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Arriving on DVD tomorrow is the remake of Inside from director Miguel Ángel Vivas and co-writers Jaume Balagueró and Manu Díez. Based on the original 2007 film by Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury, this iteration of Inside follows a bereaved expectant mother named Sarah (Rachel Nichols) who is being tormented by an unknown woman (Laura Harring) who will stop at nothing to get her hands on Sarah’s unborn child.

Daily Dead recently conducted a Q&A with Vivas about Inside, and he discussed what initially drew him into the project, his positive experiences working with his strong female leads, the film’s ambitious finale, and more.

What was it about this project in particular that you connected with as a storyteller and made you want to take it on as a directorial project?

Miguel Ángel Vivas: I've always been interested in the subject of “family.” In Kidnapped, I tried to...

For roughly the first third of 2018’s Inside, I felt sympathetic towards a remake whose original “equal” is highly regarded amongst genre crowds. Yet as plot similarities fade, freedoms from comparative shackles prove themselves to be rather trivial and unaffecting. From the director of Kidnapped (a thriller I dig) and the co-writer of [Rec] (an outbreak nightmare I adore) comes a head-scratching tale of coincidental deaths on par with neither of their previously taught accolades. Points awarded for deviating from Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury’s brutalization so noticeably, but lordy, this is some serious “scream at the screen” kind of frustration at times.

Rachel Nichols stars as Sarah Clark, a pregnant widow trying to cope with a recent car accident that took her husband’s life. On this particular night during the Christmas holiday season, she goes to bed knowing her mother is en route and neighbors are keeping watch...

Stars: Rachel Nichols, Laura Harring, Stany Coppet, Andrea Tivadar, Richard Felix, Craig Stevenson, Maarten Swaan, Steve Howard, David Chevers | Written by Jaume Balagueró, Alexandre Bustillo , Manu Díez | Directed by Miguel Ángel Vivas

After surviving a car crash in which her husband was killed months earlier, Alysson Paradis (Rachel Nichols) is living at home alone, its Christmas eve and she is now in the third trimester of pregnancy. When a woman knocks at the door, asking to use the phone, she refuses because she doesn’t want to wake her husband. When the woman confirms that she knows that Alysson is alone and demands to come into the house, she calls the police. By the time they arrive, the woman has gone. After checking the area they advise that it is unlikely that she will come back, but a patrol car will return later to make sure she is ok.

Alysson goes to sleep,...

With screenplay by Jaume Balagueró ([Rec]) and director Miguel Ángel Vivas’ usual collaborator Manu Díez, the Inside remake stars Rachel Nichols (The Loop, Tokarev, Fantastic Four) and Laura Harring (Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire, Love in the Time of Cholera, The Punisher), who are both featured in these new images. The film is set to premiere at the upcoming FrightFest in London, although Bloody reader Fabien […]...

With screenplay by Jaume Balagueró ([Rec]) and director Miguel Ángel Vivas’ usual collaborator Manu Díez, the Inside remake stars Rachel Nichols (The Loop, Tokarev, Fantastic Four) and Laura Harring (Mulholland Drive, Inland Empire, Love in the Time of Cholera, The Punisher), who are both featured in these new images. The film is set to premiere […]...

Miguel Ángel Vivas, director of Kidnapped and Extinction, is currently in pre-production for the English-language remake of Inside, it was announced on Cineuropa. Jaume Balagueró, one of the great auteurs of contemporary Spanish horror film, has co-written the updated screenplay with Manu Díez (with whom he worked on [Rec]2 and [Rec]4), and will also serve as an executive producer. Adrían Guerra and Nuria Valls of Nostromo Pictures (Buried, Palm Trees in the Snow) are on board to produce, with shooting to begin shortly. Readers are probably familiar with the original Inside from France (written and directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo), one of the most terrifying films of recent years. A pregnant woman, living in an isolated area after the death of her husband,...

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Director: Jaume Balagueró. Writers: Jaume Balagueró and Manu Díez. Cast: Manuela Velasco, Paco Manzanedo and Héctor Colomé. [Rec] 4: Apocalypse is the final film in a long running zombie film series. The original, shot in Barcelona, Spain, started in a small apartment building. Since 2007, this series has gone on to spawn three sequels and two American remakes. This found footage horror franchise continues to excite film fans. But, what of the final film? This final film offers more pulse-pounding entertainment, in a small quarantine zone (a freighter). Here, Ángela Vidal (Manuela Velasco) returns from the first two films to put an infection to rest, a true burial at sea, forever. The ensuing ninety minutes brings lots of terror and drama as [Rec] 4 ends with a bang. Fans of the series will recognize Ángela Vidal from the original title. She was the vivacious, young reporter who found herself in the middle of a biological catastrophe.

