Dark Floors (2008)

Friday, 09 January 2009 00:00

Reviewed by Carol Sullivan

Genre: Horror
Release Date: October 14th, 2008
Rating: R for horror violence and disturbing images

Director: Pete Riski
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DVD Features
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Behind the Scenes featurette

Interviews/Dark Floors World Premiere with live performance by LORDI

Visual Effects featurette

Audio commentary with Director Pete Riski and LORDI

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I watched this rental yesterday and must admit that I'm still confounded by it. Why the filmmakers let a Finland-based rock band, who are often criticized for the monster costumes they wear on stage, play such a large role in a horror flick of this kind is beyond my understanding. The band, Lordi, led by Mr. Lordi, makes up part of the cast, the music selections and even the make-up department. The result is a confusing movie that had sort of a Silent Hill meets The Langoliers feel to it. But unlike those two films, Dark Floors seems to plod along with little purpose or direction.

The movie begins as Ben (Noah Huntley) is taking his young autistic daughter, Sara (Skye Bennett) to the hospital for an MRI. Frustrated by the doctors' recommendation that Sara be institutionalized, Ben wheels Sara into the elevator to leave. The two soon realize that they aren't in Kansas anymore when the elevator doors open on a deserted hospital floor.

Ben and little Sarah, along with a nurse, a security guard, an angry man and a confused homeless person, then stumble around the deserted hospital looking for help. Turns out that the elevator was some sort of doorway to parallel dimension and no matter what they try, they cannot escape it.

The movie seemed pretty interesting at that point, but soon goes off the rails. Seems like the filmmakers threw everything but the kitchen sink into this movie; there's angry ghosts, demons wearing studded-leathers and nose rings, zombies and even sand-storms in the halls. Though a little time-warp twist does make the story a bit more interesting, the sheer volume of nasty things pursuing this handful of frightened folks is just too scattered and unfocused.

While Director Pete Riski did see to it that the movie is visually interesting, the rest of Dark Floors really misses the mark.

Recommended only as a rental...

Overall Rating: 1 1/2

VIDEO | Official Trailer

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