The handheld camera provides the necessary limitations not just in the viewer’s range of sight but in how much of the story we can absorb and when. What transpires, however, thanks to the found footage technique and sense of realism the filmmakers introduce here, is every bit of the visceral thrill ride Balagueró and Plaza intended. On paper, that sounds like a generic zombie setup that we’ve seen countless times before. There they find an incoherent, sickly woman that aggressively attacks an officer, and the event sparks a deadly outbreak that leaves them trapped thanks to an unexpected quarantine.
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Using that conceit, the film follows reporter Ángela Vidal ( Manuela Velasco) and her cameraman Pablo, played by unseen actor Pablo Rosso, as they cover the night shift of a local fire station for their television series “While You’re Sleeping.” What begins as a quiet, dull evening inside turns harrowing when the pair accompany firefighters Álex ( David Vert) and Manu ( Ferrán Terraza) on a call for a domestic disturbance at an apartment building. So, they decided upon a familiar horror story told through a single camera, treated almost as it’s if a character itself, relaying the narrative in real-time. The aim was to attempt to capture the same level of terror fans get from playing a horror video game. The idea behind 2007’s was born from Balagueró and Plaza’s desire not just to make a terrifying horror movie but to make the audience an active participant in the fear unfolding on screen. Looking back, the series took some daring risks and delivered a cohesive four-film series that evolved in surprising ways. Starting with 2007’s, this unique quadrilogy shook up the zombie formula and proved just how effective found footage could be at delivering visceral terror at least at the start.Īs with most franchises, each subsequent entry released saw diminishing returns, but that doesn’t speak to the creativity or innovative mythology created by filmmakers Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza. It’s been five years since the stateside release of 4: Apocalypse, the closing entry to a standout franchise in modern horror.
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