The zombie virus of the influential [Rec] franchise worked its way through the residents of an apartment building and the celebratory guests at a massive wedding reception, and in [Rec] 4: Apocalypse, it looks to ravage the crew of a ship at sea. We now have two new clips from the recently released movie, which show how handy an outboard motor can be in fighting off infected humans (and monkeys?).

“Several hours have passed since the terrible events that ravaged the old building in Barcelona. After the chaos of the first few moments, the army decided to intervene and an elite group of soldiers infiltrated the building in order to plant detonators and put an end to this nightmare once and for all. The mission is a success; quick and precise. Angela Vidal, the young television reporter who entered the building with the fireman just hours before, manages to make it out alive.

A24’s A Most Violent Year will dominate the Specialty Box Office New Year’s weekend. The feature began as director J.C. Chandor was releasing his previous feature, All Is Lost. A Most Violent Year will begin its limited run in the New Year, but the title will have a wide release by the end of the month. Also opening this weekend is IFC Films’ doc The Search For General Tso, which has its roots from a New York Times Best Seller. Well Go USA will bow China’s The Taking Of Tiger Mountain in exclusive engagements. The title opened number one at home when it rolled out ahead of Christmas. And Magnolia’s genre label, Magnet, will open Spanish thriller [Rec] 4: Apocalypse in five locations January 2. the title is already available via ultra-vod.

A Most Violent Year

Director-writer: J.C. Chandor

Cast: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Alessandro Nivola,...

The zombie virus of the influential [Rec] franchise worked its way through the residents of an apartment building and the celebratory guests at a massive wedding reception, and in the soon-to-be-released [Rec] 4: Apocalypse, it looks to ravage the crew of a ship at sea. But, as the film’s new red band trailer shows, the living aren’t going down without a fight, using firearms and even a propellor against the relentless zombies.

“Several hours have passed since the terrible events that ravaged the old building in Barcelona. After the chaos of the first few moments, the army decided to intervene and an elite group of soldiers infiltrated the building in order to plant detonators and put an end to this nightmare once and for all. The mission is a success; quick and precise. Angela Vidal, the young television reporter who entered the building with the fireman just hours before, manages to make it out alive.

After the blood-soaked wedding reception of [Rec] 3: Genesis, the influential Spanish zombie franchise is going back to its roots in its fourth entry with familiar faces behind and in front of the camera. This time around the zombie virus breaks out on an isolated ship at sea, and a new batch of stills from the film feature up-close looks at the ravenous living dead as they hunt the vessel’s crew.

“Several hours have passed since the terrible events that ravaged the old building in Barcelona. After the chaos of the first few moments, the army decided to intervene and an elite group of soldiers infiltrated the building in order to plant detonators and put an end to this nightmare once and for all. The mission is a success; quick and precise. Angela Vidal, the young television reporter who entered the building with the fireman just hours before, manages to make it out alive.

After showing us a bloodbath of a wedding reception in [Rec] 3: Genesis, the influential Spanish zombie franchise is going back to its roots in its fourth entry with familiar faces behind and in front of the camera, with the living dead virus this time spreading throughout the claustrophobic confines of a ship at sea. Magnet Releasing has acquired the film and set a release date.

“Angela Vidal, the young television reporter who entered the building with the fireman, manages to make it out alive. But what the soldiers don’t know is that she carries the seed of the strange infection. She is to be taken to a provisional quarantine facility, a high-security installation where she will have to stay in isolation for several days. An old oil tanker, miles off shore and surrounded by water on all sides, has been especially equipped for the quarantine.”

Actress Manuela Velasco reprises...

Magnolia’s genre arm Magnet Releasing has acquired U.S. rights to [Rec] 4: Apocalypse, the fourth installment in the Spanish horror franchise about an epidemic of demonic possession that’s captured on camera.

Sony put out the first Rec film in 2007 and remade it as Quarantine, but Magnet has been aboard the series since releasing the second and third films stateside. Jaume Balagueró returned to direct [Rec] 4 after co-directing the first two films following a third entry that curiously veered away from the franchise’s found-footage thrills and into horror-comedy terrain. [Rec] 4 picks up after the events of the second film as young reporter Angela Vidal (Manuela Velasco) wakes up in a high-security quarantine deep within an ocean freighter and must battle the virus on the high seas.

Balagueró co-scripted with Manu Díez and Julio Fernandez and Castelao Pictures produced the pic, which debuted in the Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness...

