You can take THN out of Frighfest, but you can’t take the love of the horror genre out of THN. That’s right despite having spent an entire four-day weekend surrounded by the macabre, gory and disturbing we can’t wait to see the next cinematic offering that is AS ABOVE, SO BELOW.
The film is directed by the Dowdle Brothers whose previous credits include QUARANTINE and DEVIL. Both were alright films, QUARANTINE was never going to be better than the film it was remaking, [REC], but it still had it’s moments, and DEVIL which was produced by M. Night Shyamalan was at least a slight return to form for Shayamalan. AS ABOVE, SO BELOW will be their first ‘solo’ project in a way, and from what we’ve seen so far we’re intrigued to see what they can pull-off.
Set underneath the Parisian streets deep within the catacombs the trailer points to a more psychological take on the found-footage genre. A group of explorers venture into the catacombs and discover a dark secret that lies within the City of the Dead, which somehow sees all their most private and horrific memories played-out again. Ahead of the release (which is this Friday), we have been treated to a new and extended trailer. See below:
From the footage on show it looks like the film is going to be a claustrophobic’s worst nightmare with some really rather tight spaces on show and parts that seem quite THE DESCENT-esque which suits this writer just fine.
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW stars Ben Feldman, and Perdita Weeks, and is released in cinemas in both the US and UK this coming Friday, 29th August.
Source: Yahoo! Movies
