Thanks for the memories!

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Cult classic for sure. This brings horror to new heights. I had seen Amsterdamned (1988) and liked it so I figured why not another Dutch delight. This one has a state of the art elevator system developing a mind of its own as it randomly maims and kills.This had a serious tone to it instead of campiness. The scene where buddy loses his head was done a little cheesy but I guess it is 1983 after all. The film kept you locked in as you follow the mechanic and a journalist trying to find out who's giving them the shaft. Tense scenes are aplenty. The synthesizer music added to the effect well or should I say elevated it to new levels.It is an awesome old school horror. You will have to read this one though being from the Netherlands. Now I'm going to take steps to avoid elevators.

And also twenty times more evil.The Lift (aka De Lift) is a horror film about an elevator. So the question is, will you be taking it to the top floor, or will you be getting off early due to the old man with gas problems standing in front of you? Of course you take it to the top! Even if this movie stunk, which it most definitely does not, you always finish off a movie about an evil elevator. Even the title itself rolls right off the tongue. Say it with me now: Evil Elevator. God, I love a good bit of alliteration.Oh, sorry, what's the film about you ask? An elevator that kills people. Oh, you want to know the details of the evil elevator story? Ugh…well, if you must know, during some fancy-pants box social that's being held at the top of some building, an elevator's power supply box (??) is struck by lightning, and thenceforth said elevator becomes conscious….of its thirst for blood!!! Oh, you want more details? You're a pushy one, aren't ye? Okay, well, after a close-call involving Ernie the Evil Elevator, our protagonist and self-appointed hero, the Elevator Mechanic, comes along and you better believe he smells something fishy. People eventually start bucket-kicking in manners only an elevator is capable of kicking buckets. Cue nosey Reporter Gal, enter sci-fi mumbo jumbo, hit that button, which floor, to the top my good sir! De Lift's (aka The Lift) ability to manifest itself from a predictable, cheesy horror movie into a film that actually delivered effective chills, engaging enough characters, and even a boob no less - was not what I was expecting. I don't exactly know what I was expecting with this here elevator movie; I guess just something much sillier. Well, I was certainly wrong about that assumption, as the viewer is elevated to heights here that are on the level, and played straight – on that same level. What I'm trying to get across here is…this is a good flick. A proper made flick about an evil elevator.One last crap joke for the road. Whaddya say? Want a crap joke? Here ya go. So, I tells Mayvis. Mayvis, I says, if you're gonna take a dump, ya gotta flush. Flushing is what gets rid of the poop, I tells Mayvis. She tells me to go flush my own dump. So I then tells Mayvis I don't need her crap anymore. Mayvis doesn't get the joke.

Back in 1983 when this movie was made, it was a real shocking classic. Not because of the opening nudity-scene in the elevator (after all: this is the Netherlands and 'Spetters' had been released three years prior), but because it was a real scary and sometimes even gory mainstream movie.By todays standards it will probably disappoint you - the story about a rogue biocomputer-operated elevator is severely outdated and special effects are negligible. But nevertheless it really has something - eerie and terrifying music and some really scare scenes. Not the one with the guard being decapitated, but the one with the little girl begin enthralled by the three elevators is classic.Another classic scene is right at the end, where the surviving cast members take the stairs, 10+ floors down, instead of the (now normal) elevators.

When I was going to see "De Lift", I feared that it would be quite bad, because it's a Dutch film, and in general I don't like Dutch films that much. But here, I must say, I was pleasantly surprised. The story is quite simple: a demonic elevator that kills people. It seems a bit stupid, but it's more interesting than one would expect! The production values are pretty low because of the small budget, but nevertheless, sometimes this film is very exciting. Something else worth mentioning, is the music by Dick Maas(who is also the director!), that is quite haunting and creates a tense atmosphere! Only the end is a bit disappointing, but nevertheless, this is a good film, better than one would expect, so if you would get the chance to see it, don't hesitate!