De Lift (1983)

Directed by

Dick Maas

Genre

horror film, science fiction film, black comedy film

Country

Netherlands

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

R

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 196 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A malfunctioning elevator starts killing people. A man must figure out why the elevator has become deadly.

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What happens

The Lift (Dutch: De Lift) is a 1983 Dutch science fiction horror film written and directed by Dick Maas. The plot concerns an elevator that mysteriously begins to function intelligently on its own, where victims who go near the elevator or use it are killed. The film was first released in the Netherlands on 11 May 1983. Warner Bros. acquired the international distribution rights for the film outside the Netherlands and Belgium at Cannes. An English-language remake was also directed by Maas, titled Down and released in 2001. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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