As Above, So Below (2014)

The poster for this scary movie was very recognisable, the Eiffel Tower upside with a pattern of skulls underneath, it was obvious where the movie was set, but I didn't know what to expect, I hoped for something relatively scary or interesting. Basically in Iran in Aramaic, young alchemy scholar Scarlett (Perdita Weeks) discovers a riddle on the head stone of Nicholas Flamel, the alchemist believed to have discovered the Philosopher's Stone, and finds a rose key that may help her to find the historical stone. The tombstone riddle pinpoints the location of the Philosopher's Stone as being in Paris, France, she travels there, meeting up with her former boyfriend George (Ben Feldman) and her cameraman Benji (Edwin Hodge). They conclude that the stone is below the Parisian Catacombs, with their guide Papillon (François Civil); his girlfriend Souxie (Marion Lambert); and their friend Zed (Ali Marhyar), they go into the deep uncharted tunnels. But the explorers get more than they bargained for, when they do find the stone and remove it, they are trapped in the hellish underground maze, with demonic visions and chambers collapsing on them. One by one, team members venture too far, and suffer bloody deaths, until only Scarlett, George and Zed are left, and they realise that the only way out, strangely, is to go down, as seen earlier on a Gnostic Star of David, an artefact symbolising the notion "As above, so below". Eventually the remaining survivors find what appears to be a manhole cover above them, they jump through it, and find themselves the right way up on the streets of Notre Dame, they are now safe. The story is inspired by Dante's Inferno stuff, and the film is presented as a "found footage" movie, there are some reasonable gory and Blair Witch style apparition moments that keep you interested, it is not the scariest thing you will watch, but it's not a bad horror. Okay!

Not only IMDB but also other movies platform has bias about horror movies, especially this found-footage genre movie. However, this one is special in its kind. This movie makes you are really experiencing what the actors are going through. And it tells a story about redemption. A great horror movie you should not miss.

A group plans to make a party out of exploring for treasure beneath the streets of Paris. Descending into the dank, dark and bone covered twisted catacombs under the busy streets; these explorers hope to find a cache of treasure in the uncharted passages cluttered with bones. Wondering about all the souls that belonged to those bones, this dim-witted troupe stumbles around and feel they have discovered some dark secret. A cave-in blocks the entrance they used and quickly madness, paranoia and fear begins taking a toll. Is the only exit to be found a gateway to hell itself? Plenty of jumps, twitches and scares to go around. Worth every bit of its R rating.Cast members include: Perdita Weeks, Edwin Hodge, Theo Cholbi, Ben Feldman, Francois Civil, Marion Lambert and Emy Levy.

This 2014 horror film stars Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman and Edwin Hodge. This focuses on Scarlett (Weeks), an archaeologist who decides to explore the catacombs of Paris. She goes with friends, George (Feldman) and Benji (Hodge) where they find themselves in a terrifying nightmare of being haunted by evil spirits while Benji films their experiences. This isn't bad, it has plenty of creepy moments and the cast ok. If you're into found-footage horror films like "The Blair Witch Project" or horror in general, you may want to give this a whirl.