REC (2007) MOVIE REACTION! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!
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The person who played the zombie/posessed girl at the end is Javier Botet! He's done a ton of monster-acting in horror; he's 6'7" and really thin because of a condition called Marfan syndrome. He's been in Rec, It, Mama, Crimson Peak, Conjuring 2, and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. He's definitely an unsung hero of the modern horror genre!
The spaniard Doug Jones.
On IT, he was the Hobo; on Conjuring 2, he was The Crooked Man; on Mama, he was Mama itself; on Insidious: The Last Key, he was KeyFace...
He even was Slenderman on the 2018 film! (Horrible film, but the fact that he was the most famous creepypasta is still there)
The behind the cameras for REC is amazing. :D The guy is so damn great in monster roles!
He's amazing!
I thought it was pans labyrinths actor tbh
Nice to know that, had no clue
Fun fact: that body dropping on the first floor at the very beginning wasn't a scripted thing, which actors would be able to expect. So they were basically all jumpscared by the film crew, therefore all reactions from the cast in that moment are 100% genuine.
Same goes for Alien
They used a lot of non actors for this film - ex: the reporter is a real reporter, the firemen are real firemen, etc. They also used a lot of improv for scenes, so the people acting never really knew how a scene was going to progress 100%
Manuela Velasco was a TV presenter and actor too, most of the firemen at the station were real firemen but the two main guys, the bald Manu and the other one who fell down the stairs are actors.
@@MorliHolect The mother of the girl with the dog is also a quite famous actress in Catalonia
Thats so smart
No, she WAS a real reporter. Then she became an actor.
@@valarcon9132si hablas de Catalonia no saben lo que es
The production of the film is amazing, they actually filmed the movie in an apartment complex, and Pablo, the cameraman, is played by the movie's cinematographer.
I took a horror class in college and this was the only film where people actually screamed/jumped in fear
horror class in college? That sounds awesome!
@@miguelvidal2335 it does damn!
an actual horror class, really? what school did you go to? That's awesome. I took a film class in college and we watched alot of good stuff, but never horror
@@AnonymousSaiyan Sheridan College in Canada. It was really fun, and the professor was great.
@@trinitysachse9163 Only in Canada eh, cool.
Tom - “I’ve always wanted to go down a fireman’s pole” kinda love how you let that sit there. Lol
Exactly, I was waiting for some kind of response. So disappointing xD
@@krwawyrzeznik It says it all, no need to respond really. :)
I was completely ruined for the rest of the reaction. LOL
I was over here giggling like an American.
Tom’s face was priceless. He totally realized how that sounded immediately after he said it 😂
"I thought we were done with horror," *Morgan Freeman narrating* "They were not".
"Paranormal Activity came out in 2007 and that's when it started"
The Blair Witch would like a word with you 🤣
And so would Cannibal Holocaust.
I think they're talking about the popularity of found footage more than when it was first used. The volume of found footage films (especially horror) being released definitely picked up around 2007. Whether or not that had anything to do with Paranormal Activity, I have no idea. Maybe that was just when studios figured out how cheap they were to make.
@@robpegler6545 Paranormal activity is really overrated and doesnt deserve anything
And so would THE LAST BROADCAST
@@stanmarsh4566 Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity, Grave Encounters, Paranormal Entity, 8213: Gacy House and other I forgot names are fucking boring. It's just shitty recordings with shitty banging effects, shitty screamings, shitty story. How the fuck this genre takes off really blows my mind.
The found footage film craze maybe started in the mid-late 2000's but it started because of The Blair Witch Project, which came out in 1999.
Which is another one I wish they'd watch!! So good!
I worked in a cinema when Blair Witch came out and I lost count on how many customers suffered from motion sickness due to camera shake. It was a first for cinema and no-one was prepared for it.
@@mrjohn.whereyoufrom It was also the first film that really took advantage of and benefited from internet marketing. Everybody was talking about it, whether they thought it was bad or good. I was 24 in 1999 and I looked at it's website before I went. I don't remember if it steered me more towards watching it or not. It didn't steer me away though.
@@bethannprather1462 Yes, i would say for them to skip Book of Shadows but watch the real sequel simply because it's an actual sequel to the first.
The craze started with the Blair witch but the first found footage film was Cannibal Holocaust back in the 80s
I’m so happy you’re watching this and not Quarantine. They literally filmed it shot for shot, you could probably watch the two films side by side and there wouldn’t be much difference aside from the language they are speaking. This is definitely superior and the second is worth a watch too.
