[REC]

Thursday–Sunday

February 23–26

Davies Theatre

6 + 8:30 pm

A young reporter and her cameraman cover the night shift at a Barcelona fire station for their TV show, While You Were Sleeping. Accompanying the firefighters to a nearby apartment, the news team begins to record bloodcurdling screams coming from inside an elderly woman’s unit. Authorities seal off the building to contain the threat, leaving the news crew, firefighters and residents trapped inside to face a lethal terror. This found-footage horror film has inspired two sequels, and was the basis of the 2008 U.S. film Quarantine.

“The faux-docu handheld style amps up the single-location claustrophobia brilliantly …
as [REC] ticks off every zombie movie cliche” (BBC).

Sponsored by the University Activities Commission of the Student Senate

Admission is free at the door with a Blugold Card or an International Film Society membership. Community members may buy an individual IFS membership for $4; a family membership costs $10. The annual memberships are available at the Service Center, 715-836-3727, in Davies Center’s east lobby.

FILM INFORMATION

Spain 2007
78 minutes
Color
In Spanish subtitled in English
Rated R for bloody horror violence and language
Directed by Jaume Balaguero + Paco Plaza

MORE INFORMATION

Official Site   
Internet Movie Database   
Wikipedia   
Rotten Tomatoes