[REC] vs Quarantine, how Hollywood can screw up even trailers

[REC] is a Spanish horror film, and it’s one that’s been remade in the US as Quarantine.

Here’s the poster for [REC].

[REC] poster

Here’s the trailer for [REC].

If you haven’t seen [REC], go and rent it, buy it or whatever. It’s a brilliant film with some great scares. If you have seen it, click the ‘more’ link and see if you can guess why the US poster and trailer for Quarantine kind of ruin the film.

Here’s the poster for Quarantine.

Quarantine Poster

Here’s the trailer for Quarantine.

Just give away the end of the movie in the last shot of the trailer. Bearing in mind that the woman’s the main character in the film, and what we find out through the film, are we meant to think she’s being dragged away in some kind of good way?

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