[*REC]

To follow up on Jay’s post, I have two films that follow the vein of The Blair Witch Project, but, does it right.

The films are Quarantine and [*REC], but we only need to talk about the later as the former is an American remake of the later Spanish Film.

Both are excellent, but, I have to admit to liking [*REC] better.

Both stories follow a female reporter who host the show “While you were sleeping” and follows a group of fire fighters who are called to a tenement building to help with an old lady who has fallen.

That’s when the film goes to hell. Literally.

What makes both films great is that it does not start as a horror film. It lulls you into a false sense of security. The second thing is that the actors in the film feel like normal people who have gotten stuck inside the building.

I prefer [*REC] because the main character is absolutely convincing and ending is…well…creepy. It has more in common with Aliens than Blair Witch, and makes for a pretty scary Halloween movie.