A health inspector in a hazmat suit arrives and attempts to treat the injured until they suddenly become extremely aggressive. Her mother Mari Carmen claims she has tonsillitis, and says her dog, Max, is at the vet because he is sick as well. One of the interviewees is a sick little girl named Jennifer. Ángela and Pablo begin interviewing the residents. Izquierdo then kills a girl, and the remaining officer, Sergio, is forced to shoot her. The police and military have sealed off the building and trapped them inside.Īs people begin to panic, Álex, who remained upstairs with the old woman, is thrown over the staircase railings and critically injured. As they carry the injured officer downstairs, they find the building residents gathered in the lobby. As they approach, the old woman becomes aggressive and attacks one of the officers, biting his neck. Ángela and Pablo accompany two of the firefighters, Álex and Manu, to the apartment building on Rambla de Catalunya, where two police officers are waiting. Izquierdo, who is trapped in her apartment and screaming. While they are recording, the firehouse receives a call about an old woman, Mrs. Reporter Ángela Vidal and her cameraman Pablo are covering the night shift in one of Barcelona's local fire stations for the television series While You're Sleeping.

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. The film was remade in the United States under the name Quarantine in 2008. Rec placed at number 60 on Time Out 's list of the Top 100 Best Horror Films. Rec was released on November 23rd, 2007 to critical and commercial success, and is considered one of the best films in both the found footage and horror genres. 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 (stylized as short for 'record') is a 2007 Spanish found footage horror film co-written and directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza.

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