Catacombs (2007)

Directors:

Tomm Coker
David Elliot

Writers (WGA):

Tomm Coker (written by) &
David Elliot (written by)

Release Date:

6 July 2007 (Italy)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Below the city of lights exists a world of darkness.

Plot:

On her first trip to Paris, a young woman hits a party in the Catacombs, the 200-mile labyrinth of limestone...

Plot Keywords:

Police Raid | Tunnel | Prank | Boiler Room | Taxi

Cast

Shannyn Sossamon	...	Victoria
Pink	...	Carolyn (as Alecia Moore)
Emil Hostina	...	Henri
Sandi Dragoi	...	Liaves
Mihai Stanescu	...	Jean Michele
Cabral Ibacka	...	Hugo
Radu Andrei Micu	...	Nico
Cain Manoli	...	Leon
DJ Kosta	...	DJ
Marcello Cobzarju	...	Customs Officer #1
Marinela Chelaru	...	Customs Officer #2
Catalin Rotaru	...	Customs Officer #3
Tomm Coker	...	Dr. Giggles
Maxime X.	...	Virgin Mother
Conner Gebhart	...	Goat boy

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, terror and disturbing images, language, some nudity and drug content.

Runtime:

USA:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:16 | Australia:MA (2008) | USA:R | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | South Korea:18 | Singapore:M18 | Finland:K-18 | Japan:R-15 | Portugal:M/16

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Lions Gate Films

Trivia:

The underground catacombs displayed in the film are replicas of the actual catacombs that exist in Paris, France.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Victoria: My sister sent me a postcard. All it said was, "Come to Paris. It will be good for you." Forty-eight hours after I arrived, she and everyone I'd met were dead.

Soundtrack:

Love Theme from Catacombs

Another 90 minutes wasted

I can't believe that this film has such a high rating. The acting is dismal, even by B-movie standards, I didn't care about a single one of the characters, there was far too much reliance on strobe lighting and flashing effects and the ending was just ridiculous. The basic storyline was fairly reasonable to start with, an underground club in Paris where illegal parties are held by groups of social misfits avoiding police raids. The setting looks awesome at times and there is no denying that in the proper hands this could've been a hit. Unfortunately it is let down by the overall stupidity of the lead characters and just wanders into familiar territory instead of offering anything new. Do yourself a favour, if you want to a see a claustrophobic horror set underground, watch The Descent before you see this or you'll get that deja vu feeling. Shame really, the first few minutes were great.