A team of local TV reporters are following a squad of firemen on night duty. The footage is completely live and their task is to make show about on the life of these professionals who work while we are sleeping. The first job of the night is to rescue an old lady who is trapped inside her apartment but the routine rescue soon takes a sinister turn. Something evil is spreading throughout the building out of control. Trapped inside the firemen and the TV crew have to confront an unknown and lethal horror. Now the only thing that matters is hiding surviving and trying... desperately to escape. They must keep on recording. No matter what happens. Until the very last moment. [show more]
Low Budget Spanish Horror flick filmed in the hand held camera style ala Blair Witch Project. Jump aboard as we join a local TV crew filming the show 'While You Are Asleep' at the local Fire Station in downtown Barcelona. The Station receives a call from an apartment block claiming that a resident has attacked another and they are unbale to gain access to the offenders flat. The TV Crew and Fire Officers respond to the call, enter the apartment and thats as much as Im going to give away......
Basically what follows is without a question of a doubt the most terrifiying horror film I have witnessed in years and this is speaking as a horror veteran of 34 years! At roughly 75 mins, the film is pretty short and as a result the pacing is perfect. The acting is perfect too and you WILL be routing for the protagonists which isn't a common practice with many horror films these days.
There is also a real sense of confusion and claustophobia which simply adds to the terror and in my opinion this is by far the best use of the hand held camera as you feel as though you are in there with them...
REC is a loud, relentless, blood and thunder horror movie, with an ending that even surpasses the blood freezing creepiness of that moment Sadoko lurches out of the well in Ringu.
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A team of local TV reporters are following a squad of firemen on night duty The footage is completely live and their task is to make show about on the life of these professionals who work while we are sleeping The first job of the night is to rescue an old lady who is trapped inside her apartment but the routine rescue soon takes a sinister turn Something evil is spreading throughout the building out of control Trapped inside the firemen and the TV crew have to confront an unknown and lethal horror Now the only thing that matters is hiding surviving and trying desperately to escape They must keep on recording No matter what happens Until the very last moment Actors Manuela Velasco Javier Botet Manuel Bronchud Martha Carbonell Claudia Font Vicente Gil Maria Lanau Carlos Lasarte María Teresa Ortega Pablo Rosso Pep Sais Jorge Serrano Ferran Terraza David Vert & Carlos Vicente Director Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza Certificate 18 years and over Year 2007 Screen Widescreen 1781 Languages Spanish Subtitles English Duration 1 hour and 26 minutes (approx)
Spanish horror film about an ambitious young television reporter who covers the night shift in one of Barcelona's local fire stations. When Angela (Manuela Velasco) and her cameraman Pablo follow the fire crew to a distress call from an elderly woman locked in her apartment, they're not expecting much in the way of excitement. With the cops already on the scene, all the firemen have to do is break down the door and make sure the woman is okay. If only it were that simple. Before too long, Angela and Pablo are trapped inside the building - the only witnesses to the unimaginable horror contained within...
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