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This weekend I watched [Rec]. It’s a Spanish horror movie following the Blair Witch Project/Cloverfield modus operandi of being filmed with a handheld camera. It’s about a young female reporter called Angela who goes around with her cameraman every night in search of different collectives of people. Tonight they’ll be covering the local firemen. The night starts calm, but then they receive a call from an old lady who is trapped inside her house. When the firemen and the television crew arrive at the building, they see that the neighbours are very frightened by horrible screams coming from the old lady’s apartment. The firemen break down the door of the apartment and what follows in an absolute thrill ride.

I’m not scared easily by horror movies, but after this one, it took me a while to become relaxed again. Definitely one of the scariest movies I’ve ever seen and also one of the best movies of 2008. A must-see for horror movie lovers and in my opinion destined to become a classic.

As usually happens with successfull foreign horror movies, Hollywood is going to remake this one. The remake, titled Quarantine, should be released in the US around november of this year.

Below are 2 YouTube clips. One shows the public’s reaction to a screening of [Rec] and another one is the trailer of the movie.

Public’s reaction to a screening of [Rec]

Trailer of [Rec]

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This post is a follow-up to an older post about some upcoming movies. So far, I’ve seen 4 of the 6 movies and I must say that they’re the best movies I’ve seen lately.

1. I Am Legend: Great movie, one of Will Smith’s best in my opinion. I really enjoyed it. I have a weak spot for post-apocalyptic movies, so it was to be expected. I gave it a 8/10 on IMDb.
2. Cloverfield: Amazing movie also. It’s like a mix between the Blair Witch Project and Godzilla. I saw it in the theaters with my girlfriend and we both loved it. The Blair Witch formula always succeeds in sucking me in. I gave it a 9/10 on IMDb.
3. No Country for Old Men: I’m glad this one won the biggest Oscars (and not There Will Be Blood, which is also good, but not as good as this one). The Coen brothers made a great movie. The special ending seemed to bother most people, but not me. I gave it a 9/10 on IMDb.
4. The Mist: This movie was even better than I expected it to be. Frank Darabont really lived up to my high expectations. There’s something special about this movie (I won’t tell what) that makes this a movie you’ll probably never forget. I gave it a 8/10 on IMDb.

Into The Wild and Rambo are still on my must-see list.

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As a huge movie lover, I’m amazed by the number of promising movies lately. The number of good new movies is always better in the months before the Oscars, but this year it seems the quality is exceptionally high. Or is it just me?

Of course, as I live in Belgium, I still need to wait a while for most of these movie, but they look promising.

Anyways, this is the top 6 of my must-see list at the moment (in order of my excitement level):

1. I Am Legend: Robert Neville (Will Smith) is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable, and man-made. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and maybe the world.
2. Cloverfield: Revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people.
3. No Country for Old Men: Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande.
4. Rambo: In Thailand, John Rambo (Stallone) assembles a group of mercenaries and leads them up the Salween River to a Burmese village where a group of Christian aid workers allegedly went missing.
5. The Mist: Everyman David Drayton (Jane) is caught up in a freak storm that unleashes a species of blood-thirsty monsters in his small town.
6. Into the Wild: After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.

I wonder if any of these will beat my current number one of 2007: Sunshine. Early 2008, I will post my top 5 of 2007.

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