Original Spanish DTS-HD MA 5.1 and 2.0 audio options on both versions High Definition Blu-ray presentation with two viewing options: the “theatrical version” (24fps, 1080p, 78 mins) as shown in cinemas, and the “production version” (25fps, 1080i, 75 mins) as originally filmed. ★★★★Īrrow Films has released on Blu Ray from January, for more information on what is included have a look below.įIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors’ booklet with new writing on the film by Xavier Aldana Reyes Do yourself a favour and find 2 and enjoy a wonderful Spanish double bill. is a claustrophobic horror gem that took everyone by surprise and 13 years later, it still cements itself as one of the best horror films of the 21st Century. It has to be recommended that you ignore the trailer and a lot of promotional images as it does spoil what should be one hell of a treat. However, for the last 15 minutes, it becomes something else all the more frightening and if you have been lucky enough to not have caught it yet. ’s strength is that for the first hour it plays as a straight-up virus infused zombie flick all enclosed in a small apartment building. They are making a news piece and it does have that feel for the majority of the film. There is even a sequence of Angela and Pablo interviewing residents. It isn’t a case of filming for filming’s sake for a change. The crew are from a new station, so they can get their footage out there to show what the residents have gone through. The reason why the camera is still rolling is more sensible than most as well. The camera is almost in constant movement and characters are sometimes obscured by others as panic sets in. This is a news cameraman after all and he isn’t going to get these fantastic static shots. This is assisted by the film virtually playing in real-time, with only a few jumps in minutes as events unfold.įor the most part is filmed as if it is a news piece. This allows us to focus on these characters trying to escape the building. Sometimes we hear screams and miss the incident. There is a limited number of “lucky breaks” in the cameraman being at the right time for everything. Interestingly and importantly to the success of the film, we do not catch every single thing that happens. Velasco also brings ample amounts of fear to her role and everything Angela, the residents and the firefighters go through is amplified by her presence. Unlike some leads in found footage films, she is supremely likeable, with a charm that carries the opening segments. If it leads to her leaving her late-night filler TV Show When You’re Asleep all the better. She is reporting and thinking of the news piece. Yet she never explicitly says it which allows the idea that she is doing this for the right intentions. Angela is a character that could easily have been written as someone who is only going for the glory and fame of the piece. Manuela Velasco is a revelation here in as she toes the line of a person trying to survive these terrifying events and also trying to record it all for the sake of “journalism”. The supporting cast had a great asset in that the directors only revealed certain things that would happen within a scene, so some responses had to be true to their character. We don’t much to me with them during the chaos, but their little moments in the breather moments work very well. is paced very well and when the film slows itself down it allows you to learn more about the characters and their traits, this is essential to care about the supporting cast. This is a small production with big ideas and a crew that can achieve them. It stands above them due to the sheer claustrophobic nature of the film. It still holds up today long after the waves of found footage films came around. ![]() This is a film with a simple plot, with an overused technique, but is done very well. Trapped inside, the television crew – using their cameras to capture the events as they unfold – and the other remaining survivors find themselves pitched into a nightmare of unimaginable proportions. Before long, the virus has taken hold of the entire building, which is cordoned off by the authorities. Upon arrival at an inner-city apartment, the firefighters are viciously attacked by the elderly female occupant, who appears to be in the throes of some sort of viral infection. Ī television film crew, documenting the night shift of a Barcelona fire brigade, get much more than they bargained for when they attend a routine call-out. ![]() But when it is done right, it can be a glorious piece of work and that is exactly what Spanish film-makers Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza bring us with the utterly brilliant. Found footage is a sub-genre that is very much derived by horror fans.
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