REC is a Spanish horror film in line with the 'newer', modernized, fast, quick and perhaps even intelligent zombies that have been populating countless zombie flicks in the last 20 years.
REC follows a 2 person TV crew who are filming a night of a Fireman's life at work. What they initially thought would be a boring night soon leads them to joining in on the action as a case sends them to the aid of an old lady who has injured herself in her apartment. Things soon go very wrong when all of them are trapped in the building by the authorities, claiming that a quarantine is in effect due to a suspected viral outbreak.
What places it apart from the rest is it's in your face approach and "docu-drama" style of filming. The film makers apply documentary filming techniques such as using a hand held camera to film the entire movie, allowing the audience to experience a deeper sense of immersion, creating a 'first-hand', you are there effect. This not only greatly accentuates the panic and fear felt by the characters trying to survive but also generates immense tension when in one scene, the camera is dropped on the ground during the characters' desperate struggle to survive a zombie ambush. By providing only brief glimpse of the action, while heightening the fear felt via their screams and shadows sprawled on the building's walls is a chilling experience. The long narrow corridors and compact central spiral staircase of the building further augments the fear of the unknown with the claustrophobic fear that the survivors and YOU, have no where to run...
Like all good horror shows, it is best watched in the middle of the night with the lights dimmed and a lack of noise other that the sounds from the film.
Definitely, a horror flick worth watching for even the most casual of film goers and even more so, for hardcore zombie lovers (like angry grandma on the right).
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