Cinéma-vérité

Paco Plaza and Jaume Balaguero, the men who brought us the cinéma-vérité delight known as REC (review), had a few choice words recently for Hollywood, Americans, and Quarantine.
Submitted by Kryten Syxx on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 8:58pm.

If you’re one of the few who have yet to see Cloverfield and managed to avoid all the images of the monster once the film was released, congratulations. I have no idea how one would do that. If you’ve read this far, chances are you’re neither, so just move your eyeballs down a bit to check out some new pics of the monster fresh from the floor of Comic Con!
Submitted by Johnny Butane on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 5:02pm.

Another year of Fantasia has come to an end, and with that end come the results for Fantasia’s Feature Films competition. And the winners are...
Submitted by Johnny Butane on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 8:40am.

Reviewed by Evil Andy Starring Adrian Pasdar, Cady McClain, Austin William, Amber Joy Williams, Lucian Maisel Directed by Christopher Denham There’s something about home videos that brings out the worst in people. I hadn’t thought of it for years, but after seeing Christopher Denham’s disturbing Home Movie, I remembered my very own forays into family camcording.
Submitted by EvilAndy on Tue, 07/15/2008 - 8:33am.

Reviewed by Nomad Starring Stacy Chbosky, Ben Messmer, Samantha Robson, Ivar Brogger Directed by John Erick Dowdle
Submitted by Nomad on Sun, 07/06/2008 - 11:37am.

Cinéma-vérité. Reality horror. An unblinking look at terror at its most shaky. Call it what you will, the new trend of shot-on-the-cheap films featuring “found footage” from some horrifying incident or another isn’t going away anytime soon.
Submitted by Johnny Butane on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 11:56am.

Over the weekend, those Spanish badasses at Aullidos got their hands on the first teaser poster for REC 2, the inevitable sequel to REC (review) that will hopefully take things in a completely different direction...
Submitted by Johnny Butane on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 7:40am.

Reviewed by Uncle Creepy Starring Joshua Close, Michelle Morgan, Shawn Roberts, Amy Ciupak Lalonde, Scott Wentworth Directed by George A. Romero Distributed by Dimension Extreme
Submitted by Uncle Creepy on Thu, 05/15/2008 - 9:35pm.

Reviewed by Uncle Creepy Starring Odette Yustman, Lizzy Caplan, Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas, Michael Stahl-David, T.J. Miller, Clovey Directed by Matt Reeves Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Submitted by Uncle Creepy on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 9:18pm.

The U.S. remake of REC (review) isn't due out till October 17th, so does that mean we have to wait that long to see the original on DVD? Nope!
Submitted by Kryten Syxx on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 5:44pm.

The box office monster that shook the Earth known as Cloverfield (review here) is ready to make its DVD debut and we've got your chance to take this behemoth home in all its digital goodness and dripping with extras!
Submitted by Uncle Creepy on Fri, 04/11/2008 - 9:40pm.

Many of us have been wondering how Quarantine, the U.S. remake of REC (review), is going to compare to its original. We know a few things have changed in regard to the "infection", but what about how the movie is shot? Well, thanks to DC reader Germboy, we have some answers.
Submitted by Kryten Syxx on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 5:06pm.

Reviewed by Andrew Kasch Starring Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan, Michael Stahl-David Directed by Matt Reeves
Submitted by Andrew Kasch on Wed, 01/16/2008 - 7:38am.

Reviewed by Debi Moore Starring Virginia Dare, Scott Paulin, Don Keith Opper, Morgan Weisser, Norbert Weisser Directed by Albert Pyun Distributed by Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Submitted by The Woman In Black on Wed, 12/19/2007 - 10:11pm.

The good folks at MGM just provided Dread Central with two exclusive pics from the upcoming cinema verite film The Poughkeepsie Tapes, directed by John Dowdle, one of which is to your right, the other slightly below.
Submitted by Johnny Butane on Fri, 12/14/2007 - 9:24am.