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As Above, So Below

2014 Directed by John Erick Dowdle

The only way out is down.

When a team of explorers ventures into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.

Perdita Weeks Ben Feldman Edwin Hodge François Civil Marion Lambert Ali Marhyar Cosme Castro Hamid Djavadan Théo Cholbi Emy Lévy Roger Van Hool Olivia Csiky Trnka Hellyette Bess Aryan Rahimian Samuel Aouizerate Kaya Blocksage

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Review by DirkH ★★½ 11

In which the Goonies go to France and have a hell of a time.
Review by Naughty aka Juli Norwood ★★★½ 4

Movie Request Hotline! As Above, So Below requested by Michael Sutton

Director John Erick Dowdle's thoroughly disorienting Found Footage film that I found to be a physically and mentally exhausting experience (it sent me spinning like a top) for both the cast, crew and more importantly the audience! A truly claustrophobic affair scurring through the endless tunnels and secret chambers strewn throughout the catacombs riddled with the bones and skulls of millions of lost souls beneath the streets of Paris in this Indiana Jones-esque film featuring a fearless scholar, adventurer, treasure hunter Scarlett Marlowe (Perdita Weeks) whom literally goes to hell and back to try and solve an ancient mystery!

Overall a very good experience that kept me engaged from…
Review by Austin Gorski ★★★½ 13

"There are two-hundred miles of tunnels right beneath our feet."

We have yet another horror movie that really isn't a "horror" movie. The only true horror movie so far this year has been The Quiet Ones, and to say that one didn't deliver would be an understatement. Oculus was more like a psychological thriller, The Purge: Anarchy is more focused on the action than scares, Deliver Us From Evil was a supernatural crime movie, and now As Above, So Below is more like a adventure/horror hybrid. So, those of you going in expecting to be scared shitless will surely be disappointed (especially if you're one of those assholes who just loves jump scares), but on it's own terms, this film…
Review by Mikael Stånggren ★★½ 3

Don't you just hate it when a film sets up its story really well, only to devolve into random nonsense? What starts off as a rather compelling adventure, in the derring-doing spirit of Lara Croft and Indiana Jones, loses credibility along the way, seemingly making things up as it goes.

Boasting such an abundant wealth of history, mythology and attention-grabbing exposition, there's a lot of interesting directions that could have been taken here. Not least when set in a location as creepy as the infamous Paris catacombs. But alas, somewhere in the creative process, the screenwriters chose...poorly.

An entertaining piece of urban spelunking nonetheless though. Consistently above boredom. Ever below excellence.
Review by Eli Hayes ★★★½ 12

ya but why did they go through all of that for a rock
Review by Ava Davis ★★★★★ 3

EXCUSE ME WHY IS THIS THE BEST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE

Recent reviews

Review by mikeysarkisian ★★½

It’s not bad, but it will never stand out amidst the 10 million other horror films identical to it. I did enjoy the depiction of the levels of hell, but the limitations of the found footage genre kept it from being anything special.
Review by Helene K ★★★½

A really weird but scary horror movie, that's about hell but unlike the other movies that I have seen before.

Strange ending, but I still liked the movie.
Review by Vincent ★★★½

letterboxd: this was dumb
me: *grabbing my climbing gear ready to explore the catacombs and find the gate of hell*
Review by Peyton Berry ★★★★★

I remember seeing the trailer for this when I was younger and it was first coming out and wanting to see it so bad. Now I have and I regret non of the hype.
Review by CourtJester ★

This film clearly has a following. A cult following. Full of cultists. Alchemy cultists. Harry Potter cultists. Dan Brown cultists. Christian cultists. In fact, without blind reverence in some other cult of pop fiction propping it up, As Above, So Below is a totally empty experience, a confused assembly of arbitrary esoteric nonsense.
Review by BrodiesFilmkritiken ★★

„As above so below“ – der Titel paßt gut. Denn was an der Oberfläche nach einem dürftigen Found Footage Film aussieht ist von unten betrachtet: genau dieses. Langsam ist das Genre dieser Filme echt restlos ausgelutscht und verbraucht und es gibt irgendwie nix neues mehr: ein paar Gestalten gehen an einen unheimlichen Ort, dort passiert was schlimmes und dann sind alle nur noch auf der Flucht, es wird geschrien, gestorben, viel geflucht und aus unerfindlichen Gründen schaltet aber keiner je die Kamera aus. Diesmal sinds ein paar Mini-Archäologen die versuchen in Paris einen epishen Schatz zu finden … ähm, who cares … Echt Leute, nix ist neu an diesem Film und ich kann mir nicht vorstellen daß die Marke des…
Review by Daniele Paladini ★★★½

Cool mockumentary, nice soundtrack too.
Review by garygrant2002 ★★★★

fuck yeah, fantastic found footage film

8.5/10
Review by Naughty aka Juli Norwood ★★★½ 4

Movie Request Hotline! As Above, So Below requested by Michael Sutton

Director John Erick Dowdle's thoroughly disorienting Found Footage film that I found to be a physically and mentally exhausting experience (it sent me spinning like a top) for both the cast, crew and more importantly the audience! A truly claustrophobic affair scurring through the endless tunnels and secret chambers strewn throughout the catacombs riddled with the bones and skulls of millions of lost souls beneath the streets of Paris in this Indiana Jones-esque film featuring a fearless scholar, adventurer, treasure hunter Scarlett Marlowe (Perdita Weeks) whom literally goes to hell and back to try and solve an ancient mystery!

Overall a very good experience that kept me engaged from…