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Leofwine_draca Well, we don't get many Finnish horror films, so you'd hope that DARK FLOORS might be good, a low budget gem of a horror film perhaps. Sadly it turns out to be a rather predictable psychological horror with all manner of goofiness and not much in the actual way of quality to recommend it.It's essentially a single location thriller, a la CUBE, in which a disparate group of characters find themselves trapped in an abandoned hospital setting. Is this real life, or are they in somebody's nightmare? Are the ghosts and ghouls assailing them real, or hallucinations? To be honest, you won't really care, because this is all rather familiar and predictable.The ending twist is obvious from the beginning, so viewers are left with a simple 'ghost train' ride of a film. The heavy metal rock group Lordi are the guys behind this, and they show up in monster costumes throughout, which is all rather ridiculous, although not as ridiculous as the rubbishy CGI spook which keeps showing up and looks like something out of HARRY POTTER. There are some surprisingly good cast members here - a weary Ronald Pickup, PILLARS OF THE EARTH's Skye Bennett, and best of all an expertly acerbic William Hope (ALIENS) - but they're wasted in what is a middling film.

GL84 Getting off an elevator at a hospital, a small group of visitors find themselves trapped in a nightmarish parallel dimension where they are assaulted by deadly demons intent on using one of them for their devilish plans.This one turned out to be quite the utterly enjoyable effort. What really works well for this one is the central location being the appropriately creepy and chilling location such a hospital should be, and the atmosphere is creates here is quite impressive. The big scenes that come from exploiting this dreadful atmosphere comes off just as creepy where the situation itself, disembarking an elevator to an empty floor after a rather eventful trip in the first place, the entire place in complete disarray around the emptiness and finding the creepy inhabitants prowling the corridors works so well due to that atmosphere which sets up the later scenes in here. There's even more great pats here as in the later staircase encounter with the rattling noises following them to the site of flashlights on the lower floors which then gets the big shock of the reverberating gunshot for a rather chilling scene as well as other great demon encounters in elevators, endless corridors or throughout the various levels of the facility where this has big scenes in the nurses office or down in the parking garage. These scenes provide such an impressive set-up and base for the rather creepy look of the demons here to make those haunting work as it's creepy figures in a creepy location which always works well in such a situation as this manages such a fantastic pace with all the rather impressive scenes coming along so that there's a really enjoyable pace along the way here which is always useful in such films. Overall, these here are more than enough positives to hold off the film's single biggest flaw that comes into play here, which is the total cluelessness of nearly everything in here. This one offers no explanations for all of the important features here, which starts at the beginning with the reasoning for how the group initially appears in that parallel world, as though it's expected the cause is the elevator yet there's nothing there about it for sure which tends to really cast too much doubt onto this one. The fact that there's no real explanation for how the film's main set-up occurs is pretty problematic, and leads into the rationale for the whole film as it offers nothing about why the girls is needed for their plans. We never really get the importance of her or even why the creatures take others when they're not needed and getting to her would've been quite easy. All of these are brought up simply to buy into the general premise and actions of the film which is why they're so problematic here. Even with a somewhat goofy tone in the second half as they're being stuck in the other dimension with the demons that feels out of place, there's still not enough to really hold this down.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Language and minor themes of children-in- jeopardy.

3xHCCH This movie was released without any fanfare in local mall cinema houses, buried among the big guns like "Dark Knight Returns" and "Ice Age 4." I just noticed it because I am always on a lookout for good horror movies. It turns out that "Dark Floors" had been already released abroad way back in 2008. That fact does not sound very promising at all."Dark Floors" is about a autistic girl Sarah (spooky-looking Skye Bennett), who apparently experienced a panic attack while undergoing a CT scan. Her dad Ben (Nick Lachey-lookalike Noah Huntley) wants to bring her home immediately, while her kind nurse Emily (pretty young Geena Davis-lookalike Dominique McElligott) suggests to have her confined for observation. However, while on the way down in the elevator, a power outage occurs and they get trapped in with three other men. When the power came back on, the hospital appeared deserted, and their group was under attack by monsters (Lordi) determined to finish them off.The movie as a whole was pretty pointless. It was just a typical horror flick where a group of survivors get picked to die one by one, in this case by a motley crew of monsters and ghosts wearing leather outfits. They looked quite familiar while I was watching. It turns out these monsters were played by the members of the Finnish rock band Lordi whose claim to fame was to win the Eurovision Song contest in 2007, memorable for wearing elaborate monster make-up and outfits. And Lordi was one of the "writers" of this movie!I see, so this project is nothing more than a gimmick movie for this band Lordi to capitalize on its Eurovision victory. So that is why it felt like a monster spoof at times, not really scary. There were some poignant moments in there, particularly with Ms. McElligott's last scene, for which I am giving two extra points. But other than that, there is really nothing much else going for this film, being the most expensive movie made in Finland notwithstanding.

Robert W. Dark Floors has several elements of a Horror film that makes me giddy. I love cheesy horror, I love dark, lonely horror stories similar to what they tried to do with this film. Set in a hospital ward with a small group of very different people, and something hunting them, it seems like the perfect premise but when you're on a low budget and dealing with very little change in setting the characters and the story needs to be above average!! The story starts out really strong but unfortunately falls apart in the latter half of the film. Its one of those films that feels like maybe they got tired of making it, ran out of money, or just stopped caring after the first 45 minutes give or take. The main group might be even a little too big as they just didn't spend enough time exploring some of the main characters that you actually wanted to know more about. Also some back story and some more origin to the monster would have been nice as well.Noah Huntley plays Ben, the doting father of an autistic little girl. He's sort of the stereotypical macho male hero of the story but the problem is he doesn't break the mold in anyway so everything he does is typical and while he is decent at the role, it doesn't wow you. Skye Bennett is the daughter and she is one of the better roles in the film playing the autistic and seemingly psychic little girl. I think they could have used her and her character a lot more to carry the story. Dominique McElligott plays the Nurse Emily and she is probably one of the better performers in the film. She shows the necessary talent to be a scream queen and gives a decent performance! William Hope is the angry, conceited businessman Jon. There could have been some good story there with the jerk that you love to hate and he goes to a certain level with it but then leaves you mostly disappointed. Ronald Pickup and Leon Herbert round out the cast is supporting roles that much like everyone else are good...but just shy of great. The beasts chasing them are played by Finnish metal band Lordi...can't really say much about their performance...they do the trick.The aforementioned metal group Lordi created this story and play roles in it as well. I will say this is better than most of the Horror Rob Zombie creates. Director Pete Riski is new to a full length feature film and everything is in place for this to be a really creepy experience. It is definitely worth watching but the problem I keep coming back to is there so much potential for so much more here and it feels like they miss the mark again and again and by the time that its all over you just feel really empty and sort of gypped. Horror fans will find some redeemable qualities but if you're looking for a scare or a fun thrill ride there is better out there. 7/10