Whoa, this was actually pretty scary. You don't really think it's going to be, and then the intensity keeps increasing, and then by the end you're like, "Whoa, this was actually pretty scary."
I usually struggle to get invested in found footage films. The shaky camera work and sometimes disjointed narrative deter me. In [REC], the found footage almost serves as Pablo's perspective of everything that happens, and it made me feel like I was there, which made everything scarier. I loved it.
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[REC]
One witness. One camera.
Rating
4.5 (1)
Release Date
11/23/2007Runtime
78 minsOverview
A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
SpanishBudget
$1,500,000Revenue
$32,511,655Homepage
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How It Feels
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A relentless found-footage descent into nightmare, where a locked apartment building becomes a suffocating trap and the camera never stops rolling. Tension mounts from discomfort to outright horror with almost no reprieve.
Mood
Dread-soakedClaustrophobicUnsettlingTense
Themes
SurvivalFaith
Tone
Matter-of-fact
Pacing
Propulsive
Look
HandheldDocumentary-like
Structure
Single location
Heads up
Graphic violence
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