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- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
Adding [REC] to my October calendar right after the camp slashers. I need a palate cleanser of pure panic.
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
Iberian solidarity accepted. You are welcome in the building anytime. Bring a flashlight.
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
From Lisbon, the neighbor country: we watched [REC] with Portuguese subtitles at a friend's house and nobody went to the kitchen alone that night. Iberian solidarity.
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
Bumping this because the $RTL line has been climbing into October and $RECF is riding along with it. Every autumn the building opens again.
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
Worth saying that an American remake of a European hit usually tells you more about the original's reputation than about the remake. $RECF is a good example of an original that kept its heat.
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
The Spanish ghost stories of the 2000s are some of the most emotional horror I know. Very different from us in the north, much warmer even when tragic.
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
Spain has a strong gothic side too. Orphanages, old houses, sad ghosts that make you cry more than scream. I think of that as the quieter sister of the [REC] energy.
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
Yes, and near the end the camera is also the light source. You cannot turn it off even if you want to. That is cruel design.
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
As someone who shoots found footage, the lesson I took from [REC] is that the camera operator has to be a character with a reason to keep filming. A reporter and her cameraman, the perfect excuse.
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
Found footage or bust, so I have to say it: $RECF has the best building in the genre. You learn the floor plan by fear.
- Spanish horror after [REC]: what did it change?
Every time someone on the International page asks me about Spain, the answer starts with $RECF. The apartment building, the night vision, the stairwell. It changed how a whole generation here thought …