First Time Watching *REC* | I Didn't Expect Found Footage To Actually Be GOOD?! (Movie Reaction) 

As a native Spanish speaker, I'm so sorry for all the people reading subtitles. I mean, curses in Spanish are another level, and there are a lot of them during all the film. The subtitles are very "polite" 😅

Apparently that final scene was actually filmed in total darkness. The actress didn't know what was in there. In fact, most of the actors didn't know what was coming because the director gave the script to them in parts. The body falling shot, in particular, was a surprise to the cast.

Fun fact: Manuela (The actress playing Angela) used to be an actual reporter before she got casted for the film. She also has a bunch of acting credits which gave an element of realism to the whole thing. Edit: Also, most of the people here aren't actors. All but two of the firefighters (Manu and the other guy who's name I forgot) are real firefighters, including the two ladies Angela encountered.

Hell yeah, this one's kind of a lowkey masterpiece, because it uses the "found footage" to make everything feel really visceral, immediate, and real in a fun way.

I found it crazy how the actors were given information pieces at a time, so some of those screams were real because they were caught off guard

“This cameraman … his life’s in danger but he’s got bills to pay.” 😂😂

Part 2 is just as good and is a direct sequel, starting minutes after this ends.

I LOVE that scene when she runs out of the apartment with the keys and shouts, "Where's Manu?" and all the zombies scream up at her in the stairwell. It's a wicked shot, and absolutely terrifying. I have a hard time with shaky cam because I get nauseated, but this movie is SO good regardless.

Found footage movies are probably my biggest enemies BUT they are the ones that I seem to enjoy the most 😅💆‍♀️ Glad that you reacted to REC 💗

I watched this movie as a child, and I can confirm that It was absolutely terrifying.

(Haven't seen this movie yet, but my first language is spanish) Intresting translation/subtitle choice at at about 40 seconds in: "..cuidado, cuidado, que te mata!" as the reporter is warning her cameraman about running into a glass door.. the subtitle says "careful! You'll hurt yourself." But what she said literally means "you'll ki11 yourself." Of course it's an exaggeration, but I think the original language (intentionally) strikes a better tone for the genre of the movie. ... I'm probably too sensitive about this stuff (particularly how carelessly international translations can blunt character, tone, and layered storytelling) because I'm a screenwriter myself, lol.

Rec 2 is a continuation of this, but Rec 3 is a different approach

Thank you so much for reacting to this! ❤ i had a great time, as someone who watched this movie very young, i'm glad i can now enjoy it more 😅 was definitely terrified back then. Traumatized for weeks!

Found Footage as a sub-genre is certainly VERY hit or miss for me, more than most others, and I’m a horror nut. BUT since you liked this, I’d suggest ‘Hell House LLC’, ‘As Above So Below’, and ‘Host’. All well-done and very creepy!

What I love most about this movie is that the characters and situations feel real and natural. It feels like you're just watching real people.

i have a sneaky suspicion that alot of found footage movies are not nearly this good though *HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON* and *ALWAYS SUNNY* Season 16 is available over on Patreon for Full Length right now! www.patreon.com/professorreactions

Lol well you are sort of starting near the top of the totem pole, an absolutely awesome one is As Above So Below

i LOVE that every reaction video i see of REC, the 20:29 jumpscare ALWAYS makes people jump. It's so funny!!

Thank you so much for doing this and not Quarantine, like every other Anglophone.

So Rec 2 is pretty much the same found footage but its about a few minutes later after the events of the 1st and follows a swat team with a priest then 3rd one actually goes away from the found footage genre and does the norm 3rd person cinema shots and I think is set on the same day of 1 and 2 but its later at night when it starts around the same time the first two take place and the 4th is a continuation of the 1st and 2nd one but not using its found footage genre either but I think its a few months to years later after the event of all three I forgot how long but all are pretty good to watch.

Firefighters really do need to change their name to the Cat Savers and they just incidentally have hoses for fires. Their main job is to haul a big ladder anywhere

Thanks for the reaction, the comments of the film's pros are quite accurate, one of the favorites in this genre! By the way, I recommend another low-budget, but superbly shot Spanish horror in the genre of the found film of 2014 "La cueva" (English title "In Darkness We Fall")! Creepy and realistic in terms of some unpredictability in the behavior and motivations of the characters, especially in its second half, where the psychological sides of the personality are revealed in critical situations...

REC 2, PLEASEEEEEEE 🎉🎉🎉

The second one is a continuation of this, the same building at the same night but with a outside perspective. I really recommend it. The third one is at a wedding but it´s a good sequel too.

I *implore* you to change your mind and watch the entire franchise! I understand why you would think doing so would be a waste of time (with found footage franchises like Paranormal Activity as examples of the genre, I don't fault you for assuming the Rec sequels would also be repetitive), but I can *wholeheartedly assure* they're not. Rec 2 is a *direct* continuation of the first, but with more cameras (thus, more POVs). Rec 3 gives much-needed explanations of what caused the infection and how/why certain plot points make sense. Rec 4 ties into the series of films, while managing to be *completely different film entirely*. If you watched it as a stand-alone movie, it would *still* be a fun, entertaining watch without context from the previous two films.

You should part 2- is a straight up continuation

Awesome film and the 2nd one.

yep rec is an exception to some of the no-no's

The sequels actually hold up really well

Most times a sequel is just a way of money-making where the movie is just plain bad, but [REC] 2 is actually pretty good. Not as good as this one, but still pretty good. The one thing it does really well is to actually take place at the same time as the original movie, intersecting perfectly with the story from the original. So if you plan to watch a sequel, like you said for Final Destination, give this one a shot as well.

For quite some time I was really into binge watching b/c list found footage movies until I was upset at how bad they were, that includes blair witch. This is a good one though

REC 2 is cool and kinda different

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!REC 2 PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S REALLY GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

such a good movie, it didn´t need sequels or anything

i'm surprised they're allowed to have the poles. Seems like a risk in modern day suing for anything.

You are serving hair honey

Check out one of my Fave Found Footage movies - Afflicted (2013) a great Canadian Horror

completely writing off the entire genre of found footage movies is nuts lmao. missing out on some gems.

can we actually suggest films for you to react to?

Since when is found footage supposed to be bad? I thought people liked found footage?

the sequels are better the 3º one is the best lol

The second one is woth to watch, the third and the rest l, dont.

Yeah. Unbestest Spanish movie. Pablo sucks. This is the new interpretation.

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This is what I'm not understanding about this choice of movie? There is an English version with Jennifer Carpenter, a excellent address who did a great job in that version. I don't understand why people not just you are seeking out this version. That is an a foreign language. And we are forced. Have to look at the subtitle when you have a perfectly good version, that's an English. Why is this happening? Just let me know. I don't get it, you would rather look at the subtitles and look at an English version. With an excellent actress in it. It was a great movie that in English.