Exclusive trailer for ‘[REC] Terror without pause’, the documentary about the jewel of Spanish cinema

We exclusively present the trailer for ‘[REC] Terror without pausethe documentary by Diego López-Fernández that analyzes the creation of ‘[•REC]’, the film with which Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza devastated in 2007especially at the essential Sitges Festival where it won the audience award and the awards for best director and best actress for Manuela Velasco.

And the fact is that if there is a film that has revolutionized contemporary Spanish terror, that is the great little jewel of Plaza and Balagueró that, Using the format of found footage and a Barcelona building, he unleashes panic in one of the best ‘found footage’ horror films.

A virus spreads fast, turning neighbors into violent zombies. And how to escape from a quarantined building? Fifteen later,’[•REC]‘ is still just as terrifying thanks to a perfect choreography of form and substance in which the constant tension blends with the pure and simple genre. It seemed impossible to replicate but luckily for all of us, in 2009 we got the effective ‘[•REC]²‘ and in 2012, with only Plaza at the controls, the brilliant ‘[•REC]³: Genesis‘. Completists also have at their disposal ‘[•REC] 4: Apocalypse‘ (Jaume Balagueró, 2014). They are all available among the best horror movies on Netflix, in the essential Filmin catalog and, by chance, they are also part of the best horror movies on Disney +.

‘[REC] Terror without pause’, with release date on October 28, will have its world premiere at the 55th edition of the International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. If you can’t wait until its premiere in commercial theaters, remember that we invite you to the Sitges 2022 festival.

The documentary takes a tour of all areas of production and includes interviews with those who were part of the original film, as well as other prominent personalities who gave impetus and visibility to the project. Julio Fernández, Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza, Alberto Marini, Pablo Rosso, Teresa Gefaell, Oriol Maymó, David Ambit, Manuela Velasco, Javier Botet, Carlos Lasarte, Ferran Terraza, Ángel Sala, Nacho Vigalondo, Javier Ruiz Cladera Y Koldo Serra are some of the voices that appear in the title.

“[REC] is the horror film that marked a before and after in Spanish cinematography with its premiere in 2007”, points out the official synopsis of ‘[REC] Terror without pause. “The new bet by the Filmax producer, Julio Fernández, redefined the genre in our country with an innovative proposal directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza. Now, 15 years later, the main protagonists analyze the keys to the film, its origin and gestation , the success of critics and audiences, its passage through the big festivals and the impact of a cinematographic phenomenon that gave way to a hitherto unseen franchise in Spanish cinema with a total of four deliveries.[REC] Terror without pause we declassify the story, we resurrect the myth”.

It is not the first time that López-Fernández has focused on the history of state fantastic cinema, including ‘The wicked faces of Victor Israel’ (2010) and ‘Heirs of the beast’ (2016), both co-directed with David Pizarro, and the documentary short films ‘Jack Taylor, witness to the fantastic’ (2018) and ‘La Dama del Fantaterror’ (2020). In addition, since 2005 he has been the editor of the publication specialized in fantastic cinema ‘El Buque Maldito’ and, since 2010, programmer of the Brigadoon section of Sitges.