REC Vs Quarantine Movie Review

REC was one of those movies that we loved and can't recommend highly enough. We first saw Quarantine which was a fine movie, but REC proves that the original is almost always the best. Think Ju-On vs The Grudge, Ringu vs The Ring and that sums up REC vs Quarantine.

It always amazes us when a foreign film that does well is remade over here and gets turned into a pale comparison. Sadly most American audiences don't notice the difference since they don't know it's a remake and never know the joy of the original. This is truly the case with REC. When I've asked most people about it, they never heard of it, but these same people saw Quarantine and thought it was pretty awesome.

Another interesting point is that the same filmmakers did both films and Quarantine was supposed to be a shot for shot recreation so it could play in North America. This is what I'm afraid will be happening with the remakes of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. The translation over seems to get lost and the horrific nature that is in the original goes with it. If you've seen Quarantine, we can't say enough that you should check out REC and see the difference. It starts out the same but different. The big difference is the REC feels like a real documentary, and it actually makes you move as far back in your seat when the monsters come rushing at the camera as it feels like they're going to come out of the screen. That's the things that makes a horror movie a real horror movie!

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