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Overview

User Rating:
7.7/10   28,609 votes
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Release Date:
23 November 2007 (Spain) more
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Tagline:
One Witness. One Camera more
Plot:
"REC" turns on a young TV reporter and her cameraman who cover the night shift at the local fire station... more | full synopsis
Awards:
16 wins & 6 nominations more
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DVD Playhouse--July 2009
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 14 July 2009, 12:00 PM, PDT)

User Reviews:
I was a wreck after watching this (ho ho) more (250 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Manuela Velasco ... Ángela Vidal

Ferran Terraza ... Manu
Jorge Serrano ... Policía Joven (as Jorge-Yamam Serrano)
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 Font ... Jennifer (as Claudia Silva)
Carlos Lasarte ... César
Javier Botet ... Niña Medeiros
Ben Temple ... Médico
Ana Isabel Velásquez ... Chica colombiana (as Ana Isabel Velásquez)
Daniel Trinh ... Niño Japonés
Marita Borrego ... Operadoras Cuartel Bomberos
Jana Prats ... Operadoras Cuartel Bomberos (as Ana Prats)
Víctor Massagué ... Niño Buhardilla
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Pep Sais ... (voice) (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jaume Balagueró 
Paco Plaza 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Jaume Balagueró  writer
Luis Berdejo  writer
Paco Plaza  writer

Produced by
Carlos Fernández .... executive producer
Julio Fernández .... executive producer
Julio Fernández .... producer
Teresa Gefaell .... line producer
Alberto Marini .... co-executive producer
Oriol Maymó .... line producer
 
Cinematography by
Pablo Rosso 
 
Film Editing by
David Gallart 
 
Casting by
Cristina Campos 
 
Art Direction by
Gemma Fauria 
 
Costume Design by
Glòria Viguer 
 
Makeup Department
David Ambit .... special makeup effects artist
Imma Pérez .... hair stylist
Lucía Salanueva .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Teresa Gefaell .... production manager
Oriol Maymó .... production manager
Jesús L. Pérez Villar .... post-production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pepo Alba .... second assistant director
Inés Lugo .... second assistant director
Fernando Sánchez-Izquierdo .... first assistant director (as Fernando Izquierdo)
 
Art Department
Pau Albin .... set dresser
Maruxa Alvar .... set designer
Nuria Muni .... property master
 
Sound Department
Xavier Mas .... sound
Marc Orts .... sound re-recording mixer
Filippo Restelli .... boom operator
Oriol Tarragó .... sound designer
Oriol Tarragó .... supervising sound editor
Edgar Vidal .... foley artist
Edgar Vidal .... sound editor
Kiku Vidal .... foley artist
 
Special Effects by
Enric Masip .... special effects
 
Visual Effects by
Álex Villagrasa .... visual effects supervisor
 
Editorial Department
Quique Cañadas .... colorist
Marga Villalonga .... digital intermediate coordinator
 
Other crew
Sofia Escudé .... editor assistant
Martin Samper .... making-of director
Anna Vilà .... script supervisor
Albert Val .... development executive (uncredited)
 

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for bloody horror violence and language.
Runtime:
Argentina:80 min | France:80 min | South Korea:78 min | Netherlands:85 min | UK:75 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Made and shot in real locations. No sets were built to make this movie. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the crew is getting in the fire truck near the start, the camera man gets in after the presenter. Next thing, they've switched sides. There was no room for them to switch sides. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Ángela: Good evening, this is Angela Vidal speaking. Tonight, as usual, we will share this time...
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Muchachada nui: (#2.11)" (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Vudú (Extended Version) more

FAQ

Who is the girl in the penthouse? And who is the boy in the attic of the penthouse?
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209 out of 255 people found the following review useful.
I was a wreck after watching this (ho ho), 24 February 2008
9/10
Author: Superbeasto from United Kingdom

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.

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