Down

Down (2001)

YOUR NEXT STOP... IS HELL.

After the elevators at a New York City skyscraper begin inexplicably malfunctioning, putting its passengers at risk, mechanic Mark Newman and reporter Jennifer Evans begin separate investigations. Newman gets resistance from superiors at his company, which manufactured the elevator, while additional elevator incidents cause several gruesome deaths. The police get involved and suspect that terrorists are responsible, but a far stranger explanation looms.

Date of release
2001-09-06
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (202)
Runtime
1h 51m
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Director
Dick Maas

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Amsterdam and New York City

Down is a 2001 English-language Dutch science fiction horror film written and directed by Dick Maas and starring James Marshall, Naomi Watts, and Eric Thal. It is a remake of the 1983 Dutch-language film The Lift, which was also directed by Maas.

Production

Following the release of his film The Lift in 1983, Dutch filmmaker Dick Maas intended to direct a remake of the film. Warner Bros. the international distributor of the original film, approached Maas regarding a remake for American audiences, but nothing materialized until the mid-1990s when Maas officially began work on the project.

Principal photography took place in New York City and the Netherlands. Exterior shots were taken on locations such as on 6th Avenue and Manhattan, while in the Netherlands, interior shots were shot at the First Floor Factory in Almere and Amsterdam.

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