Japanese film directed by Keisuke Horibe. Three seemingly unacquainted men and a woman find themselves trapped in an elevator. As the hours pass and the level of anxiety rise, we realize the elevator trap is in fact a trap, but hatched by which of the parties and for what motive?
Direction
Horibe squeezes maximum dread from one tiny space.
Acting
Uchino's sweaty desperation is genuinely uncomfortable.
Director
Keisuke Horibe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot almost entirely on a single practical elevator set built in a warehouse, with cameras squeezed into corners no larger than 30cm.
The 2009 release rode the wave of low-budget Japanese chamber thrillers, but its real influence is Agatha Christie's 'And Then There Were None' — just with worse ventilation.
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