Rec 3: Genesis

Rec 3: Genesis
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPaco Plaza
Screenplay by
  • Luiso Berdejo
  • Paco Plaza
Story by
  • Luiso Berdejo
  • Paco Plaza
  • David Gallart
Based on
Produced byJulio Fernández
Starring
CinematographyPablo Rosso
Edited byDavid Gallart
Music byMikel Salas
Production
companies
Distributed byFilmax international
Release date
  • 30 March 2012 (2012-03-30)
Running time
81 minutes[1]
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish
Budget
  • €5 million[2]
  • US$6.4 million
Box office$10.1 million[2]

Rec 3: Genesis is a 2012 Spanish action horror film directed and co-written by Paco Plaza. The film, which is the third installment in the Rec series, eschews the found-footage format of its predecessors as well as occurs at the same time as the first film. Rec 3: Genesis follows two newlyweds (played by Diego Martín and Leticia Dolera) who struggle to reunite with each other after the viral zombie outbreak ruins their wedding reception and infects their families.[3]

Rec 3: Genesis was released in Spain on 30 March 2012.[4] with more international premiere dates that followed. The world premiere took place in Paris at the Grand Rex on 7 March, followed by midnight screenings at the South By Southwest Film Festival on 9 March. In the U.S., it was released via video on demand on 3 August and was released theatrically on 7 September 2012 in select cities. Sony Entertainment released the DVD on 6 November 2012. The film was followed by a fourth installment, Rec 4: Apocalypse, in October 2014.

  1. ^ "[REC] 3 – GÉNESIS (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 22 February 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b "[REC]3 Génesis (2012) - JPBox-Office".
  3. ^ "'[REC] 3: Genesis' is a Nice Day for a Bite Wedding". Film School Rejects. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012.
  4. ^ "REC 3 Génesis se estrenará el 30 March 2012". europapress.es. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.