Devil - elevator to hell
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Devil - elevator to hell |
| Original title | Devil |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 80 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 16 JMK 14 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Erick Dowdle |
| script |
Brian Nelson M. Night Shyamalan |
| production |
Sam Mercer M. Night Shyamalan |
| music | Fernando Velázquez |
| camera | Tak Fujimoto |
| cut | Elliot Greenberg |
| occupation | |
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Devil - Elevator to Hell (Original title: Devil ) is an American feature film from 2010. Directed by John Erick Dowdle , the screenplay was written by Brian Nelson based on a story by M. Night Shyamalan , who also acted as producer. Furthermore, John Erick Dowdle's brother Drew acted as executive producer . The film can be assigned to the genre of the mystery thriller and is the first part of the planned The Night Chronicles trilogy. The premiere was in the Netherlands on September 16, 2010. The film opened on January 13, 2011 in German cinemas.
action
A man jumps from the 35th floor of a high-rise building. Shortly afterwards an elevator gets stuck in the same house, in which the temporary security guard Ben, the mechanic and former soldier Tony, the mattress salesman Vince, the young wife Sarah and an elderly lady are.
The light goes out at random intervals for a few seconds. When it comes back the first time, Sarah suddenly has a bite wound on her back and the people trapped in the elevator begin to suspect each other. When the light goes out the second time, the body of Vince is lying on the floor, who was killed with a shard from the elevator mirror.
The security guards in the control room, who follow everything via the security camera, can only speak to the detained and observe them, but cannot hear what they say. A mechanic trying to repair the elevator also dies when his descent safety device fails. In addition, one of the security guards who wants to check on the security in the basement is electrocuted and seriously injured.
In the meantime, the suicide's farewell letter is found, in which he writes that the dark presence of the devil is approaching. The third time the power went out in the elevator, the elderly lady was found strangled with a power cable. During the fourth power outage, Ben breaks his neck.
The only survivors, Tony and Sarah, suspect each other and want to attack each other with a shard of mirror, but Detective Bowden in the control room with his story about his defeated alcohol addiction can avert this. This began after his wife and child in an accident with hit and run had been killed. At the time, the fugitive only left a car wash coupon on which was written “I'm so sorry”.
The last time the lights went out, Sarah was slashed and bleeding on the floor. While Tony tries to stop the bleeding, the devil manifests in the elderly woman. The elevator suddenly crashes, but brakes before the spring locks on the floor. After a short dialogue, Tony confesses on the radio that he was hit and missed in a fatal accident five years ago. Detective Bowden realizes that it was the death of his wife and son and inwardly forgives the culprit. The devil lets go of Tony.
The fire brigade finally manages to open the elevator, but the devil in his incarnation as an old lady has disappeared. Tony is the only survivor in the elevator. Detective Bowden, whose family he has on his conscience, drives him alone to the police station and leads a monologue in which he says that for the past five years he has been thinking about what he would say or do if he found the person who caused the fatal accident. Tony now realizes that he has the cop's family on his conscience.
production
Filming began on October 17, 2009 in Toronto , Canada. A few scenes were also recorded in Los Angeles .
reception
The film was received very differently by critics. Around 51 percent of the reviews at Rotten Tomatoes rate the film positively and came to the following conclusion: “ Devil - Elevator to Hell is better than many other films in which M. Night Shyamalan has participated, but it does not create any original tension and meets its requirements therefore only just as fair. "
The film magazine Cinema wrote: “Horror thriller tailored to the general public, which targets Christian primal fears and does not fail to have an effect.” The claustrophobic thriller is subtle and relies more on the audience's imagination than on severed limbs. And Jan Hamm from Filmstarts.de described the film as "a largely stylishly narrated genre pleasure". Devil is more than a "mere compensation for prestige for the ailing Shyamalan brand".
Others
- In the trailer for the film the sentence “Every day of our life is full of [...] unpredictable events” could be read, the grammatical errors of which caused some amusement among the audience. One was reminded of similar faux pas in films such as Mona Lisa's smile and Pathfinder - Trail of the Warrior , some of which had caused quite a stir in the press.
- The brother duo John Erick and Drew Dowdle had already worked together on the horror film Quarantine in 2008 .
Web links
- Official website
- Devil - Elevator to Hell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for Devil - Elevator to Hell . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2010 (PDF; test number: 124 470 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Devil - Elevator to Hell . Youth Media Commission .
- Jump up ↑ Devil Trailer
- ^ The Dowdle Brothers Gear Up for 'Devil'. In: Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved August 11, 2010 .
- ^ Addition Shooting for M. Night Shyamalan's 'Devil'. In: Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved August 11, 2010 .
- ^ Devil Movie Reviews, Pictures. In: Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved October 8, 2010 .
- ↑ Devil . In: Cinema . Retrieved December 28, 2010 (German).
- ↑ Jan Hamm: Devil - Elevator to Hell . In: Filmstarts.de . Retrieved October 12, 2013 (German).