After being excited about this movie since I saw the trailers I finally got to see it myself at the Fantasy Film fest Nights in Frankfurt, Germany.
This spanish movie got a lot of good press over here in europe, so it was no surprise the theatre was rather packed.
But being dissappointed by so many movies this year, I remained sceptical...until 20 minutes into the film, when all hell broke loose.
Now, I'm not gonna give you a plot synopsis because the story really isn't anything special, but let me tell you this:
You're gonna shit your f***ing pants, boy.
It's shot from a TV cameraman's point of view and they use this technique (?) perfectly. I mean, after the rather dissappointing (but still pretty good) Cloverfield and Diary of the Dead, which were also shot in this POV style, this shows you how to shoot a "first person" movie to it's full effect. And oh my God, it scared the hell out of people.
Thankfully, the audience was amazing. Laughed at the right parts (yes, there's some humour) and jumped out of their seats screaming and applauding when the freaky shit happened (and there's plenty of that).
One more thing: The last 20 minutes or so of this movie are probably the scariest, most terrifying thing shot on camera EVER.
Nightmares will be your nocturnal companions for quite some time...
I know there are more blogs about this film but I thought we should direct as much attention as possible to this little masterpiece and gem of horror movie making.
So go see it as fast as possible. You won't regret it...
Ok MArcel I finally saw Rec, I know i said i was gonna do a blog but it would have been real short. I did like the Movie, but it was easy for me to be annoyed by the screaming and I'm not really with the Shaky cam. I did get the shakes and i was disgusted by the anorexic thing at the end of the movie. But I do agree this is better than a lot of wanna-be horrors. This movie reminds me of how they mutilated my resident evil series. *Sob, Sob* I need a hankie.
An absolutely awesome review! It is a film that I believe will be a new cornerstone in the horror genre. Click here to read my review on this frightening tale!
Oh no. There is gore occasionally, but that's not the reason it's scary.
It's the whole atmosphere. The people in the movie are trapped in a house, they can't get out. Very claustrophobic.
The sound effects are amazing and send shivers down your spine. And there's a lot of "monster jumping in front of the shaky camera fucking screaming" shock sequences.
As I said, you also have to see the last 20 minutes of this. I'm not gonna give anything away, but people in the audience could barely look at the screen. They were all covering their eyes...
Comment by thepropayne on March 31, 2008 at 10:45pm
is it scary cuz it is gorey? or what?
Comment by AntSmasher on March 31, 2008 at 11:00am
Wow, this looks great. I hope it DOES come to America.
I can't tell you if they're gonna show it in the US. Here's Imdb's release list: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1038988/releaseinfo
I don't see the US on there.
The print we saw was in spanish and hat english subtitles.
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