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[[File:rec-poster.gif|framethumb|350px|Experience Fear.]]
 
 
''[REC]'' (2007) is a Spanish horror film following a news reporter, Ángela Vidal, and her cameraman, Pablo, as they cover the night shift in one of Barcelona's local fire stations for the fictional documentary ''While You Sleep''. However, the two intrepid reporters get much more than they bargained for when the firehouse receives a call from an apartment building about a woman who is trapped. As they tag along with the rescue effort, Ángela and Pablo find themselves actually chronicling the discovery and progression of an apparent zombie outbreak in an apartment building, which forces the police and military to seal off the building, trapping everyone inside. Soon they are forced to fight for their lives, as the virus slowly takes over the residents and firemen around them.
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The film was very positively received by critics. As of May 17, 2009, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 95% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 20 reviews.
 
In 2008, ''[REC]'' was [[Foreign Remake|remade in America]] under the title ''[[Quarantine (Filmfilm)|Quarantine]]''.
 
In 2009 a sequel, ''[REC] 2'', was released to generally positive reviews, with a "fresh" 69% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 61 reviews. The general consensus is that it's not as good as the first film, but it's still very good for a sequel.
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Sure as hell not to be confused with the [[Anime]] entitled ''[[Anime/Rec|Rec]]'' (without brackets).
 
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=== This movie series contains examples of: ===
== General ==
* [[Apocalyptic Log]]: All the camera footage. Everyone repeatedly says to keep the film running so there will be a log of what happened.
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* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: All of the infected sport red irises.
* [[Religious Horror]]: {{spoiler|While the infection certainly has a biological aspect, the end of the first movie strongly suggests, while the sequel confirms, that [[Demonic Possession]] also has a part in it.}}
* [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]]: {{spoiler|The Medeiros girl. She can only affect you if you're in total darkness.}}
* [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]: {{spoiler|Nobody survives the virus.}}
* [[Technically Living Zombie]]
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* [[The Danza]]: Pablo is played by Pablo Rosso. Who is a cameraman in [[Real Life]].
* [[Dead Line News]]
* [[Death Byby Racism]]: Cesar. The moment he starts making racist comments about the Asian family, you know he isn't going to last long.
* [[Definitely Just a Cold]]: She's not a zombie, she just... has tonsillitis! Really!
* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|Everybody either dies or is infected and Angela is dragged into the darkness.}}
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* [[The Faceless]]: Pablo, given that he's the one behind the camera. {{spoiler|Even after he's killed, we only see a bit of his back and shoulder.}}
* [[Facial Horror]]: Alex has extremely nasty and gruesome bite wounds on his face after encountering the old woman.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: The sealed-up apartment is mentioned shortly before everything goes to hell. Later, Angela and Pablo find out the apartment was sealed up for a [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can|damn good reason]].
* [[Freak-Out]]: Angela has one after fighting with an infected and mistakenly believes that she's been bitten.
* [[Full-Frontal Assault]]: {{spoiler|The Medeiros girl. Well, she is wearing underpants, but still.}}
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* [[Stairwell Chase]]: Several, as the infected increase in number.
* [[Undead Child]]: Mom is in denial to the bitter end:
{{quote| ''[[Wrong Genre Savvy|"She just has a fever!"]]''}}
* [[The Un-Reveal]]:
** The origin of the virus '''is''' explained, but the fate of Angela is still up in the air. {{spoiler|Until ''[REC]2''.}}
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* [[Action Girl]]: Angela right at the end of the second movie, {{spoiler|right before you discover she is actually possessed by the Medeiros girl}}. Clara on the third.
* [[Alien Geometries]]: As confirmed in [REC]2, {{spoiler|the penthouse where Medeiros was kept changes in the total absence of light (the characters can only see the changes with night vision)}}. In the original movie, {{spoiler|the door that leads to where Medeiros was sealed doesn't appear until the lights are off}}. In the sequel, {{spoiler|further exploration of this room reveals a well from where Medeiros reaches out and drags in the SWAT Chief; when the lights come back on, the well is gone, and there's only a sink in its place.}}
* [[Back for Thethe Dead]]: Jose, a fireman who briefly appears in the introduction of the first movie, comes back in this one. He ends up being accidentally shot by Mire, one of the teenagers. {{spoiler|Angela could qualify as well, since she is posessed.}}
* [[The Danza]]: Pablo Rosso is back as one of the special forces guys named Rosso... who handles the main camera.
* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|Same as above, save for two teenagers who remain trapped inside the apartment building. On top of that, Angela is possessed, manages to act normal until the last five minutes and ''fakes the voice of the last guy she killed so she can be released from the building '''and infect the whole city of Barcelona at the very least''' ''.}}
*** And {{spoiler|since 'Angela' gave the order to [[Kill It Withwith Fire|''burn down the building'']] they are most likely going to be toast...}}
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Possibly the case with {{spoiler|Angela who ends up possessed. In fact the ''least'' horrible fate from her point of view might be if the possession has simply destroyed her identity and her body is just an empty vessel for the demon.}}
* [[Gilligan Cut]]: When the three teens are about to enter the building through the sewers, Mire nearly leaves and takes her camera with her. She says "I've had it with your stupidities," and when Tito and Ori try coaxing her back, "I said no!" Guess where they are the next time the camera cuts back on.
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== [REC] Génesis ==
* [[Alien Geometries]]: {{spoiler|in ''Génesis'', the Medeiros girl appears as the reflection of the infected/possesed people, giving more evidence that the all the infected, no matter what their location, are directly under her control.}}
* [[An Arm and Aa Leg]]: {{spoiler|Clara}}
* [[And I Must Scream]]: {{spoiler|Hinted at the end of "Génesis''. Clara becomes infected and is shot by the soldiers, but Koldo and her reach for each other while they are dying in the ground. This actually could mean that possesed people are aware of their status, but cannot fight against it}}
* [[Blessed Are the Cheesemakers]]
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