Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

callanvass An elevator lift with malicious intentions seems to be murdering people with no explanation. A seasoned technician is called in to see what the problem is. Little does Felix know what he's in for. I knew I was in for a bizarre movie going into this one! The sheer audacity to make a movie about a killer elevator had me curious. It's actually decently made with good intentions. I just had one problem...IT'S TOO SLOW! There are too many scenes in this movie where nothing happens! I love character development, but this was far too talky for its own good. They try to throw in an interesting mystery, but it was lacking. They should have taken advantage of a bizarre concept, but it looks like they bit off more than they could chew. My biggest complaint was the lift's actions not being fully explained. We get a glimpse at the end, but nothing is fully explained properly. Why is the lift doing this? why does it seem to have a mind of its own? These are questions that deserved to be answered. They didn't capitalize on the potential this movie had. It was a very claustrophobic setting, this should have been taken advantage of. There isn't much gore in this movie either despite a couple of brutal murders. Some of the highlights are a decapitation and a blind man plummeting to his death. I watched this in subtitles, but the dialog was rather crude at times. Felix (Stapel) actually says this to his wife about their son " See? He's not as stupid as you think" The acting is good for this sort of thing. The two leads reminded me of the two leads from Deep Red. Huub Stapel is very solid as our hero. His reactions were believable and expected. His vulnerable performance was better than this movie deserved. The last 20 minutes or so is the best part about this movie by far! It's actually highly suspenseful with controlled tension. I was actually very uncomfortable, wondering where this skill was for most of the movie! It was adroitly done, but it was too little too late. It's not an entirely bad movie. The last 20 minutes are great, acting is solid as well. There is just too much talk for me to recommend this movie. Horror fans will likely get curious from the absurd premise, but it's not as good as it sounds! I found this on You Tube, but it's probably very hard to find. It seems to be rather obscure and it should probably stay that way5.3/10

Zbigniew_Krycsiwiki A dark and stormy night at Hotel Icarus, and close-up of a girl's gaping laugh, before a loud and obnoxious group of drunken socialites become stranded in a lift. Fifteen minutes of darkly lit photography later, they are rescued. A lift repairman goes into the the lift by himself to investigate the cause of this boredom, and is followed by a female journalist out looking for a story. The lift's wiring, as it turns out, is possessed by demons from hell, causing deaths for no apparent reason, in all sorts of contrived ways. A well done decapitation scene (juxtaposed with a policeman slicing the end of his cigar) and a decent enough death of a blind man, as well as impressive set designs and lighting are about all this Dutch "thriller" have going for it. This film barely even qualifies as a horror movie, as there is so much blah blah blah blah blah it could almost be considered a character study of the lift repairman. Pardon me, while I yawn uncontrollably. Film tries to be a serious, atmospheric suspense/ thriller, but there is just no possible way to make interesting a story of a killer lift.

andybob-3 Elevator serviceman Stapel takes it upon himself to investigate when the elevators at a stylish high-rise building begin to have lethal malfunctions for no apparent reason, but inexplicably finds his efforts resisted by both his boss and the manufacturer of the elevators.Silly to say the least, but surprisingly creepy and atmospheric despite its rather ridiculous premise, showing the occasional glimmer of imagination and humor, not to mention some nasty gore effects. The acting is adequate and although his voice is dubbed, real life racecar driver Stapel seems pretty laid-back and convincing in his role. However one character who gives a lecture on experimental microchips that is unintentionally hilarious, see if you can count how many times he says the word "chips"? 6 out of 10, fun if you park your brain in neutral and don't take it too seriously.

PeeDee-2 Although I did not particularly enjoy "Amsterdammned" (a similar sort of film), I gave it another shot because I did not want to believe that - as the Dutch themselves often say - the Dutch cinematography in general is just worthless (however, you DO get "tits, sex and throwing up" in most films ;o) ). I have seen "Antonia" and "Character" and enjoyed them both very much. Moreover, living in the Netherlands I wanted to know what a 'cult' movie that the locals consider "the most thrilling Dutch film ever" (4 out of 5 stars in a renowned TV magazine) looks like. Well, to tell the truth, I was nothing but disappointed. Even if I overlook the shaky idea of an 'evil microchip', the predictable direction and the cheap effects, I just cannot overlook the HORRENDOUS acting of the whole cast. They were all in desperate need of some Strasberg classes... All in all, if you want to get a positive picture of the Dutch cinematography, please do NOT waste time rolling your eyes up during this flop!