As Above, So Below (2014) Full Movie

As Above, So Below (2014)    Full Movie


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.

Director: John Erick Dowdle
Writers : John Erick Dowdle (screenplay), Drew Dowdle (screenplay)

Stars      : Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge

Storyline


Miles of twisting catacombs lie beneath the streets of Paris, the eternal home to countless souls. When a team of explorers ventures into the uncharted maze of bones, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead. A journey into madness and terror, As Above, So Below reaches deep into the human psyche to reveal the personal demons that come back to haunt us all. Written by John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle (Quarantine, Devil) and directed by John Erick Dowdle, the psychological thriller is produced by Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Drew Dowdle and Patrick Aiello. Alex Hedlund serves as the executive producer.

Rreviews

From the trailer I expected this to be a non stop exciting horror movie. However the trailers contained the majority of the horror elements of this film with the rest of the movie mostly being an adventure movie along the lines of Indiana Jones and National Treasure.

"As Above So Below" Isn't really even a horror movie until the last 25 minutes or so. What you get in the first hour is a fairly entertaining story about a treasure hunter out to prove that her father was not crazy. This works well, and I enjoyed the majority of it. There are some cool treasure hunting moments, the characters are likable enough, and watching the main character uncover hidden ancient clues is pretty fun.

Then the movie shifts into horror mode and this was its weak point for sure. The last 30 minutes is not bad, but it just felt rushed. Almost as if they wrote 3/4's of the movie to be an adventure flick then decided at the last minute to make it a horror film. Also as I said before, if you have seen the trailer then you have pretty much seen just about every Horror scene in the movie.

I liked this movie, but the horror aspects just didn't work well and almost made it feel like an incomplete movie. It is an entertaining right though.