"Masterpiece."
— Staff, Film Threat
"Guaranteed to scare the pantalones off you."
— Philip French, The Observer (UK)
"The edge-of-the-seat tension is sustained to the very last second."
— Nigel Floyd, Time Out
"Even thought it's the third such effort to employ handheld camera in a zombie flick, this has more than enough shocks to hold its own."
— Kim Newman, Empire Magazine
"'REC' delivers a steady stream of frights because its camera man never knows quite where to look — and by the time he figures it out, it might be too late."
— Eric Kohn, IndieWire