I still love Quarantine also. Quarantine 2 is straight batsh*t insane silliness. But REC is the OG. I am in the minority but I love REC3.
i liked both rec and quarantine. i think they should watch both, also, at least to compare and contrast the similarities and differences.
Same here. It's been a while since I watched it, but IIRC, they did make some changes and they kind of dragged things down. For one, they cut out the religious elements of the ending where the movie hints at what might be the cause but still leaves it (relatively) ambiguous whether it was that or some kind of disease, and instead just outright said it was a type of rabies. For another, they had characters do bizarre things that made it feel more produced like having the cameraman attack one of the infected by hitting it with the lens of the camera, or having him stop and zoom in on a police sniper after being shot at.
American theatres are owned by studios so they tend to replicate foreign language movies to get more sales. Personally I'd be insulted if the theatres in my country implied that I wasn't able to read subtitles - my advice to Americans who like good movies is to find a little arthouse theatre that plays the original foreign films and leave the big capitalist theatre chains to play Marvel movies.
Rec 2 is very good! They don’t just take the typical ‘rinse and repeat’ approach - it’s very much a sequel! Three and four also try to innovate and take their own approach (just less successfully).
Agree. If I remember right 3 and 4 also drop any real pretense of being actual scary horror and become almost horror comedy, but reasonably successfully.
Even though I didn't like the rest of the series as much, I really respect the filmmakers for doing something different in each sequel. It would be so easy to make the same film over and over again, but they took creative chances that made each installment unique. And I feel like each movie builds onto the ones that came before (either with recurring characters, new info, or world building) so the series doesn't feel too disjointed.
Yeah, [REC]2 is a great sequel. The others are goofy though, which disappointed me because I really liked how the story played out in 2.
3 and 4 are absolute garbage. They should have left it at 2. Now half of the series sucks
The 3rd film kinda answered some of my question after knowing that the dog(Max) was actually infected by a disease not known by the public: Who else got bitten by Max during his rampage at the vet?How many animals where bitten and transformed? After they sedated max what else did they do afterwards? What made it “Bad” is because they are slowly turning it into an Evil Dead-ish kinda action with the main protagonist wielding a “kickass” weapon and mowing down infected but to be fair the main characters fates where……”sealed”,there’s little-to-no One-Liners, and they still have these moments where you actually felt worry about these characters especially a certain man who’s well known for his costume.
The 4th film was ok. Not good, not bad……just……ok
But it’s up to them if they wanted to watch it
"I've always wanted to go down a fireman's pole." - Carry On Cinema Rules (2021)
Because me saying "I've always wanted to go down Tom's pole" doesn't quite have the same ring... and it's not funny.
The "shaky cam" parts in this really do add to the confusion, chaos, and unsettling plot here.
I like the way they balance that out with documentary and news style shots, too. They keep you grounded in a false reality and safety, in a way.
Spaniard here, this is my all-time favourite horror movie! And yes you are right, this was just before the renaissance of found footage, so imagine me and my friends as teenagers absolutely shitting ourselves in the cinema, this was INTENSE and terribly efective since it felt so real. The neighbours acted like my neighbours would, didn't feel like characters. Some gets lost in translation, the subs don't really capture it sadly. I'm so glad you liked it!
I love how Shaun has seen a lot of these movies but doesn't remember them. 🤣
It's like they couldn't call it "First Time Watching" otherwise, right? Oh wait ...........
Yeah they shouldn't really watch it since it's not really their first time viewing.... It's much more exciting reacting to something you've never seen
@@RandomNirvanaSXE
Well they don't remember a thing so i guess....
Idk if I buy that. The whole not remembering it thing
Dead Meat’s Kill Count for this has a lot of cool behind the scenes info on how they filmed this.
Nice shout out dude
I love that you’re back to horror. I gotta try to not miss the Patreon polls
This is actually one of my favorite horror movies. It's a 9/10 for me.
I think I actually liked the characters more than you guys did (which is fine, to each their own), if only because I was really empathetic to them in their situation, and I was rooting for them to make it out within this desperate situation. They felt like actual people, and if these were characters I didn't care about, then I wouldn't really receive the immense tension this movie brings when I fear for their safety/well-bring.
Soy de España y puedo decir que estoy muy orgullosa de esta pelicula ^^
Me encanta las películas del genero cámara en mano
Las peliculas de terror españolas son las mejores.
Es genial!!
I ADORE this movie, it feels like a roller-coaster ride (a super clichéd thing to say, but it totally fits [•REC] in my opinion) and I even went to the building in Barcelona, unforgettable experience! Super glad that you guys reacted to it!
