REC - Watch Order: Release Order

2007 - 20146 Films8h 32m3.3 Average

The REC franchise combines Spanish found footage horror with American remake interpretations, creating a comprehensive collection of infection outbreak films. The original Spanish series follows reporter Ángela Vidal through a terrifying demonic infection that spreads across Barcelona, while the Quarantine films offer American reinterpretations of the same concept.

This complete release order watch list includes both the Spanish originals and their English-language counterparts. The Spanish films maintain narrative continuity and escalating intensity, while the American timeline diverges from the original canon after the first adaptation.

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REC

20071h 18m4.2
Director: Jaume Balagueró
Cast: Manuela Velasco, Ferrán Terraza, Martha Carbonell, David Vert, Carlos Lasarte

A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.

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Quarantine

20081h 29m3
Director: John Erick Dowdle
Cast: Dania Ramirez, Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez, Steve Harris, Greg Germann

A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.

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[REC]²

20091h 24m3.7
Director: Paco Plaza
Cast: Manuela Velasco, Jonathan D. Mellor, Óscar Zafra, Ariel Casas, Alejandro Casaseca

The action continues from [REC], with the medical officer and a SWAT team outfitted with video cameras are sent into the sealed off apartment to control the situation.

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Quarantine 2: Terminal

20111h 26m3
Director: John Pogue
Cast: Mercedes Mason, Josh Cooke, Bre Blair, Ignacio Serricchio, Tyler Kunkle

A plane is taken over by a mysterious virus. When the plane lands it is placed under quarantine. Now a group of survivors must band together to survive the quarantine.

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[REC]³ Genesis

20121h 20m2.7
Director: Paco Plaza
Cast: Leticia Dolera, Diego Martín, Ismael Martínez, Àlex Monner, Borja González Santaolalla

A pair of newlyweds must fight to survive when their wedding reception descends into chaos and carnage when their guests become infected by a virus that turns them into hungry zombies.

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[REC]⁴ Apocalypse

20141h 35m2.9
Director: Jaume Balagueró
Cast: Manuela Velasco, Paco Manzanedo, Héctor Colomé, Ismael Fritschi, Críspulo Cabezas

Ángela Vidal, the young television reporter who entered the building with the firemen, manages to make it out alive. But what the soldiers don't know is that she carries the seed of the strange infection. She is to be taken to a provisional quarantine facility, a high-security installation where she will have to stay in isolation for several days. An old oil tanker, miles off shore and surrounded by water on all sides, has been especially equipped for the quarantine.

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