Its short runtime of only 78 minutes means aside from the minimal time spent at the fire station, we don’t waste much time with setup. Pablo even makes use of the camera’s light and night vision later on in the movie, as the camera becomes an indispensable tool for Pablo and Angela’s survival. REC is so successful because it feels so realistic, and you believe the reason why the filming continues, even as the number of infected people starts to rise.
Angela tells Pablo to film everything that happens in the building as proof of how the tenants were treated by the authorities, which explains why the camera keeps rolling even when the building is overrun by the infected. With the police in tow, the fire crew and the filming team head into Mrs Izquierdo’s apartment, where Mrs Izquierdo attacks one of the police officers, biting his neck.Īs they try to rush the officer to safety, everyone soon discovers that the building has been sealed off by the police and the military, as they try to control the disease that seems to be spreading through the apartment building.
When they arrive, the other tenants are gathered in the hallway and very stressed out, after hearing Mrs Izquierdo’s screams.
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For REC, the reason makes complete sense, as we follow Angela and her cameraman, Pablo, as they shadow the fire department for their television series ‘While You’re Sleeping’.Īfter spending some time filming around the fire station, the firemen Angela is shadowing, Alex and Manu, are called to an apartment building to assist with an older woman, Mrs Izquierdo, who is trapped in her apartment.
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The basis of any good found footage movie is the reason why a character is filming the action, and why they would continue to film the action when things start to get scary. While not a shot-for-shot remake, REC and Quarantine are extremely close when it comes to plot beats and scares, but which movie does it better? Let’s find out! REC (2007) Both stories follow a virus making its way through an apartment building, turning the residents into super-fast zombies/raging infected/mindless cannibals. When REC (2007) became a hit with horror fans the world over, the English-language remake Quarantine (2008) came out just a year later, which is the usual quick turnaround for these types of remakes. Whatever your opinion is on these types of remakes, and the apparent need to create non-subtitled versions of movies in order to make them more palatable to a wider audience, it’s clear that these types of remakes aren’t going away any time soon. Sometimes They Come Back is here to take a look at the horror genre and its love for remakes! We’ll be discussing both the original movie and its remake (sometimes multiple remakes) in detail before deciding who comes out on top! Are the originals always the best? Let’s find out!Įnglish-language remakes are rife in the horror world, and it seems that whenever a foreign-language movie proves popular, it’s only a matter of time before it’s remade for the English-speaking audience.
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