Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

videorama-759-859391 This film could well have you, put off by lifts, as they have never been more frightening here. Of course here, what the viewer really wants to know, is what is causing this particular lift, the middle one of three, to malfunction, and display some quite scary behavior, while also causing a few nasty incidents and deaths, to some of it's users. Why this film works on a more realistic level, is the bad hiccups that occur with this lift, whether the air conditioner stuffing up, or the lift not arriving where it should, hence a blind man falling to his doom, these are real believable faults and they do happen, where the one in it's finale, is totally off the wall, and ridiculous. Is it being sabotaged, by a rival lift company, or is it just possessed? Looking into it, comes an electrician (Huub Staple- The Indecent Woman) who by the end of it, becomes so obsessed by getting to the core of this problem. We also see family life around this electrician, where the wife believes, he's having an affair with this reporter. I really liked how we see some family life around our hero, the relationship with his children. The lift has a lot of suspense, the most engrossing part, the last fifteen minutes, with Staple now checking the lift's devices, tooth and nail. Violence is very low for gore hounds, though not every horror delivers it's quota of gore. In fact, it's the better horror movies that have less. I'm not saying The Lift is good. There's something unavoidably dull about it. There should of been more poured into it. But is it worth watching? Yes. The last scene, with our two hero's resorted to using the stairs, played against a great finale music score is like a punchline to all those people out there who opt for the lift. Once, thinking I nearly got in a lift, when using an electronic card, it's awful feeling, where moments like this you give anything to make that other choice.

Brian T. Whitlock (GOWBTW) Foreign horror movies are something to take notice of. In "De Lift", it's worth the watch. Dick Mass has put up a masterpiece that is reassuring and intriguing at the same time. Here you have a elevator in a very big building with one sinister secret. During a dinner party, four guests are very drunk and they go in the elevator to their rooms. However, it stops midway, and the guests begin to overheat.Fortunately, they do get rescued and sent to the hospital. The mechanic Felix(Huub Stapel), takes a look at the building and check it out from top to bottom for flaws. He finds none. But he's still curious about it. After checking it out, another tragedy strikes. Then there's the guard who lost his head. Felix's obsession with the lift gains the attention of a reporter(Willeke von Ammelrooy) who followed up on him. His obsession with the lift has put a strain on the marriage. Which would lead to the company he works for. A super chip has given the computer to give life which proves to be fatal. A very intriguing film. Fun to watch. Recommended for the rainy day times. 3 out of 5 stars

vitachiel Well, I totally agree with the person who said he was too old for this movie. Seeing it for the first time again after I was 9 years old, I naively expected more from it. The implausible and continuity-lacking story, and the (typical Dutch) over-acting kills the suspense I was expecting. As regards the 'evil elevator' scenes, I was pleasantly surprised by the falling corpse of the cleaning guy, the decapitation scene and the hanging scene at the end. But these scenes are short and more of it would have made the film at least more entertaining. The drunk people scene in the beginning is very stupid and ridiculous; probably the maker wanted to give some spice to the audience so they'd keep watching. Mindstate '83?? The best scene is the one in which Stapel, trying to uncover the secret life-giving force of the elevator, is close-upped for a few seconds and then suddenly a hand comes from beside him towards his mouth. But no, it's his own hand and he's just putting his hands to his mouth plunged in thought! I don't know whether the director made this good joke on purpose or not (if you listen to the soundtrack you would think that). There is a director's commentary on the DVD, but it may take a few more years before I'm going to watch De Lift again...

andybob-3 Elevator serviceman Stapel takes it upon himself to investigate when the elevators at a stylish high-rise building begin to have lethal malfunctions for no apparent reason, but inexplicably finds his efforts resisted by both his boss and the manufacturer of the elevators.Silly to say the least, but surprisingly creepy and atmospheric despite its rather ridiculous premise, showing the occasional glimmer of imagination and humor, not to mention some nasty gore effects. The acting is adequate and although his voice is dubbed, real life racecar driver Stapel seems pretty laid-back and convincing in his role. However one character who gives a lecture on experimental microchips that is unintentionally hilarious, see if you can count how many times he says the word "chips"? 6 out of 10, fun if you park your brain in neutral and don't take it too seriously.