A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
- Awards
- 16 wins & 12 nominations
María Teresa Ortega
- Abuela
- (as Mª Teresa Ortega)
Kao Chenmin
- Japonés
- (as Kao Chen-Min)
- Directors
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThe actors were never given the script in its entirety so none of them knew of their character's fates, sometimes not until the day they were actually filming their scenes. This meant that the actors were - more often than not - stressed, nervous and apprehensive on the day of filming, ideal qualities for the film itself.
- GoofsNear the end when Angela and Pablo are listening to the recorder in the penthouse, Angela is obviously rewinding the tape. However, the second time when she rewinds the tape, the audio implies that it was fast-forwarded, as the recording is a diary describing events in chronological order. Watch the tape reel when she rewinds the tape. As it plays forward the reel turns more times than it was rewound. It is impossible for her to hear very much different dialogue without rewinding the tape much more than she does, and then it wouldn't make sense as the dialogue is chronological. In reality, she would be hearing the same spoken passage repeatedly.
- Crazy creditsThere are no opening credits.
- ConnectionsEdited into Cent une tueries de zombies (2012)
Featured review
Sinister and horrifying atmosphere by means of shaky camera and videotape
This eerie tale deals with a TV journalist named Angela Vidal (Manuela Velasco) and her cameraman occupying to spend themselves the night shift with Barcelona fire station . After a routine call take them to an apartments building . There they find residents , cops , caretaker already in the scenario . They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something unknown . Later on , a few neighbors are brutally attacked by psycho people . They attempt to getaway but only encounter that have been quarantined . The communication means have been cut-off and police agents are not relaying information to those closed inside .One Witness. One Camera
Whatever You Witness..... Never Stop Recording. Just One Witness.... A Video Camera. Experience Fear. The movie that inspired Quarantine. Trapped. No mercy. No escape. No one gets out alive.
This solid movie is a terror story with plenty of gory scenes , suspense , restless horror , and in documentary style . Film itself takes place from point of sight from cameraman . It packs tension , shocks , thrills , chills and lots of gore and blood . Well worth seeing if you like shaky cameras , like ¨Blair witch project¨, ¨28 Days/Weeks¨ ,¨Cloverfield¨ or the classic ¨Cannibal Holocaust¨ . The picture was well directed by Jaume Balaguero (Fragiles , Darkness , Nameless) and Paco Plaza (Romasanta, Second name), two magnificent terror experts . Both of them are directing the second and other parts with similar team , actors (Manuela Velasco) and director of photography (Pablo Rosso) . It's remade by an inferior US adaptation , titled ¨Quarantine¨ directed by John Erick with Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez and Steve Harris , but this original is far superior . It's one of the highest earning horror movies of the last years.
This solid movie is a terror story with plenty of gory scenes , suspense , restless horror , and in documentary style . Film itself takes place from point of sight from cameraman . It packs tension , shocks , thrills , chills and lots of gore and blood . Well worth seeing if you like shaky cameras , like ¨Blair witch project¨, ¨28 Days/Weeks¨ ,¨Cloverfield¨ or the classic ¨Cannibal Holocaust¨ . The picture was well directed by Jaume Balaguero (Fragiles , Darkness , Nameless) and Paco Plaza (Romasanta, Second name), two magnificent terror experts . Both of them are directing the second and other parts with similar team , actors (Manuela Velasco) and director of photography (Pablo Rosso) . It's remade by an inferior US adaptation , titled ¨Quarantine¨ directed by John Erick with Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez and Steve Harris , but this original is far superior . It's one of the highest earning horror movies of the last years.
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- Mar 9, 2009
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- Also known as
- [Rec]
- Filming locations
- Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain(Rambla de Catalunya, 34 rodaje íntegro)
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- Budget
- €1,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $32,511,655
- Runtime1 hour 18 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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