This is one of better entries into the POV style of filming horror. But it still carries with it all the weaknesses of that sub-genre.
An annoying female reports shoots a documentary about firefighters. She follows them on a call to house where an old women started screaming. As soon as they arrive the house becomes quaranteened with no way out. Inside are a couple of cops and the tenants of the apartment house. There are only a few of them. The reporter tells her camera guy to tape everything no matter what. He dutifully complies.
Once they authorities meet up with the old woman she attacks and bites one of them. Eventually a man from the health authorities enters the building to check on the situation. He's mostly concerned with the injured who die and come back to life to attack the living. What ensues is panic and hysteria.
The last 10 minutes things become interesting when the survivors find a room covered with newspaper articles of a possessed girl. This promises that we'll get a bit of a story, but we only get hints. Worst of all, the last minutes are filmed in old-green nightvision.
This movie has a couple of good very good scares. It has somewhat of a story that while ignored during most of the movie gets really interesting at the end. What ruins this movie is the stupidity of the characters. Not one makes a reasonable decision, not even the trained authorities. Everyone is in a loud hysteria and panic. There's an awful lot of screaming and shouting as in all these fake reality-based horror movies. The cameraman doesn't stop filming no matter who is suffering or dying around him. The whole-camera centered worldview is getting sooo old, it's hard to stomach. None of the characters are likable or interesting, but then, these movie are not about people but the events of the instant.
Overall and effective scary movie that can't overcome the problems of its silly format. REC2 is slightly better.
An annoying female reports shoots a documentary about firefighters. She follows them on a call to house where an old women started screaming. As soon as they arrive the house becomes quaranteened with no way out. Inside are a couple of cops and the tenants of the apartment house. There are only a few of them. The reporter tells her camera guy to tape everything no matter what. He dutifully complies.
Once they authorities meet up with the old woman she attacks and bites one of them. Eventually a man from the health authorities enters the building to check on the situation. He's mostly concerned with the injured who die and come back to life to attack the living. What ensues is panic and hysteria.
The last 10 minutes things become interesting when the survivors find a room covered with newspaper articles of a possessed girl. This promises that we'll get a bit of a story, but we only get hints. Worst of all, the last minutes are filmed in old-green nightvision.
This movie has a couple of good very good scares. It has somewhat of a story that while ignored during most of the movie gets really interesting at the end. What ruins this movie is the stupidity of the characters. Not one makes a reasonable decision, not even the trained authorities. Everyone is in a loud hysteria and panic. There's an awful lot of screaming and shouting as in all these fake reality-based horror movies. The cameraman doesn't stop filming no matter who is suffering or dying around him. The whole-camera centered worldview is getting sooo old, it's hard to stomach. None of the characters are likable or interesting, but then, these movie are not about people but the events of the instant.
Overall and effective scary movie that can't overcome the problems of its silly format. REC2 is slightly better.