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Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- tense
- claustrophobic
- frantic
- late-night horror marathon
- franchise completion
What critics said
Critics broadly found it a partial return to the franchise's earlier outbreak-horror strengths, while judging it uneven and less effective than the best entries.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Ángela is transported to an offshore oil tanker specially equipped to contain the demonic infection.
The film continues the franchise's camera-based presentation and is explicitly associated with found footage.
Ángela carries the seed of a strange demonic infection that threatens the tanker crew.
The quarantine operation takes place on an oil tanker miles from shore, separating the characters from outside help.
Films like [REC]⁴ Apocalypse, and why
[REC]
Shares found-footage horror, demonic infection, claustrophobic quarantine, and escalating survival tension.
[REC] 2
Shares Spanish-language supernatural horror, infection-driven panic, and confined survival scares.
Resident Evil: Extinction
Shares maritime isolation, zombie horror, military containment, and visceral outbreak suspense.
Quarantine
Shares found-footage immediacy, occult contagion, and trapped-group horror in an enclosed setting.
Movie Details
- Director
- Jaume Balagueró
- Release Date
- 2014-10-31
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 5.6 / 10 (1303)
Cast
- Manuela Velasco
- Paco Manzanedo
- Héctor Colomé
- Ismael Fritschi
- Críspulo Cabezas
- Mariano Venancio
- María Alfonsa Rosso
- Carlos Zabala
- Cristian Aquino
- Emilio Buale
Common questions
- What is [REC]⁴ Apocalypse about?
- An offshore quarantine mission becomes a claustrophobic fight for survival when a television reporter carries a demonic infection onto an isolated oil tanker.
- What is [REC]⁴ Apocalypse like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of [REC]⁴ Apocalypse as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is [REC]⁴ Apocalypse violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in [REC]⁴ Apocalypse as graphic.
- What did critics think of [REC]⁴ Apocalypse?
- Critics broadly found it a partial return to the franchise's earlier outbreak-horror strengths, while judging it uneven and less effective than the best entries.
- Which films are like [REC]⁴ Apocalypse?
- Films with a similar feel include [REC], [REC] 2, Resident Evil: Extinction, and Quarantine.
- How long is [REC]⁴ Apocalypse?
- [REC]⁴ Apocalypse runs 95 minutes.
