{"id":221261,"date":"2021-04-07T21:00:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T18:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-the-terrifying-rec-ending-works-so-well-film\/"},"modified":"2021-04-07T21:00:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T18:00:41","slug":"why-the-terrifying-rec-ending-works-so-well-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-the-terrifying-rec-ending-works-so-well-film\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why the Terrifying REC Ending Works So Well \u2013 \/Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ab7c471379\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ab7c471379\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-the-terrifying-rec-ending-works-so-well-film\/#The_Setup\" >The Setup<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-the-terrifying-rec-ending-works-so-well-film\/#The_Story_So_Far\" >The Story So Far<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-the-terrifying-rec-ending-works-so-well-film\/#The_Scene\" >The Scene<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Why the Terrifying REC Ending Works So Well \u2013 \/Film<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-665782 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/REC-Ending-700x300.png\" alt=\"REC Ending\" width=\"700\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/REC-Ending.png 700w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/REC-Ending-360x154.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Welcome to\u00a0<\/span><\/i><b>Scariest Scene Ever<\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror.<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this edition:<\/span><\/i> <b>REC <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">understands the importance of a satisfying payoff in horror, saving its most potent chill for last.)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Endings matter. Ideal endings provide resolution and leave a lasting impression. The final moments on screen should affect the viewer emotionally on some level. In horror, the last scene tends to offer stark relief or unsettling unease via one final scare. Narratively, though, the genre can struggle with satisfying payoffs. When the mysterious unknown is inherently terrifying, tidy answers can retroactively make everything that came before un-scary. It\u2019s a constant struggle in genre fare, with many fizzling out before reaching the finish line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enter Jaume Balaguer\u00f3 and Paco Plaza\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><i>REC<\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a 2007 found footage film that reinvigorated the sub-genre with innovative use of its style that maximized the terror from beginning to end. Moving at a breakneck speed, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">REC<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018s onslaught of scares rarely gave viewers time to catch their breath. More impressively, Balaguer\u00f3 and Plaza saved the best for last, ending their feature on such a shocking moment that it instantly became iconic.<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post --><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Setup\"><\/span><b>The Setup<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reporter \u00c1ngela Vidal (Manuela Velasco) and her cameraman, Pablo (Pablo Rosso), cover the night shift of a local Barcelona fire station for the latest episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TV series<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While You\u2019re Sleeping<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Their quiet, uneventful evening gets interrupted by a domestic disturbance call at an apartment building. The pair accompany firefighters \u00c1lex (David Vert) and Manu (Ferr\u00e1n Terraza) to the location, where two police officers await. There, they\u2019re escorted past the building\u2019s residents in the lobby to the apartment of a distressed woman, who viciously attacks one of the officers. However, in their attempts to get the officer evacuated to a hospital, they discover the building has been locked down under strict quarantine by the military. The building is ground zero to a frightening virus that transforms the afflicted into rabid aggressors, and it\u2019s spreading rapidly.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Story_So_Far\"><\/span><b>The Story So Far<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a few more deaths occur and \u00c1lex gets critically injured, \u00c1ngela begins to interview the residents. She speaks with a sickly child, Jennifer (Claudia Silva), who shares how her dog Max is sick and at the vet. Soon, a health inspector in a hazmat suit arrives and attempts to treat the injured while assessing the situation. He reveals that a sick dog at the vet helped the authorities trace this unique infection back to the building, allowing for the swift quarantine. Soon, another infected situation erupts that dwindles the numbers further while making it even more treacherous for the survivors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The remaining group seeks out a key that will unlock a door in the basement, through which they can escape the quarantine undetected. Getting there, however, reduces their numbers to three; \u00c1ngela, Pablo, and Manu. Once Manu becomes bitten and infected and their path downstairs blocked by a horde of ravenous tenants, \u00c1ngela and Pablo seek shelter in the only place left \u2013 the darkened penthouse. In it, they find the walls plastered with <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> clippings and a tape recording that reveals the penthouse owner to be an agent of the Vatican. He was tasked with isolating an enzyme by a demonically possessed girl, Tristana Medeiros. While attempting to treat Tristana, the enzyme mutated and became infectious instead. The Vatican agent then sealed up the penthouse and left Tristana to die.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"REC | End encounter scene (Spanish)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GZbH-riHgyw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Scene\"><\/span><b>The Scene<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post_2 --><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon the revelation behind the contagion, the attic door swings down in the penthouse. Pablo uses the camera to investigate, and an infected child knocks it down to the floor, damaging the camera\u2019s light in the process. It leaves \u00c1ngela and Pablo in complete darkness until Pablo finds the night-vision mode on the camera. While trying to calm a panicked \u00c1ngela, Pablo spies a now very emaciated Tristana (Javier Botet) moving about the room, looking for food. He whispers to \u00c1ngela to stay quiet as the gaunt Tristana bangs around the place. Pablo tries to guide them to a safer distance, but they bump into something that alerts Tristana to their presence. Tristana attacks, pummeling Pablo to death and damaging the camera. It falls to the floor, capturing a frightened \u00c1ngela as she fumbles around on the floor, blindly searching for safety. She finds the camera but drops it again upon seeing Tristana bent over Pablo\u2019s body. The camera faces \u00c1ngela as she belly crawls toward the camera, only to get dragged away into the pitch black.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The filmmakers use the limited range of the handheld camera to create suspense throughout; attacks by the infected can and do come from anywhere. That constant unpredictability leaves viewers on edge. Balaguer\u00f3 and Plaza up the ante for their grand finale by reducing the senses further. First, they plunge the protagonists into complete darkness; the night vision\u2019s scope is minimal. Pablo, and the audience by proxy, can only make out parts of the penthouse at a time. Balaguer\u00f3 and Plaza then fill that narrowed frame with a closer look at the ghoulish Tristana. This jarring, visual reveal of the infectious source packs a visceral punch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only sound for this petrifying scene comes from Angela\u2019s panicked breaths and whimpers, then through the inhuman screeches of the infected. Once Pablo falls, and the camera gets damaged a second time, sound becomes intermittent as it cuts in and out. With two primary senses effectively removed, it drives up the scene\u2019s intensity to a nearly unbearable degree. Balaguer\u00f3 and Plaza aren\u2019t content to show us how precarious Angela\u2019s survival is with her inability to maneuver around a monstrous foe in the pitch black; they make us feel it too by removing our ability to see or hear what\u2019s coming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The closing shot of seeing our protagonist get dragged off into the darkness leaves a lasting impression. It\u2019s both a final scare and a perfect conclusion wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed up in one. The filmmakers wait until the end to deliver answers about the contagion, which fuels the emotional response to Tristana\u2019s appearance. With Angela backed into a corner with nowhere left to escape, this ending makes the most logical sense, too. That doesn\u2019t make its abruptness any less startling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">REC<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0boasts one of horror\u2019s most satisfying payoffs. It wraps everything up nicely while maintaining the film\u2019s intense, nihilistic tone on a narrative level. Visually, the clever staging ensures Tristana\u2019s brief on-screen appearance does the most damage possible in terms of scares. Above all, though, Balaguer\u00f3 and Plaza put the viewer directly into this fear-inducing experience through the found footage format. Manipulating the two prominent film tools, sight and sound, to induce anxiety and fear in the viewer makes\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">REC<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0a pinnacle of found footage horror.<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post_3 --><\/p>\n<p>                            <strong>Cool Posts From Around the Web:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>                            <!-- \/post -->\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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