The present article focuses on the analysis of the first part in the REC saga, one of the most important fantasy-horror film franchises in Spanish cinema. We believe that REC is paradigmatic for
the manner in which it links the catastrophe imaginary with media discourse, and thusly, we opted to analyze this emblematic movie by examining its discourse structures and intertextuality, allowing us to underpin a close interrelation between cinema and television. The investigation concludes that
REC, in effect, is indebted not only to traditional film narrative structures, but that it also draws on the conventions of contemporary TV reporting in its dealing with a fictional news report.
Iturbe Tolosa, A. (2017). Catastrophe imaginary under the yoke of television discourse in REC. Comunicación Y Medios, (36), 71–81. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-1529.2017.46599
