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Rec 3: Genesis

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Newlyweds (Leticia Dolera, Diego Martín) watch their wedding reception descend into chaos and carnage when their guests become infected by a virus that turns them into hungry zombies.
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[REC] 3 Genesis discards the handheld POV of its predecessors and loses the franchise's fresh perspective in the bargain, upping the gags and gore to the detriment of the chills that audiences crave.

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Perri Nemiroff Shockya.com Perhaps Paco Plaza's fictional virus finally got to him because the fact that he thinks he can do away with found footage and horror in the third installment is downright bizarre. Rated: 2/5 Sep 8, 2012 Full Review V.A. Musetto New York Post Plaza throws in more than enough ludicrous touches of his own to grab viewers by their arteries and never let go. Rated: 3.5/4 Sep 7, 2012 Full Review Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times With slapstick smothering the scares, "[REC 3]" is further marred by a plot in which the muted Catholicism of its antecedents is turned up to full blast. Rated: 2/5 Sep 6, 2012 Full Review Alan Jones Radio Times This third film in the jolting Spanish zombie franchise is deftly directed by Paco Plaza. Rated: 4/5 Oct 30, 2025 Full Review Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Lulls you into expecting a redundant experience in its opening minutes, only to entirely circumvent expectations while being as satisfying as its predecessors. Rated: 4/5 Sep 22, 2023 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review It’s exceedingly gory, more so than its predecessors, and its lack of technical ingenuity and half-hearted use of the “found footage” device somehow makes it less interesting. Rated: 1.5/4 Oct 3, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Christian K Last one had a nice cliffhanger so , naturally, we are switching to a straight sidequel?? Also ditched the found footage for the most part so nothing is even being REC'd actually. Its pretty well made still, just a bit more generic. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/22/25 Full Review CHRISTOPHER B Mucho más gore que siento que fue manejada de una manera muy buena, la historia es bastante triste y te da la última esperanza para arrebatarla de una manera brutal. Me gustó la película pero sí baja bastante el nivel en comparación de sus anteriores dos entregas, como precuela es buena pero quitarme ese estilo found footage si me dolió. Espero que en la cuarta entrega por fin nos digan que es lo que pasa en el resto del mundo después de que "Angela" haya salido del edificio. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/25 Full Review Audience Member Quite funny, moments of pathos, plenty of gore, faintly ridiculous Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/21/24 Full Review Liam D Ditching the found footage gimmick for a standard zombie/demon horror movie. It’s an massive disappointment Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/16/24 Full Review Roiy A La verdad Está secuela Está Bastante por debajo de las Primeras Llega a Ser más o menos Buena Pero Quitar ese Formato que Tenian las Películas Anteriores Jode Bastante la Experiencia y la Hace sentir un Poco Genérica Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 10/13/24 Full Review Steven Y It was almost a relief to depart from the found-footage format 3 films into the franchise, but you ultimately realise that without it, it's a lot easier to recognise the B-movie qualities. It's another frustrating horror film that misses the mark (in terms of being scary or tense) and instead becomes a lampoon of the genre. I laughed out loud many, many times, and most of them felt like deliberate comedic choices by the director. The protagonists make downright dumb decisions and deserve to die for much of the film, and the set pieces are somewhat hilarious. It's very watchable and I quite enjoyed it, but it's not good. At all. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/09/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Paco Plaza

Director

Leticia Dolera

Clara

Diego Martín

Koldo

Carla Nieto

Rebeca Viñas

Àlex Monner

Adrián

Javier Botet

Niña Medeiros

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Rec 3: Genesis

Leticia Dolera as Clara and Diego Martín as Koldo in "Rec 3: Genesis." Leticia Dolera as Clara in "Rec 3: Genesis." A scene from "Rec 3: Genesis." Leticia Dolera as Clara in "Rec 3: Genesis." A scene from "Rec 3: Genesis." View more photos

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Synopsis Newlyweds (Leticia Dolera, Diego Martín) watch their wedding reception descend into chaos and carnage when their guests become infected by a virus that turns them into hungry zombies.
Director
Paco Plaza
Producer
Julio Fernández, Jaume Balagueró
Screenwriter
Paco Plaza, Luiso Berdejo, David Gallart
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Production Co
Filmax, Ono, Television Espanola
Rating
R (Strong Bloody Horror Violence|Some Language)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Action
Original Language
European Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 7, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 12, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$5.2K
Runtime
1h 19m