 2009 before hitting an absolute low with a needless third entry that was more a spin-off than a sequel and replaced the nerve-racking tension of the first two. Hailed as the best horror sequel since Romero's Dawn of the Dead, 2 concluded with an infected Angela being rescued by the Spanish health authorities and taken to whereabouts unknown. Director Paco Plaza went solo three years later for the blood-soaked 3: Genesis, which ditched the found-footage formula and injected black humour as Leticia Dolera’s plucky chainsaw-wielding bride Clara took on her zombie-fied wedding guests.We promised we'd be back in the realm of completely messed up and traumatizing films and we ALWAYS deliver! This week the Brides head to Barcelona and get stuck in the worst penthouse ever as we cover the 2007 found-footage masterpiece ! Found footage movies became almost a punch line in the mid-Aughts and 2010s, with the genre nearly over-saturating the market. Directed by Jaume Balaguer and Paco Plaza, the movie follows a television reporter and her cameraman as they document a night at a fire station. The government declares the situation a biological emergency, sealing the entire building and shooting anyone who tries to escape. ![]() That film culminated in a nail-biting 10-minute finale, that screamed ‘sequel’ and fans got their wish two years later, where the grisly carnage continued in the same cramped, shadow-lit setting, but with a demonic twist added to the mix. REC Ending Explained: Unveiling the Terrifying Conclusion REC, a Spanish found-footage horror film released in 2007, left audiences on the edge of their seats with its intense and chilling storyline. The 2007 fright flick took the fad for shooting horror movies documentary-style to its zenith by setting the action in the claustrophobic confines of a Barcelona apartment block as Manuela Velasco’s cheery reality TV show presenter Angela witnessed first-hand a mysterious viral outbreak that turned the inhabitants into rabid flesh-eating zombies.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |