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Also known as [REC], [Rec]
2007 film by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza
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7.2A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
Cast
- Manuela Velasco as Ángela Vidal
- Pablo Rosso as Pablo
- Javier Coromina as Pablo (voice)
- Ferrán Terraza as Manu
- Martha Carbonell as Mrs. Izquierdo
- David Vert as Álex
Themes
- obsession
- bite
- religion and supernatural
- attempt to escape
- cinematographer
- lodger
- live-reportage
- zombie
- found footage
- virus
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
211,224 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Metacritic
71/100
- Year
- 2007
- Runtime
- 78 min
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 16 wins & 12 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jaume Balagueró Paco Plaza
- Written by
- Jaume Balagueró Paco Plaza Luiso Berdejo
- Produced by
- Julio Fernández
- Starring
- Manuela Velasco Ferrán Terraza Jorge-Yamam Serrano Pablo Rosso David Vert Vicente Gil Martha Carbonell Carlos Vicente
- Cinematography
- Pablo Rosso
- Edited by
- David Gallart
- Production company
- Castelao Productions
- Distributed by
- Filmax
- Release date
- 23 November 2007 ( 2007-11-23 )
- Running time
- 78 minutes
- Country
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- Budget
- $2 million
- Box office
- $32.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 75
- FilmAffinity ID
- 575554
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- publication date
- 2008-03-27
- title
- REC
- capital cost
- 1500000
- review score
- 90%
Sources (13)
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Article
Rec (stylized as [•REC]; short for "record") is a 2007 Spanish found footage zombie horror film co-written and directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza. The film stars Manuela Velasco as television reporter Ángela Vidal, who, along with her cameraman, accompany firefighters on a late-night call to an apartment building in Barcelona, where an outbreak prompts authorities to seal the building and place its occupants under quarantine.
Rec was released on 23 November 2007 to critical and commercial success. It has appeared on lists and retrospectives covering found-footage and horror cinema.