I heard most of the cast wasn't professional actors to make the reactions more natural and some of them didn't know what would exactly happened like the scene where the fireman fall from the stairs.
2:55 Tom's face after he realises what he said
The guy who plays "Niña Medeiros", the girl at the end, is Javier Botet. He has done great monster/creature work in a variety of films (Mama, Conjuring, It).
Btw, I also have a bone to pick with many found footage movies, but I genuinely like this movie. I don't think it's a masterpiece but it's really entertaining.
The 2000's were an incredible period for European cinema:
Rec, Let the right one in, The lives of others, The White Ribbon, The Night of the Sunflowers, Run Lola Run, Amelie, I Served the King of England, Belleville Rendezvous, Downfall, Volver, The Diving Bell & Butterfly, The Counterfeiters, Cache & many others.
We've always had great cinema, Americans just didn't know it existed until the internet showed them that there was a world outside of the US.
@@krashd Who mentioned Americans?
@@benjaminsmythe8967 My fault, I had to quickly decide whether you were just ignorant or an American so I opted for the latter.
@@krashd Ignorant? For highlighting that the 2000's was a great period of European cinema...
There's a fine line between being a cinephile and being a deluded aggrandising douche. It's showcased when you use the word "we" in your initial response as if you had anything to do with it.
This is one of my favorite found footage films. So innovative and SO scary
yaaay so glad you guys watched and digged it! i think it really is one of the best "found footage" films i've ever watched. they really utilised the genre's tropes and techniques to their fullest!
I was obsessed with this movie 10 years ago. 9 years old me really thought it was peak cinema
9 yr old you was right
As scary as the last scene is they are way too curious about the creepy apartment. Most people would be scrambling to find a weapon and secure the door.
This was on television once and me and my mom watched the bit where the older lady attacks. I knew, but my mom was not aware that we were watching a movie so she thought we were watching some kind of documentary, asking if it were real or not. I did not feel like pranking the poor woman, so I explained haha. And then we switched the channel :p
A friend took me to see this when it first came out without telling me what it was about, and honestly that made it even all the better for me.. I was so pleasantly surprised, and I still believe this is one of the best found footage films ever
AAAH so happy to see more people love REC.
REC2 is as good as the first, the third and four are more normal zombie movie in comparison.
Saw this movie years ago. Remember the entire thing. Totally forgot it was in Spanish. Goes to show it was good enough to gap language barriers.
Shaun's scare to Tom at 14:13 was so funny! It always seems when you watch horror movies they are more laughable than scary. 😆
I like when you guys watch scary movies like this one and you try to scare each other while watching them 😄
Yes! I am totally about getting that merch. Cinema Rules is probably the best RUclips channel that exists
Thanks fellas.
Rec is a genuinely fantastic horror film. That scene where they're looking down the stairwell at all the infected/possessed people is a cinematic masterpiece. You truly feel the total hopelessness and impending death. Terrifying and perfect.
yes, that is indeed the most powerful scene of the whole movie
Its amazing to see that you react to a spanish movie, im spanish and im really Glad you did credit to us
This one (the original) is much better than the US remake (QUarantine)
I love this movie and agree with you about how horrifying the tall “girl” is in the end! Sometimes in the dark at night, I’ll have a random thought about her stomping down my hallway toward my bedroom and creep myself out 😆 REC 2 is worthwhile, the others can definitely be skipped!
I love the frequency you guys are uploading now! Thank you for doing more movie and show reviews!
The second film is an excellent sequel in that it continues the story (it literally picks up right where the first left off) but also expands on and explains the events of the first. It's a little jarring because it's shown from different viewpoints (there are at least three cameras in play this time) and it skips back and forth in time a bit as the different perspectives line up. But if you only watch the first film, you've really only seen half the story.
The third one is a completely different animal (only loosely connected to the events of the first and second) and the fourth one tries to tie it all together but just ends up making things messier. I like all of them in their own way, but the first two are the real gems.
This is one I've RECommended many times. Now, Eden Lake!!!!
That one got to me ugh
@@kimberlyjeanne9456 Yeah, but it's so good! I have a hard time rewatching because, you know why, haha.
@@xxoxia that scene 😭😭
You should totally watch El Orfanato (The Orphanage)
YES!!! Also The Others
@@O___________0 OMG yeeeeeesss
Love this one. People talk smack about Quarantine and sure, it’s a remake, but the actress’ acting in the last scene made me genuinely scared for her because she seriously seemed freaked out in that situation. Very believable performance that made it worth the watch.
