[REC] - Quaratine

tuffty747 · 3 Oct 2008 at 22:54

I saw this ages ago, Megahurtz found it, and downloaded it, so we got a few mates (some of which were girls) round, and we all watched it.

Only then did we find out that it was a bad idea to invite the girls...

I ended up watching it 3 times in a week, because different people wanted to see it. To be honest, if you really get into it, and watch it carefully, it's the scariest film I've ever seen. The bit with the skiny girl/thing in the loft, OMG that was the worst bit

Kyo · 4 Oct 2008 at 00:09

I think the last bit was most people's most frightening moment when they stumble onto the source :eek:

It really did put the icing on the cake for being scarey :eek:

Begbie · 4 Oct 2008 at 00:22

tuffty747 said:
I saw this ages ago, Megahurtz found it, and downloaded it, so we got a few mates (some of which were girls) round, and we all watched it.

Only then did we find out that it was a bad idea to invite the girls...

I ended up watching it 3 times in a week, because different people wanted to see it. To be honest, if you really get into it, and watch it carefully, it's the scariest film I've ever seen. The bit with the skiny girl/thing in the loft, OMG that was the worst bit

Downloading is bad mmmmkay

Margaret · 4 Oct 2008 at 01:38

Begbie said:
Downloading is bad mmmmkay

So you'd rather he went to Spain and watched it?

wedgie · 4 Oct 2008 at 01:42

Be a bit daft that since I don't think it would be shown with subtitles in it's country of origin.

banja · 4 Oct 2008 at 02:14

Begbie said:
Downloading is bad mmmmkay

I downloaded it a million million times.

mmmmkay

Begbie · 4 Oct 2008 at 02:24

Margaret said:
So you'd rather he went to Spain and watched it?

Or bought it on DVD, or what I done and watched it in my local cinema :confused:

It was meant to be tongue in cheek, obviously not saw my hard drive before :rolleyes:

Margaret · 4 Oct 2008 at 02:47

Begbie said:
Or bought it on DVD, or what I done and watched it in my local cinema

It was meant to be tongue in cheek, obviously not saw my hard drive before

I thought you was a moral highgrounder, couldn't be having that.

neoboy · 4 Oct 2008 at 04:57

I liked it, and will be seeing the American one despite of reviews since I'm a fan of anything zombie related.

Kyo · 8 Oct 2008 at 11:16

I think if Quarantine does not copy the story line of REC then it could fall short. It has got a lot to live up to considering they have more budget, bigger production etc.

So it going to be tough to equal if not better the original. Who knows at this moment in time it anyone guess what the final outcome is. I hope Quarantine lives up to expectations :confused:

Lysander · 8 Oct 2008 at 11:26

Kyo said:
I think if Quarantine does not copy the story line of REC then it could fall short. It has got a lot to live up to considering they have more budget, bigger production etc.

So it going to be tough to equal if not better the original. Who knows at this moment in time it anyone guess what the final outcome is. I hope Quarantine lives up to expectations

It's a direct remake. i.e. virtually shot for shot.

EasyG · 15 Oct 2008 at 14:57

Lysander said:
It's a direct remake. i.e. virtually shot for shot.

was just gonna say that, and i think is a real shame, cause very little point in seeing it at the pictures when i could quote the film!

thesubstitute · 15 Oct 2008 at 19:53

Trailer looks pretty shot for shot. I think you'd probably still enjoy it if you haven't seen [REC] already. I watched it on impulse on a Saturday afternoon with my flatmate, she really enjoyed it. I think it's pretty decent for what it was, but I was annoyed by the large number of timed high volume screams to increase the impact of frights.

The problem with horror films is - people who enjoy the genre are too educated in the genre itself and there's nothing that new that scares us anymore, which means the genre solves to a lot of shock tactics. REC does that reasonably well and there were a few pretty creepy scenes. The camera approach did really work well for this film, much more worthwhile than Blair Witch.

bam0 · 16 Oct 2008 at 09:05

I didn't really enjoy [REC] when I saw it (in the cinema too). As others said it wasn't really that scary, and if it's not really scary it should at least be entertaining (like House of 1000 Corpses), and I just wasn't that entertained.

KatanaDV20 · 19 Nov 2008 at 00:36

I just watched this the other night. I felt it started off a bit weak but then midway it really took off! I loved it. The most brilliant part was at the end where Pablo uses night-vision on the camera and we see that zombie. Brought back memories of Descent.

Manuela Velasco is wicked!

Its so good to see a non-Hollywood movie.

triggerthat · 24 Dec 2008 at 22:46

I just finished watching this. I didn't really enjoy it.

I was told to watch Ruins. Anyone seen that?

SidewinderINC · 24 Dec 2008 at 22:52

I watched this film a while ago in the cinema, and I thought it was the most predictable, boring, terribly acted film I've seen in a long time!

The worst parts of 28days and blair witch (two films that I love) rolled into one film.

I walked out of the cinema really annoyed at the film as I was expecting it to be good.
I've left the cinema dissappointed in most films recently too tbh.

Pestilence · 24 Dec 2008 at 23:10

Surprisingly, I enjoyed it. This was probably due to it being an almost shot-for-shot recreation of [REC]. Some things were done slightly better, some not as well - certainly the finale didn't hold the same white-knuckle terror but it's at the top of the pile as far as American remakes go.

Could never get the Mrs. to watch [REC] with me, so I was quite happy in the cinema towards the end of Quarantine when she said to me, "I can't take much more of this or I'm going to **** myself." That was a good sign that it kept the same non-stop horror show sensibilities of the original. Once everything gets going it seriously doesn't let up.

SidewinderINC · 24 Dec 2008 at 23:13

Pestilence said:
"I can't take much more of this or I'm going to **** myself."

Are you ****ing serious?

It was tripe! how that could scare anyone is beyond me.

Pestilence · 25 Dec 2008 at 00:37

SidewinderINC said:
Are you ****ing serious?

It was tripe! how that could scare anyone is beyond me.

To each their own.

I don't get scared by movies, full stop, despite being a massive horror fan. I have to live the fear vicariously, which is handy when your Mrs. scares easily.

Out of curiosity, have you seen [REC]?

[REC] - Quaratine

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