Synopsis
Bad Things Happen For A Reason
A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the devil.
2010 Directed by John Erick Dowdle
A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the devil.
Marc Fishman Kerry Ann Carmean Alan Rankin Tim Walston Karen Vassar Triest Daniel J. Leahy Kelly Oxford
Diabol, La reunión del diablo, La Trampa del Mal, Demônio, Devil: The Night Chronicles, Devil: La trampa del mal, Devil G51, Şeytan, Дьявол, La Reunion del Diablo, The Night Chronicles: Devil, O Demónio
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reminds me of this guy’s short film i had to watch in college that was essentially just a Saw rip-off but instead of the victims being punished for committing borderline-irredeemable crimes the killer kidnaps a guy for stealing a bike and a woman for cheating then writes “theft” and “adultery” on a chalkboard. so it’s like that but also chris messina is there
some guy at the start of the movie said why don’t you suck a butt and it only got worse from there
Listening to 'The Girl From Ipanema' while stuck in an elevator is far scarier than being stuck in an elevator with these morons, Mr. Beelzebub included.
Would have been better if the supernatural aspect was taken out but still such an entertaining film.
In many respects, Devil's status as a theatrical film is what hampers it from more solid gold. The need to pad out spacetime and ramp up what little sfx there are makes everything seem more limited, rather than allowing the story to be the locked-room made-for-tv movie or anthology series episode this clearly so wants to be. Even under those circumstances, the Devil seems to employ extremely inefficient methodologies for the capture of souls and defilement of faith, resulting in an astonishingly low success rate, which might be the point here theologically, but does not make for diabolically exciting goings-on. Yet more propaganda trying to teach the Youth Of Today that The Devil Is Dullsville but it worked so well the kids didn't even want to see this one? I could be wrong.
Okay so I saw this with friends on Saturday night, after trying to see In the Tall Grass and deciding it was collectively not for us, and not fit for that night after seeing about 15 minutes. So we came across this and my mate put it on without telling me and I remembered this film I came across on Letterboxd featuring Logan Marshall Green part of a now abandoned series based off of M. Night Shyamalan concepts barely worthy of being featured in an R.L. Stine anthology series for kids... aand this was, to no surprise, such a clunky, poorly made, barely watchable PG-13 popcorn flick which was perfect for that night. I liked the low budget feel, it…