I bloody love this movie ,its so good that you forget you are reading subtitles .the other three movies are really good too.
This has quickly become my favourite RUclips channel
You guys should really consider watching Lake Mungo and The Babadook if you haven't seen them! They're also great films that came out before the 'boom' in their respective niches, and I'd love to see your perspective on the stories and themes of both of those films, they're truly unique, in my opinion.
Possibly my two favourite horror movies, the Aussies showed the world how it's done when those came out. I loved Lake Mungo so much I decided that if I ever visited Australia I'd go to the town of Ararat first.
Babadook is just a take on depression anxiety and just gives off non stop depression and anxiety. I'm over that movie. But Lake Mungo is awesome
I know there is american version of this film called Quarantine but never seen it. Wonder if is even good?
Fun Fact: the creature at the end is played by Javier Botet. He is a Spanish actor that has Marfan syndrome and hyperlaxity that condition contains long fingers, limbs, and tall build body. He's been in alot of horror movies like the conjuring 2, it (2017), and Scary stories to tell in the dark.
It’s good! Def check it out
Re-watching this one today so it's like I'm re-re-re-watching it. It occurred to me that (I think) you haven't reacted to Rec 2, 3 and 4. The best one is the first one, as always, BUT if you're looking for zombie horror to watch they're alright.
It's a good thing you guys watch this with the lights on, especially at the ending.
I'm glad you watched the original.
I loved this film, so much fun
The American adaptation of this film is called Quarantine. The films are near identical but their sequels are very different.
I saw this movie when I was a kid, totally traumatized me, specially cuz it's in my language and I thought it was completely real.....
Same! The Medeiros girl gave me nightmares for YEARS. I was so afraid of her
@@_thestarsarelookingatyou para que los dueños del canal me entiendan, claro está....
@@_thestarsarelookingatyou ¿Qué tendrá que ver?
Yo soy de México, pero no eso no evitó qué la película me impactara bastante, en serio me creí que era verdad, me dejó muy traumada 😅
This was the movie that gave me my exestiantal crisis not kidding.
Pablo, the reporter's cameraman is the bravest man alive! The Devil's Backbone, The Orphanage, All About my Mother, there, there's some more GREAT Spanish language films for you!
Such an underrated film. One of the best horror films ever made for me.
The second film really expands on the ending of this film, and once you have the whole story, it even betters this film. It's a great sequel, and y'all should definitely watch it while this one is still fresh in your minds.
thank you for the Spanish film.And your comments.
I got the Shout Factory set of REC and I was like you, I wasn't going into it with any high expectations and was blown away. In fact, I enjoyed all the sequels, which is a rarity.
I watched this together with my family the year it came out, in my final year of primary school (my parents were never too strict with scary movies or anything because I didn't really get scared). I thought it was really good, usually I don't really like zombie movies much, but this was great. I do remember though that my dad was constantly complaining because he's a cameraman and the journalist lady annoyed him a lot because she kept getting "in the way of the shot" and kept saying what the cameraman had to film as if the cameraman didn't get trained exactly to know how to film. It was for the purpose of the audience of course but my dad kept grumbling and rolling his eyes.
The last 5 minutes of this movie are HORRIFYING
Great review! So glad you guys picked this movie!
Yes!! One of my favorite movies! 😍🔥 10:31 best reactions 😂14:12 LOL SHAUN DURING EVERY HORROR MOVIE
Love this movie! The film makers tried to maximise immersion and realism. The actors were mostly unknowns. The on screen TV host was actually a host for a little watched Spanish TV channel. Much of the characters reactions were ad libbed. They had detailed character notes but no access to the complete script. Much of what happened in the quarantined building, including it being closed off to the outside world, was a complete surprise to the cast that they had to repond to in character. When the Septics remade it as "Quarantine" they only hired actors that were already famous from movies or TV. It didn't work at all. Actually, I should probably watch your reaction, in case you've said all this. I'll do that now!
This movie is so intense, so pumped to see you guys react to this!
the 2nd one is not only set in the same location but pretty much starts about less then 5 mins after the final scene of this film
I hope they react to the second one, too.
Rec2 continues right where Rec ends. So both movies tell one big story... And it's Awesum! 😉
REC 3: Genesis is my guilty pleasure of the franchise
Is that the wedding ? Because the wedding one is easily my favourite rec.
@@CousinOfCurze Yep.
"Blair Witch Project" was in 1999, before "Paranormal Activity."
And Cannibal Holocaust was 19 years before that, but Paranormal Activity is when the found footage explosion began.
