It doesn't get much better than this! If tense, claustrophobic terror is what you're after then pull up a seat and watch this. You will not be disappointed!
I converted my teenage zombie/splatter/gore obsessed son to foreign horror with this film, he in turn has now converted an entire group of teenagers to the superiority of original horror, instead of the soulless Hollywood 'remakes'. I feel a shameless sense of triumph!
Spanish TV reporter Angela is filming a late night series called "While You're Asleep", she and her cameraman Pablo are following a Barcelona fire crew for the night.
The crew are called to an apartment block after a report of an elderly lady who is very unwell and in distress. Angela arrives to find the residents huddled, terrified, in the foyer of the building as the woman screams above them. Angela and Pablo follow the crew upstairs to help the lady, where she proceeds to attack them.......
The situation rapidly descends into a terrifying waking nightmare, as first the building is suddenly sealed off and then the other residents slowly start to display the same symptoms the old lady had.
The whole film is shown from the perspective of Pablo's camera, with Angela giving a running commentary. To say this film is frightening is a gross understatement, it is absolutely terrifying! The tension is relentless, building up to the shattering final scenes which are played out in chilling night vision.
REC was 'remade' as Quarantine for people who are too lazy to read subtitles. Perhaps 'remade' isn't the right word as it was actually copied frame by frame, but with a terribly inferior actor playing the part of Angela, she failed miserably to recreate the terror shown by the original actress Manuela Velasco.
REC and The Orphanage are perhaps my two favourite foreign films (High Tension, Devil's Backbone and Tale Of Two Sisters are also notable foreign shockers) but REC wins in the horror stakes.
You will not forget this film!
I converted my teenage zombie/splatter/gore obsessed son to foreign horror with this film, he in turn has now converted an entire group of teenagers to the superiority of original horror, instead of the soulless Hollywood 'remakes'. I feel a shameless sense of triumph!
Spanish TV reporter Angela is filming a late night series called "While You're Asleep", she and her cameraman Pablo are following a Barcelona fire crew for the night.
The crew are called to an apartment block after a report of an elderly lady who is very unwell and in distress. Angela arrives to find the residents huddled, terrified, in the foyer of the building as the woman screams above them. Angela and Pablo follow the crew upstairs to help the lady, where she proceeds to attack them.......
The situation rapidly descends into a terrifying waking nightmare, as first the building is suddenly sealed off and then the other residents slowly start to display the same symptoms the old lady had.
The whole film is shown from the perspective of Pablo's camera, with Angela giving a running commentary. To say this film is frightening is a gross understatement, it is absolutely terrifying! The tension is relentless, building up to the shattering final scenes which are played out in chilling night vision.
REC was 'remade' as Quarantine for people who are too lazy to read subtitles. Perhaps 'remade' isn't the right word as it was actually copied frame by frame, but with a terribly inferior actor playing the part of Angela, she failed miserably to recreate the terror shown by the original actress Manuela Velasco.
REC and The Orphanage are perhaps my two favourite foreign films (High Tension, Devil's Backbone and Tale Of Two Sisters are also notable foreign shockers) but REC wins in the horror stakes.
You will not forget this film!