2019 · horror · thriller · tv-movie
Down
Directed by Daniel Stamm1h 22m2019
A pair of coworkers gets trapped in an elevator over a long weekend, but what at first promises to be a romantic connection turns nefarious as each party begins to reveal who they truly are.
Our read: Down (2019) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded horror · thriller · tv-movie entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured horror / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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