You guys are on a roll with posting! I’m a new subscriber and loving it!
REC has got to be one of the Top 5 Zombie movies of all time (like Train to Busan), and also one of the greatest found footage movies ever! Good pick guys.
My new favorite zombies. I don’t care for zombies that much, but if the story is good, I’m down. Rec, Train to Busan, and 28 Days/Weeks later are my personal favorites.
the acting in this movie is superb
Blair witch popularised the found footage craze. Remember when we all thought it was real 😆
I did think it was real! However somehow I saw something the day before I went to see it and found out it wasn't real and I cried because all this time I thought it was real and was so psyched and then DAMMIT. LOL
@@jbjacobs9514 I watched a fan theory about the two guys lured the girl into the woods so they could murder her and I swear it fits the movie so well too
8 year old me believed everything about it being “real”. The marketing was genius from the website to them saying the people in the film were missing/dead.
@@quinnin123 same 😆
@@quinnin123 I was 31!!! LOL To be fair, at the time, I had just been diagnosed with cancer, so I did have a bit of a cloudy mind. I just hoped - please find those kids somehow! hehe
I always watch until the end to listen to their theme music. I like it. It's so relaxing, and it slowly eases me back into real life after seeing them go through such a roller coaster of emotions. :)
I'm so glad y'all got to watch and react to this😂😄 can y'all please watch Rec 3 next? That one is my fav💜
Can we have a moment of silence for the sofa?
P.S., Tom's expression when the film finished was priceless.
For anyone wanting additional REC besides the movies, there exists a Comic book (Rec: Histórias Inéditas )-with additional information and stories and also a book and E book Called REC relatos perdidos, that has side stories and features some background character stories from the films.
You absolutely NEED to watch Cloverfield. It's the best monster found footage horror movie and one of the best lovecraftian-ish movie made. And I think you would be the first on youtube to do a movie reaction of this movie.
Fun fact
The possessed girl was played via a famous actor who has a physical condition resulting in limbs like that. He also played the slenderman in that movie
You're not far off now 60k 👏🎉
More importantly, how is that new sofa?! Sad to see the other sofa left outside as a broken....REC! Sorry, couldn't resist.
I used to go to Barcelona everyday when the film was released, actually I watched the movie in a Barcelona theatre, I think that made the experience even more terrifying...😅
I remember sticking this DvD on and the menu screen made me jump. I knew I was in for a treat.
By the way, the protagonist IS a real life host and journalist. SO if You were to catch the movie on spanish tv, You would asume it's an episode of her actual show
The movie has not lost any ounce of intensity since it was released. When the possessed girl appears for the first time still is one of the most chilling moments of horror cinema.
All I could think when you said it was the song...let the bodies hit the floor, let the bodies hit the floor!
OMGGGGGGGG THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME 😍😍😍😍😍 I'm Portuguese and I love Spanish movies 😁 the Rec franchise is one of my favorites
--- LoL @ 2:56 - "I've always wanted to go down a fireman's pole" ------- me too, Tom ...me too.
Shaun: I’ve seen it before.
Also Shaun: *THUMBNAIL*
The director for Quarantine basically didn't admit that REC was the inspiration. He said that it was a complete original idea when he basically remade it in English.
THAT BURP THOUGH
Le horde is a good french zombie movie. I'm pretty sure the writers of the raid took some inspiration from it
REC is better than Quarantine. Subtle differences but it is better.
omg! yassss! the sequel gets really creative with the camera angles as well!
Really enjoying your movie reaction videos! rec is definitely a good one. i remember saying as the first thing after watching as well that it was way better than I expected😌
My fiance doesn't scare easily with horror films. When I showed him this film that I grew up with, he didn't think much of it. But that ENDING. With the possessed girl walking around in the dark, scared the daylights out of him. It freaked him out so much that he had trouble sleeping that night and still jumps when he walks into a dark room and sees me passing through or standing in there doing something. 😂
The actors in the apartment building were cast based on their ability to improvise. None of them were given a completed script, so they had to react naturally. For co-directors, Paco Plaza and Jaume Balaguero, realism was a huge priority.
I've never clicked so fast in my life a RUclips video!!! That movie is a m a z i n g!
REC and REC2 are 2 of my fav foreign horror! Spanish horror is so good! If you want to see a well made, directed and scripted Spanish horror watch Del Toro's The Devils Backbone! It was his movie he made before Pans Labyrinth! for something a bit different check out the horror comedy Witchin and Bitchin
My Spanish teacher made us watch it when we were 14, I'm in uni now and still can't watch it because of the terror it brought me
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