[Rec]

Aunque los cineastas no aportan nada nuevo y sólo combinan la técnica de El proyecto de la bruja de Blair con la exposición final de El silencio de los corderos (modo noche verde, entorno similar), pero aun así me subieron la adrenalina con esta película de bajo presupuesto y en algunos momentos tuve la necesidad de apartar la vista de la pantalla por miedo (eso no me pasaba desde hace unos buenos 15 años). Un final realmente IMPRESIONANTE, precisamente porque la dimensión de pura diversión cinematográfica se convierte en una inquietante sensación de «eso podría pasar». ¡Qué miedo! (09.01.2009)

An intense horror inferno in which the directors hit the viewer with such vigor that you won't care about the questionable handheld camera - even though it has a strong defense for being there given that it’s part of a TV show where journalists want to film everything. Knowing that there’s not much new you can do with zombies, the film brings an excellent group of characters to the scene, who crystalize in the calm opening so that you can cheer them on, tooth and nail, in the final inferno. The main character is a decent character and I realized that I haven't worried about anyone in a movie as much as I did about her in a long time. The few shocking moments (the fall down the stairs, the little girl with her mother) and the entire ending, starting with the entrance to the attic, is a chapter of its own, for which I would gild the filmmakers' hands. I’d have to look far back in time to find SUCH a quality horror film. (01.01.2009)

The handheld camera is seasonally in style, zombies and satanic worshipers with rabies have been doing well for a few decades, so why not combine it all together... In addition, the film as a whole works well and escalates very solidly in the end. What undermines this film, like the American film Monster, is the ostentatious playing for effect and the violent emphasis on everything being filmed NOW, AUTHENTICALLY, IMMEDIATELY. The result is compulsion, predictability, and annoying hysteria, but these smudges fail to cloud my otherwise positive impression. [Rec] can be watched with gusto and a slightly indulgent smile, but it radiates somewhat of sympathetic aura. I like it... (27.06.2008)

This movie is awesome! It’s been long since a horror film pulled me into the story in such way that I felt scared. REC is probably the best and most original zombie flick I’ve even seen and far above all the other films shot with a “handheld camera”. Unlike Blair Witch, it never gets boring (really, things move at full steam from beginning to end, there isn’t a single quiet moment), the characters are very believable in their fear, terror and ignorance, and their behaviour is logical (unlike Cloverfield). The old house and the fact that danger can lurk behind every door generate an amazing atmosphere that is best enjoyed watching the film alone and in the dark. I now must correct my ranking of favourite horror movies. Wholeheartedly recommended. (13.02.2008)

If it weren’t for the ending in the secret room, my satisfaction would be almost boundless. Not because the finale in the attic is bad, but I didn’t think it fitted with what came before it at all. Simply the first hour seems out of place with the final fifteen minutes, and vice versa. But otherwise, everything is as it should be. Atmosphere cuttable by knife, ideas and ideal pace and it’s punchy and effective like an attack by Barça FC. I will definitely have to think hard about where to stay in Barcelona this time round. One thing I know for sure, I won’t stay in an old tenement block under any circumstances. (13.07.2008)