Review of [REC] (2007) by Dane T — 01 Feb 2015

Has all the found footage clichés you'd expect, but still has some effective moments at times.

This review of [REC] (2007) was written by Dane T on 01 February 2015.

[REC] has generally received positive reviews.

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