Review of [REC]² (2009) by Francisco G — 14 Apr 2012

One of my favorite recent horror movies is still one of the most frightening experiences I ever had on a theatre.

Taking out the bad out of the way first, there's not much originality in the story or situations and some interviews half way in the movie broke the mood and suspense a lot in my opinion (though some insights they revealed to the main story were well pulled.

The rest is splendid. When the shit hits the fan it barely ever lets you go. The situations are tense as hell, the hand held approach is superbly done (doesn't give you much nausea and contributes to create dreadfull suspense), the sound design is brilliant and the overall mood it creates is fantastic on making you shiver and progressively hide behind your couch/pillow/girlfriend/boyfriend/sheets.

A great low budget flick that lacks a bit on originality but everything it does, it does so masterfully.