What is there to say of this but that it’s really not as bad as it’s tempting to go in expecting. While it’s true that you will get a better experience, aside from the lipsync, by watching a dubbed version of [Rec], it’s also undeniable that the Western remake brigade could’ve got away with a lot less respect for the source than they ultimately do here. There are unnecessary changes here and there (in addition, it must be said, to some rather amazing inventions: death by camera, for instance), and the acting isn’t quite as convincing; plus there was simply something about the original being located in a literally foreign place, making the confines of the apartment block all the more alienating; but this is still a fantastic experience that made me jump more than a lot of recent horror movies. Clearly I have to recommend [Rec] first and foremost … but if you do happen to be illiterate or a Xenophobe … there are worse things you could watch.