If you loved [REC]², try Venus

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Venus has roughly 8.0× fewer votes than [REC]² — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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[REC]²

2009 · dir. Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza

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Venus

2022 · dir. Jaume Balagueró

What they share

Both films are directed by Jaume Balagueró, and they both carry the dread mood tag, and they sit in Horror / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to [REC]², the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

dread

What Venus is

Madrid outskirts autumn darkness a flickering streetlamp Abandoned building shadows a dancer and her sister Jaume Balagueró directs a tense thriller.

If you loved [REC]², try Venus

[REC]²

Venus

What they share

What Venus is

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