beverlychase-27805
Rec is one of the better examples of found footage horror. Taking place in a confined building we are shown the film through the perspective of a television reporter and her cameraman- a clever idea indeed. The direction is very good and the acting is uniformly excellent. There is a possibility of bad acting derailing a good film but it isn't so here. If you are a fan of found footage then REC from Spain is a worthy film. This started a franchise and even had an American remake.
solun-1
I was hoping for a good horror flick but were disappointed. Fortunately, because of all the good reviews, it is probably just me and you will enjoy this anyway. Good for you. But even though I watched home alone, in the dark of the night as I usually do with horror films, I was not scared. There were very few moments of light suspense. The camera is horrid even for a POV film. The 1998 Blair Witch has ecstatic camera work compared to this. Almost all the actors and especially the main characters are unbearably bad in their roles. They do not feel genuine and their constant shouting and screaming it annoying and out of place in most of the scenes. I just wished they would just die as soon as possilble so I could focus on the suspense build up but that was in vain - until the very last second of the movie, there is constant screaming and unpleasant voice of the main character. Most of the deaths are the most predictable clichés and characters behaving in seriously dumb ways. It felt like watching just a bunch of people with dementia. There was not a single calm person in the movie, nobody who could bring in a minute of silence or just actually think about the situation. As I said, everyone seems to be enjoying this film. So go ahead and see for yourself.
Tweetienator
I really regard myself as an expert on horror movies in the sense that I like and I watched a lot (tons and tons) of it. But I never understood and still understand the fuzz about this movie. I lately re-watched it and still say - it is okay but it is in no way "scary" and first of all, I am still the whole time wondering way the dude with the cam didn't for example helped to close the door or fight the dead but he kept the whole time "doing his cam". Total unbelievable and ridiculous behavior and more important the whole one cam perspective just don't works well. Especially because you can do increase suspense etc. with a good cam work. I only know one movie where it worked well and that's of course The Blair Witch Project. All the other movies I saw using that real-time-whatever-the-special-term-is-cam are not improved but weakened by that choice to use that perspective only. Well, Rec the Spanish original and the American version are not bad movies but nothing special or good. Maybe I need to watch it a third time ;)
avidmoviewatcher1221
Scary. As. Hell.I don't think there was a horror film that scared the ever-living crap out of me until I watched REC. The shaky camera-work, the found footage, the dark tone, the cutting-edge acting . . . Oh. My. Gosh. It seemed like it actually happened. My heart raced at every scare; and it continued to bang-bang-bang against my rib-cage even after it came to its inevitable end.REC overshadows any other horror film I'd ever seen. I don't think you can get anymore terrifying - or authentic - films as this one. And as soon as I finished REC . . . I needed REC 2 so badly!
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