![]() Arrow don’t list it as a new transfer, the audio options are the same, the deleted scenes are the same, the interviews and making-of featurettes are the same. The theatrical version doesn’t seem to be any different from the original. There needs to be enough new content on offer to make it worth putting down the money again, and this time it’s a tough sell. This is always the problem with re-releases. At the same time, whether or not this is a selling point for you is going to depend on if you think the special features your particular version might be missing make it worth buying the movie again. This is, I believe, the first opportunity purchasers have had to get everything in one place, which is certainly to be lauded. What this release does do, however, is consolidate all the special features that were found across multiple different prior versions, as some were released with more extras than others. Other than the production release version the only brand new extra is an audio commentary by film critic and historian Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, the author of’ Found Footage Horror: Fear and the Appearance of Reality. What else is new for this release? Well… not a great deal. Really which one you prefer is entirely a matter of personal choice. Both are filmed in high-def, but the production version has far less film grain and a cleaner, sharper image than the theatrical, even though it was filmed in 1080i rather than 1080p. Along with this, however, is the ‘production version’ (25fps, 1080i, 75 mins) which is noticeably different. There’s the ‘theatrical version’ (24fps, 1080p, 78 mins) which is, as you might guess, the version that was shown in cinemas and which was on the original Blu-ray release back in 2010. What do we get with this Arrow release? First off you get two different versions of the film. Gloriously claustrophobic, wonderfully gory, with layers upon layers of tension piled relentlessly onto the characters and the audience, culminating in a final shot that’s deservedly lauded as one of the most memorable in modern horror. is a masterclass in found footage film making. From this point on events spiral ever downward and the residents find themselves trapped, isolated from the outside world by layers of plastic and special forces troops determined to keep them inside. Called out to attend what appears to be a fairly humdrum situation in a local apartment block, things suddenly take a sharp turn into the horrific when the elderly woman they’ve been sent to assist suddenly attacks and badly injures a policeman. It follows the story of a TV film crew who are following the goings-on during the night shift of the Barcelona fire brigade. It still holds up damn well today thanks to great casting, direction, and effects work. , if you haven’t encountered it before, is a Spanish found footage horror film directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza which was released all the way back in 2007. If you already own on Blu-ray, should you buy this new Arrow release to replace it? The New York Times.Let’s open with a simple question.
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