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A slick, compact supernatural thriller with a strong high-concept hook and enough momentum to keep it entertaining, even when the mystery leans into familiar twists. It works best as a tense genre ride rather than a deeply original horror film.
Where to watch: Buy
Thu · 1h 20m
Director: John Erick Dowdle
Starring: Chris Messina, Bojana Novaković, Jenny O'Hara
A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the devil.
John Erick Dowdle
Chris Messina, Bojana Novaković, Jenny O'Hara
A slick, compact supernatural thriller with a strong high-concept hook and enough momentum to keep it entertaining, even when the mystery leans into familiar twists. It works best as a tense genre ride rather than a deeply original horror film.
Devil is a compact elevator-bound thriller that gets a lot of mileage out of a simple premise. The setup is immediate, the tension is efficient, and the movie understands the appeal of making a small space feel like a pressure cooker. It’s the kind of genre film that moves fast enough to keep you leaning in, even when you can see some of the machinery working behind the curtain.
What keeps it watchable is the combination of mystery and supernatural paranoia. The film plays like a locked-room puzzle with a demonic edge, and that gives it a pulpy, late-night-movie energy. It’s also helped by a cast that sells the panic and suspicion inside the elevator, even when the script gets blunt about its themes.
The downside is that the movie’s ideas are more effective than its execution. Some of the character beats feel schematic, and the eventual reveals don’t fully justify the build-up. Still, as a lean, moderately clever horror-thriller with a strong hook, it earns its place as an easy recommendation for genre fans who don’t mind a few rough edges.
Chris Evangelista (2.5★) · 1021 likes
“When the devil is around, toast falls jelly side down.”
ayad · 935 likes
some guy at the start of the movie said why don’t you suck a butt and it only got worse from there
may ♡ (4★) · 860 likes
lmao of course karen is the devil
mia lee vicino (2★) · 703 likes
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
adambolt (2.5★) · 697 likes
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