[Rec] (2007)

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

Directors:

Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza

Writers:

Jaume Balagueró, Luiso Berdejo,

Stars:

Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Jorge-Yamam Serrano

16 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Manuela Velasco	...	Ángela Vidal
Ferran Terraza	...	Manu
Jorge-Yamam Serrano	...	Policía Joven
Pablo Rosso	...	Pablo
David Vert	...	Álex
Vicente Gil	...	Policía Adulto
Martha Carbonell	...	Sra. Izquierdo
Carlos Vicente	...	Guillem Marimon
María Teresa Ortega	...	Abuela (as Mª Teresa Ortega)
Manuel Bronchud	...	Abuelo
Akemi Goto	...	Japonesa
Chen Min Kao	...	Japonés (as Kao Chen-Min)
Maria Lanau	...	Madre histérica
Claudia Silva	...	Jennifer
Carlos Lasarte	...	César

Storyline

"REC" turns on a young TV reporter and her cameraman who cover the night shift at the local fire station. Receiving a call from an old lady trapped in her house, they reach her building to hear horrifying screams -- which begin a long nightmare and a uniquely dramatic TV report.

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Plot Keywords:

reporter | fire station | apartment building | night shift | police | 

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Taglines:

Just One Witness.... A Video Camera

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody horror violence and language

Details

Official Sites:

3L Filmverleih [Germany] Filmax [Spain]

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish Japanese

Release Date:

23 November 2007 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Rec

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

€1,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Castelao Producciones, Filmax, Televisión Española (TVE)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The directors originally toyed with the idea of having the TV camera crew shadow some policemen. They decided to go with firemen instead as they tend to be more popular and accepted by the general public, especially following 9/11.

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Goofs

In the final scene Angela repeatedly rewinds the tape recorder to sample snippets of dialogue but she should be fast-forwarding it instead since the recording is a diary describing events in chronological order. Watch the tape reel when she rewinds the tape. As it plays forward the reel turns more times than it was rewound. It is impossible for her to hear very much different dialogue without rewinding the tape much more than she does, and then it wouldn't make sense as the dialogue is chronological. In reality, she would be hearing the same spoken passage repeatedly.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Ángela: Good evening, this is Angela Vidal speaking. Tonight, as usual, we will share this time...

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Crazy Credits

There are no opening credits.

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Connections

Featured in Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Vudú (Extended Version)"
Written by Carlos Ann
Performed by Vudu

User Reviews

I was a wreck after watching this (ho ho)

There's a lot of these shaky-cam movies around at the moment, and among your "Cloverfield"s and "Diary Of The Dead"s this low budget Spanish movie may seem like the underdog, but it's punching way above its weight.

Filmed by a TV crew stumbling upon something very nasty happening in an apartment block, the movie is shot and acted brilliantly, the sense of unease gradually giving way to all out terror. While it's obviously derivative of movies like "The Last Broadcast" and "The Blair Witch Project" it manages to deliver in a way that those movies couldn't thanks to some brilliant set-pieces. It's not even out in the UK yet and Hollywood have already remade it (the inevitably inferior "Quarantine") but do yourself a favor and spend an evening in the dark with the original. You'll regret it, but in the best possible way. Terrific.