So I want to watch either Rec or Quarantine–I’ve heard both are good, but seeing as they’re basically the same movie, I want to watch that best version possible. (Although not having to read subtitles does give Quarantine a slight edge…even if I don’t mind sub-titles; I’m just worried they may detract from the horror).
Thoughts?
I’d go with Rec, since it’s the original. As you’ve said, Quarantine is the same movie with a bigger budget and a bit more polish. Also, Manuela Velasco is cuter than Jennifer Carpenter.
I don’t suppose it matters since either allows me to lay around reading and surfing the net. Rec, as in “recreation,” suggests some exercise is involved, so I choose Quarantine.
What? These are movies? Jesus, I never heard of the first and the second was only advertised before it opened and it went from there straight to video. You people have to realize that not everybody shares your taste in crappy movies and should toss us a bone.
If you haven’t heard of the movies and think they sound crappy, maybe you could bypass the thread instead of dropping a post like this.
Quarantine was pretty bad - don’t waste your time. I have heard that Rec makes better use of the premise. Quarantine just frustrated me by fucking up a potentially interesting idea.
***Quarantine ***was my favorite indie horror film released on DVD this year. Until I saw [REC]. In a nutshell, ***[REC] ***is more intense, but ***Quarantine ***is slightly more fleshed out (as it were).
Frankly, I’d recommend Mulberry St (2007) over either of them, and Moonshine* (2006) over all of them.
*Disclosure: I work for this movie’s distributor.
Rec. I haven’t seen the other, but heard it was really just an English language shot-for-shot remake, and that kind of aggravates me.
Have not seen the remake, but I liked** [Rec]** a lot. And I vote Manuela Velasco as the cutest human on the planet.
What randwill said.
I particularly liked that all the characters living in the apartment block seemed like real ordinary people and I actually cared about them.
Compared to the other handheld camera films I’ve seen - Diary of the Dead and Cloverfield, where I didnt give a brass farthing about any of them. In fact I never finished watching those 2 films for this reason.
According to the “making of” feature in the REC DVD, the directors had the actors stay in character the whole time they were in the building, maybe that helped.
And I would recommend watching that feature just for the moment when they are filming the little girl reading a comic - she looks up at the camera and gives a gentle little “rraaarrrgghh”. Scarey, scarey little girl.
W00t! there is a REC 2