Rec (film)

Rec
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written by
  • Paco Plaza
  • Luis A. Berdejo
  • Jaume Balagueró
Produced byJulio Fernández
Starring
  • Manuela Velasco
  • Ferrán Terraza
  • Jorge-Yamam Serrano
  • Pablo Rosso
  • David Vert
  • Vicente Gil
  • Martha Carbonell
  • Carlos Vicente
CinematographyPablo Rosso
Edited byDavid Gallart
Production
company
Casteleo
Distributed byFilmax
Release date
  • 23 November 2007 (2007-11-23)
Running time
78 minutes[1]
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Budget$2 million[2]
Box office$32.5 million[3]

Rec (stylized as [•REC]; short for "record") is a 2007 Spanish found footage horror film co-written and directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza. The film stars Manuela Velasco as a reporter who, with her cameraman, accompany a group of firefighters on an emergency call to an apartment building to discover an infection spreading inside, with the building being sealed up and all occupants ordered to follow a strict quarantine.

Rec was released on 23 November 2007 to critical and commercial success, and is considered one of the best films in both the found footage genres and the horror genre.[4][5][6][7][8] Rec placed at number 60 on Time Out's list of the Top 100 Best Horror Films.[9] The film was remade in the United States under the name Quarantine in 2008.

The film spawned the Rec film series, which includes three sequels: Rec 2 directed by Balagueró and Plaza in 2009, Rec 3: Genesis directed by Plaza in 2012, and Rec 4: Apocalypse directed by Balagueró in 2014 as the final installment in the franchise.[10]

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  9. ^ NF. "The 100 best horror films: the list". Time Out. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  10. ^ Miska, Brad (6 May 2013). "Exclusive: '[REC]4 Apocalypse' Teaser Poster Sees Red!". Bloody Disgusting. Bloody Disgusting LLC. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2013.