![[â—REC]](http://www.wilfridwong.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/rec.jpg)
For once, I am so glad that none of my female friends can make it for this Spanish horror movie (to my best knowledge, none of my guy friends can take horror films). Hence, I just need to deal with my own nausea and headache for this extreme horror slash thriller slash shaky camera type of movie. And I thought I can take this genre well.
Only watch this if pass the following criteria (this part of the review remind me of an old review).
- You don’t faint when you see blood.
- You don’t faint when you see a lot of blood.
- You (think you) can take extreme shaky camera effect mostly throughout the film.
- You (think you) can take sustained suspense / horror throughout the film.
- You find most of the horror films are like comedies (I do indeed) and want something different, a challenge perhaps.
“[●REC]” is only a 80 minutes movie, thank God for that. If it was any longer I would have puked. My head was aching bad and when Cynthia met me outside, she was surprised at how cold my hands were. There were a few couples who left the theatre just when the action started. This is extreme stuff I am telling you.
Ponder upon this. You watch a comedy expecting a good laugh, yes? You watch a Korean drama expecting to cry, yes? And what do you expect when you watch a horror anyway? Without giving away spoilers (as always), “[●REC]” is a story told entirely from the perspective of a cameraman of a local TV station and an anchor – a lovely young girl by the way. This couple follows the firemen for an episode of “While You Were Asleep” and something went really wrong in an apartment they visits.
If there is one word to describe “[●REC]”, that would be realism. “[●REC]” dwarfs the rest of the horror films I have seen. And I couldn’t help but to have flashback to some of the computer games I have played such as Doom III and Bioshock. With that level of intensity, I am pretty sure that I would wake up screaming in the middle of the night (sorry Cynthia!).
I read that there is a sequel in the making. And strange to say, I look forward to watching that. Happy Halloween!