Early next month, horror fans attending the Toronto International Film Festival will be treated to the world premiere of [Rec] 4: Apocalypse. If you’d like a better idea of what to expect from the latest installment, we have a look at the brand new trailer from Filmax:

“Angela Vidal, the young television reporter who entered the building with the fireman, manages to make it out alive. But what the soldiers don’t know is that she carries the seed of the strange infection. She is to be taken to a provisional quarantine facility, a high-security installation where she will have to stay in isolation for several days. An old oil tanker, miles off shore and surrounded by water on all sides, has been especially equipped for the quarantine.”

Actress Manuela Velasco reprises her role as Angela Vidal from the first [Rec]. Director Jaume Balagueró, who co-helmed the first two entries in the franchise with Paco Plaza,...

After showing us a bloodbath of a wedding reception in [Rec] 3: Genesis, the influential Spanish zombie franchise is going back to its roots in its fourth entry with familiar faces behind and in front of the camera. We’ve shown you a teaser poster and a behind-the-scenes video from [Rec] 4: Apocalypse, and now we have the first official trailer for you to check out:

“Angela Vidal, the young television reporter who entered the building with the fireman, manages to make it out alive. But what the soldiers don’t know is that she carries the seed of the strange infection. She is to be taken to a provisional quarantine facility, a high-security installation where she will have to stay in isolation for several days. An old oil tanker, miles off shore and surrounded by water on all sides, has been especially equipped for the quarantine.”

Actress Manuela Velasco reprises her...

Next Tuesday, one of my favorite films I saw last year finally shows up on DVD courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. To prep you up for the release, we have some clips and images to remind you why people are calling this one of the best horror sequels of all time. Check out the goods below.

From the Press Release:

Culver City, CA (May 2, 2011) – Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release [Rec] 2, the horrifying sequel to the international smash hit that inspired the film Quarantine, on DVD July 12, 2011. After terrifying audiences with their nerve-shredding cult hit [Rec], acclaimed filmmaker Jaume Balagueró (Darkness; Fragile) and writer/filmmaker Paco Plaza (Quarantine, Quarantine 2: Terminal, Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt) return to crank the fear factor to unprecedented levels in [Rec] 2, a rare sequel that actually improves on its predecessor and exceeds all expectations. Available for $26.99, the [Rec] 2 DVD will include deleted and extended scenes, behind the scenes featurettes,...

After well over a year of waiting, Sony Pictures is finally delivering [Rec] 2 on DVD here in the States. This is cause for much celebration because if you haven't seen this demonic little flick by now, we can pretty much guarantee it will blow you away! Time for an exclusive taste of the lunacy!

From the Press Release

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release [Rec] 2, the horrifying sequel to the international smash hit that inspired the film Quarantine, on DVD July 12, 2011. After terrifying audiences with their nerve-shredding cult hit [Rec], acclaimed filmmaker Jaume Balagueró (Darkness; Fragile) and writer/filmmaker Paco Plaza (Quarantine, Quarantine 2: Terminal, Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt) return to crank the fear factor to unprecedented levels in [Rec] 2, a rare sequel that actually improves on its predecessor and exceeds all expectations. Available for $26.99, the [Rec] 2 DVD will include deleted and extended scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes, a walkthrough of the set, as well as Rec...

Fans of the original '[Rec],' which did makes its way to DVD in the United States, haven't had much hope in terms of the sequel doing the same. '[Rec] 2' first hit Spain on October 7, 2009, with a DVD release following shortly after. That's nearly two years of silence for American fans. Being the epitome of the term "better late than never," Sony Pictures has announced that they've finally decided to bring the sequel to the United States.Courtesy of Dread Central, here's some of the official press release: "Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release [Rec] 2, the horrifying sequel to the international smash hit that inspired the film Quarantine, on DVD July 12, 2011. After terrifying audiences with their nerve-shredding cult hit [Rec], acclaimed filmmaker Jaume Balagueró(Darkness; Fragile) and writer/filmmaker Paco Plaza (Quarantine, Quarantine 2: Terminal,Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt) return to crank the fear factor to unprecedented levels in [Rec] 2, a rare...

As if the DVD gods had been listening to my long standing prayers, Sony Pictures has finally announced that [Rec] 2 will see the light at the end of the DVD tunnel. The sequel to the terrifying Spanish film [Rec] saw a limited theatrical run last year before hiding away into obscurity. [Rec] 2, which continues the story of a rampant disease in an apartment building, will spread its virus to the masses when it gets released on DVD this July 12,2011. Keep reading to check out the DVD cover and to find out what special features will be available on the disc.

