REC 3: Genesis teaser trailer creeps online

The first teaser trailer for Spanish horror [REC]³ Génesis has appeared online over at ShockTillYouDrop .

It's a cleverly done 50-second tease, spun around a neat twist on the usually yawnsome wedding photos montage before climaxing with a torrent of gore.

One things for sure, this looks fairly different to the earlier [REC] movies, both of which were set inside an infected apartment block.

This one is directed by Paco Plaza, who co-directed the earlier instalments with Jaume Balagueró, and it's said to contain prequel elements (not surprising given that subtitle).

It also seems to have moved away from the found-footage format: will it still be able to generate the same intensity of dread without the first-person gimmick?

Check out the teaser here:

[REC]³ Génesis is expected to open in Spain in March 2012.

Balagueró will direct final chapter [REC]⁴: Apocalypse , due out later next year.

Matt Maytum is the former Editor of Total Film magazine. Over the past decade, Matt has worked in various roles for TF online and in print, including at GamesRadar+. Bucket-list-ticking career highlights have included reporting from the set of Tenet and Avengers: Infinity War, as well as covering Comic-Con, TIFF and the Sundance Film Festival.