Dark Floors (2008)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

Pete Riski

Writers:

Pekka Lehtosaari (written by)
Lordi (original idea) ...

Release Date:

8 February 2008 (Finland)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror

Tagline:

The Lordi Motion Picture

Plot:

A man emerges with his autistic daughter and three others from a hospital elevator to find themselves trapped in the building with devilish monsters.

Plot Keywords:

Hospital | Elevator | Monster | Nurse | Ghost

Cast

Lordi		(as Mr. Lordi)
Kita
Amen
Ox
Awa
Skye Bennett	...	Sarah
Noah Huntley	...	Ben
Dominique McElligott	...	Emily
Ronald Pickup	...	Tobias
William Hope	...	Jon
Leon Herbert	...	Rick
Philip Bretherton	...	Walter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Calton	...	Voice on Radio
Laura Faarinen	...	Nurse
Maggy Fellman	...	Voice on Radio (voice)
Mikael Gustafsson	...	Patient
Eveliina Haataja	...	Corpse in 2nd Floor Operation Room
Ulla Hämeenaho	...	Corpse in 2nd Floor Hallway / Zombie's Hands
Anniina Keiskander	...	Nurse
Jonna Kinnunen	...	Expecting Couple
Jarmo Korteniemi	...	Doctor
Minna Kuusisto	...	Doctor
Mari Liimatainen	...	Nurse
Niko Männikkö	...	Doctor
Iiris Mikkonen	...	Corpse in Minor Operating Room / Corpse in 2nd Floor Operation Room
Jari Sarja	...	Doctor
Jarmo Saurio	...	Doctor
Milla Suoraniemi	...	Nurse
Armi Tenkula	...	Nurse
Hannu Tihinen	...	Nurse
Kaisa Vainio	...	People in Information Desk Room

Also Known As:

Dark Floors: The Lordi Motion Picture (Finland) (promotional title)
Punainen liitu (Finland) (working title)
Red Chalk (International: English title) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence and disturbing images.

Runtime:

87 min | Argentina:82 min (DVD version)

Country:

Finland | Iceland

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | USA:R | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA (2008) | UK:15 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Oulu, Finland

Company:

Icelandic Filmcompany, The

Trivia:

Most expensive Finnish horror film to be produced.

Quotes:

Sarah: I want the red crayon!

Soundtrack:

Beast Loose In Paradise

Definitely one of the better movies...

When compared to some other movies born from the imagination of a musician, "DF" rates much higher than most.

To start this review off right... Big props to Lions Gate for again kicking off yet another quality series of indi or foreign horror movies that might well have never gotten release or had little to no notoriety here in the US had it not been released by them. Like the After Dark films, Ghost House Pictures present little-known gems of low budget horror film making with granted mix results but at least they're given their just chance to make it.

Though this was the 2nd of the 8 Ghost House Pictures releases I watched, it was the most impressive so far and in my mind is one of the more successful movies done by someone in another business the incomparable Mr. Lordi. For example of an excruciatingly awful film by a rock star you need go no further than Bret Michaels' untra-lame "A Letter From Death Row". "DF" goes much further than expected with it's genuinely creepy production design, effective special FX and atmospheric musical score.

Worth a look.