[Rec] (2007)

Directors:

Jaume Balagueró
Paco Plaza

Writers:

Jaume Balagueró (writer)
Luis Berdejo (writer)

Release Date:

23 November 2007 (Spain)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

One Witness. One Camera

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Neck Breaking Scene | Blood Splatter | Speaker Phone | Mallet | Special Forces

Awards:

14 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Manuela Velasco	...	Ángela
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Javier Botet	...	Niña Medeiros
Manuel Bronchud	...	Abuelo
Martha Carbonell	...	Sra. Izquierdo
Claudia Font	...	Jennifer
Vicente Gil	...	Policía
Maria Lanau	...	Jennifer's Mother
Carlos Lasarte	...	Cesar
María Teresa Ortega	...	Abuela
Pablo Rosso	...	Marcos
Pep Sais	...	(voice)
Jorge Serrano	...	Sergio
Ferran Terraza	...	Manu
David Vert	...	Álex
Carlos Vicente	...	Guillem

Also Known As:

[â-�Rec] (Spain) (poster title)

Runtime:

Netherlands:85 min | South Korea:78 min | France:80 min

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Germany:18 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:16 | South Korea:18 | France:-12 | Sweden:15 | Australia:MA | Japan:R-15 | Finland:K-18 | Italy:VM14 | UK:18 | Taiwan:R-12

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Company:

Filmax

Trivia:

During the filming of the scene where the young fireman falls from the stairs, not a single actor knew that was going to happen, so the reactions we see on the films were the real reactions of the actors themselves.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Muchachada nui: (#2.11)" (2008)

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.