Sony Finally Allows You to '[REC]' Yourself
Filed under: Foreign Language, Horror, Thrillers, Mystery & Suspense, Sony, RumorMonger, Distribution, Home Entertainment, Remakes and Sequels
Okay, so for months and months, we've yammered on about the merits of [REC], the Spanish-language horror flick that inspired the moderately successful Quarantine, and how we'd yet to see a proper domestic release of it (with Canadian retailers coming to the rescue in that regard).Well, worry no more, all two of you that held out, because Sony's home entertainment department has seen fit to release the movie this July 14th, according to Fangoria and DVD Active. Apparently, the movie will come with a single making-of featurette, though I find the inclusion of an English-language dub track a bit superfluous in the wake of the (virtually) identical remake.
I haven't been able to check out Quarantine yet on home video, though I hear that the commentary track by the filmmakers makes no mention of this film, but does name-check their previous work, The Poughkeepsie Tapes, which has still yet to hit shelves. Maybe they'll get it out once they're done remaking [REC] 2...
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5-04-2009 @ 10:30PM
jonathan said...
the only reason it never received a proper release is because it isnt even that good. way too much hype for 5 minutes of horror.
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5-05-2009 @ 3:43AM
pete thomson said...
Sorry Jonathan thats nonsense. It was a huge hit in Spain did very well in Europe and with its bleak ending- something Americans struggle with represented a new and interesting departure for the zombie movie. Far superior to Diary Of The Dead- hello is that the Altzheimers truck?!!!- and Cloverfield where frankly you wanted those smug yuppies to die. You need to watch it again mate with a more informed judgement. Have a groovy day:)
5-05-2009 @ 9:47AM
jonathan said...
the ending was the only thing i liked hence, "five minutes of horror."
it just wasnt THAT good. it wasn't horrible but i wouldn't want to watch it again.
and cloverfield wasn't a zombie movie.....so, yea.
5-05-2009 @ 9:48AM
ML said...
I'm a holdout and have been avoiding Quarantine until I could check [REC] out - so thanks for the news!
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5-05-2009 @ 3:17PM
MCW said...
Yeah, but if they're so similar, there's really no reason. I saw Quarantine first due to the great cast of characters. Now I have no reason to see [REC]. I don't know why they'd even bother releasing it at this point. Anyone who wanted to see what the story was that bad probably has already seen Quarantine, thus negating the original.
Either way, Quarantine wasn't life-changing for me. I doubt Rec will be either, if I ever decide to see it.