From the Press Release

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release [Rec] 2, the horrifying sequel to the international smash hit that inspired the film Quarantine, on DVD July 12, 2011. After terrifying audiences with their nerve-shredding cult hit [Rec], acclaimed filmmaker Jaume Balagueró (Darkness; Fragile) and writer/filmmaker Paco Plaza (Quarantine, Quarantine 2: Terminal, Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt...

by Seth Metoyer, MoreHorror.com

Well, this one took a while to get a release date, but it's finally here. Sony Pictures has announced the release of [Rec] 2 on DVD in the United States. This is one you don't want to miss. Very graphic, and fresh horror flick. Read more about the release below.

From the Official Release

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release [Rec] 2, the horrifying sequel to the international smash hit that inspired the film Quarantine, on DVD July 12, 2011. After terrifying audiences with their nerve-shredding cult hit [Rec], acclaimed filmmaker Jaume Balagueró (Darkness; Fragile) and writer/filmmaker Paco Plaza (Quarantine, Quarantine 2: Terminal, Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt) return to crank the fear factor to unprecedented levels in [Rec] 2, a rare sequel that actually improves on its predecessor and exceeds all expectations. Available for $26.99, the [Rec] 2 DVD will include deleted and extended scenes, behind the scenes featurettes, a walkthrough of the set, as well...

Better late than never, right? After well over a year of waiting Sony Pictures is finally delivering [Rec] 2 on DVD here in the States. If you haven't seen this one yet, wow, are you in for a gore filled demonic treat!

From the Press Release

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release [Rec] 2, the horrifying sequel to the international smash hit that inspired the film Quarantine, on DVD July 12, 2011. After terrifying audiences with their nerve-shredding cult hit [Rec], acclaimed filmmaker Jaume Balagueró (Darkness; Fragile) and writer/filmmaker Paco Plaza (Quarantine, Quarantine 2: Terminal, Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt) return to crank the fear factor to unprecedented levels in [Rec] 2, a rare sequel that actually improves on its predecessor and exceeds all expectations. Available for $26.99, the [Rec] 2 DVD will include deleted and extended scenes, behind the scenes featurettes, a walkthrough of the set, as well as Rec 2 on Tour and Sitges Film Festival featurettes.

[Rec] 2 Synopsis

The highly anticipated...

Rating: 2.5/5

Writers: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza, Manu Díez

Directors: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza

Cast: Jonathan Mellor, Manuela Velasco, Oscar Zafra, Ariel Casas, Alejandro Casaseca, Pablo Rosso

Studio: Magnolia Pictures

Rarely do horrorphiles get treated to sequels that match their originals and that answer lingering questions we may have once thought would be forever unanswered. When it comes to [Rec] 2, the follow-up to 2007’s widely well-regarded Spanish language [Rec], that’s still the case. Though the film starts well enough, adhering to the spirit and scares of the original, it’s unable to sustain the strength of the tension that opens it.

Read more on Theatrical Review: [Rec] 2…...

Directed by: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza

Written by: Jaume Balagueró, Manu Díez, Paco Plaza

Cast: Jonathan Mellor, Manuela Velasco, Óscar Zafra, Ariel Casas, Alejandro Casaseca, Pablo Rosso, Pep Molina

There are many films that utilize demonic possession as a central theme, but less common are the ones in which entire mobs of demonic undead spring up to storm the streets. Lamberto Bava's Demons and Demons 2 come to mind as suitable examples. The Evil Dead films also fit the bill, as does John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness. There are more, up to and including 2007's [Rec], a film about a deadly viral possession that differs from the many others in its sub-genre in one important way; instead of being the campy fun that is Evil Dead or Demons, [Rec] was intended to scare the crap out of you. For many, it worked, and those who enjoyed [Rec] should get ready as [Rec] 2 is just as effective.

Year: 2009

Directors: Jaume Balagueró / Paco Plaza

Writers: Manu Díez / Jaume Balagueró

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Review by: quietearth

Rating: 8 out of 10

It's 4am and I'm clearly fading, so I'll try to do this one it's well deserved justice in a brief fashion.

It would be sacrilege to watch this film without seeing it's predecessor, which, funny enough, I thought was mediocre after all the hype surrounding it. An effective little zombie film, [rec] strayed into territory which I think made it wildly popular because of where it originated, not necessarily because of it's content. However, this sequel clearly proved both director's merits as it went in a wildly unforseen direction and crushed any notion the first was a fluke, or that [rec] 2 was made just to make a buck.

I can't ruin the story, and you won't want me to. So, I'll try and tell you what little I can as I...