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''REC'' (stylized as ''()'') is a 2007 Spanish zombie horror film, co-written and directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza. The film was shot in Barcelona, Spain and the title is an abbreviation of the word "record", as it appears on a video camera. Balaguero and Plaza previously directed the 2002 documentary ''OT: la película''. ''REC'' was filmed as a found footage film and used a "shaky camera" technique. The film was remade in the US as the 2008 film ''Quarantine''. As the first installment of the ''REC'' series, it was followed by three sequels; ''REC 2'' in 2009, ''REC 3: Genesis'' in 2012, and ''REC 4'' in 2014 as the final installment in the franchise. Spanish company Filmax International is responsible for the production of the ''REC'' franchise and released all four installments. == Plot summary == Ángela Vidal (Manuela Velasco), and her cameraman, Pablo, are covering the night shift in one of Barcelona's local fire stations for the documentary television series ''While You're Sleeping''. While they are recording, the firehouse receives a call about an old woman, Mrs. Izquierdo, who is trapped in her apartment and screaming. Ángela and Pablo accompany two of the firefighters, Álex and Manu, to the apartment building, where two police officers are waiting. As they approach the old woman, she becomes aggressive and attacks one of the officers, biting his neck. As they carry the injured officer downstairs, they find the building's residents have gathered in the lobby saying that the police and military have sealed off the building and trapped them inside. As people begin to panic, Álex, who remained upstairs with the old woman, gets thrown over the railings of the staircase and is left seriously injured. The old woman then kills a Colombian girl, and as she is about to attack the camera crew, she is shot by the remaining officer, Sergio. Ángela and Pablo begin interviewing the residents including a little girl named Jennifer who lives in the building. Jennifer is ill with what her mother claims is tonsillitis, and says her dog, Max, is at the vet because he is sick as well. A health inspector wearing a hazmat suit arrives and attempts to treat the injured, who suddenly become aggressive, and start biting who they can. The rest are forced to flee, trapping an intern, Guillem, inside the building's textile warehouse with them. The health inspector explains that they are infected with a virus similar to rabies, and the time in which the disease takes effect varies by blood type. Some time ago, a dog with the virus was taken to a local vet; the dog became violent and attacked several other pets at the clinic. The dog was euthanized, and traced back to the apartment building, causing Ángela to realize it's Jennifer's dog. The other residents confront Jennifer and her mother, Mari, when Jennifer suddenly bites her mother's face, and runs upstairs screaming. Sergio handcuffs Mari to the stairs and proceeds upstairs with Manu and Pablo. They find Jennifer but she bites Sergio, who tells the others to leave him as he is now infected. Manu and Pablo run downstairs where they find the remaining residents running upstairs because the infected are trying to break into the main hallway through the textile warehouse. They are forced to leave the handcuffed Mari to be attacked, and run into an empty apartment along with Ángela, a resident called César, and the health inspector, who has been bitten. César mentions that there might be another way out through the basement, where there is a large drain that is connected to the sewers, but says the keys are in Guillem's apartment. The infected health inspector then bites César, forcing Ángela, Manu and Pablo to escape and fight their way up to Guillem's apartment, located on the fifth floor. After finding the key, Ángela and Pablo leave the apartment only to find Manu now infected as well. He and the rest of the residents chase the pair upstairs, where they are forced to take refuge in the penthouse. They discover a tape recorder which explains that its owner was an agent of the Vatican who was tasked with researching and isolating an enzyme believed to be the biological cause of demonic possession, which was later confirmed to exist in a young girl named Tristana Medeiros, who was raped by a group of priests. The agent kidnapped and brought the girl to the penthouse to conduct his research and possibly cure her; during this time the enzyme mutated and became viral. The agent, having no other options, decided to seal her off, presumably to let her die of starvation. Pablo reaches up with his camera to record around inside the attic. An infected boy swipes at the camera and breaks its light. Pablo turns on the night vision and discovers the sealed door. Tristana, now a blind and horribly emaciated figure, emerges and begins searching the penthouse, holding a hammer. Ángela and Pablo try to escape, but Pablo is viciously attacked and killed by Tristana, and causes him to drop the camera. Ángela then picks it up only to scream and run as Tristana is eating Pablo, and then to fall and drop the camera as well. She searches for it in the dark but is unable to find it, she also hears the screams of the young Tristana from the tape recorder. The camera continues to record as Ángela is dragged into the darkness, screaming. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「REC (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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