On a ship carrying survivors from the previous films, especially Angela, things get confined. REC 4: Apocalypse is where the franchise finally ran out of steam for me. (An aside: Dolera is married to director Paco Plaza, whom I briefly met last year at Morbido 2017 during one of the festival's filmmaker outings.) The actors really carry the film here, doing a fantastic job - they carry the film entirely, and REC 3 wouldn't have worked half as well if not for their skills in making you forget that they're acting. They're quite in love, and the film does an excellent job of setting up these characters so that you're invested in them. Couple Clara (Leticia Dolera) and Koldo (Diego Martin) tie the knot in a fancy ceremony at a villa that likely cost many pretty pennies. It's great fun.įrom there, REC 3: Genesis decides to shed the video camera angle early on in the proceedings, and go the more traditional route. No one is really who they seem, and lots of thrills and scares abound. This film is a total roller coaster ride with lots of inventive ideas and a great script. Happily, REC 2 is a fantastic sequel that manages to do nearly the impossible, and surpass the original. The Medeiro girl has been possessed and locked away in the penthouse, and it's revealed that the demonic possession is not only an unholy happening, but it's also a virus - which the Church might be able to develop an antidote from, if they can get the girl's blood. Now, the story, which takes place mere minutes after the first film ends, takes on a darkly religious tone. REC 2 builds on the discovery of the Medeiro "girl" and the other assorted revelations found in the penthouse. If you've seen the film, you know what I'm talking about. The original Spanish film ended with a terrifying sequence that still chills. Of course, the REC films are an entirely different beast the fiends are confined within one building, rather than all of London and beyond, and REC spawned a full-fledged franchise with three sequels and two American remakes ( Quarantine and its sequel). The rage-filled, bleeding, screaming inhabitants in this apartment were the direct descendants of the rage virus-induced, running zombies in 28 Days Later, released just five years previous. The haunted house quality of this film was made even scarier by the found footage techniques, used quited well. Meanwhile, several residents exhibit seriously scary - and murderous - behavior. They become sealed in by the authorities, who will shoot them if they try to escape. Nothing out of the ordinary happens for a bit - until it DOES, and then all hell breaks loose within the apartment complex they visit. Directed by both Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, REC starred Manuela Velasco as Angela, a young reporter (with her camera person) just following around a small team of firefighters on the overnight shift for her program. The first came out in 2007 and became a sensation. Shout! Factory's genre imprint Scream Factory has recently released four-disc Blu-ray set of the films.
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