As Above, So Below Page #3

Synopsis: Miles of twisting catacombs lie beneath the streets of Paris, the eternal home to countless souls. When a team of explorers ventures into the uncharted maze of bones, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead. A journey into madness and terror, As Above, So Below reaches deep into the human psyche to reveal the personal demons that come back to haunt us all.
Director(s): John Erick Dowdle
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 win & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
38
Rotten Tomatoes:
26%
R
Year:
2014
93 min
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Okay.

Okay. Now, we should

put our headlamps on.

Let's go.

Okay?

Can you check if mine is on?

Where's yours?

I'm not coming with you guys.

I told you a bunch of times.

Okay.

I'm leaving you

guys in a second.

Just give it a minute.

Here we are.

This is it.

Where?

There?

There.

That's the hole

that you're going into?

Yeah.

That's it?

It's not a joke.

Okay.

Let's do it.

All right. Look,

before we go down there,

I have installed pin-cams on

some of your headlamps. Hold on.

Camera B, good, check.

All right.

All right, camera C, check.

Let's go.

What's this?

Good luck.

Scarlett, I'm not... I shouldn't

have even come this far.

Please, I need you with me.

I'm not. I'm sorry.

Okay?

Are you sure you're not gonna

regret this? Good luck.

Okay.

Listen, I don't know what you do

but you make up

your mind now. Okay?

He's coming, he's coming.

I'm not going.

George! Come on!

George!

Watch your head,

watch your head!

Quickly! F***ing Christ!

Are you out of your mind?

Smoke bomb, look out!

Go! Go! Go!

Watch out!

Go back! Go, go, go!

Quiet!

You okay?

Let us make sure it's clear, okay?

Zed, Souxie.

George.

You stay! You stay!

George.

What?

I have a headlamp

for you. Come here.

Okay.

Let me just...

Scarlett, I got it!

I got it!

I gotta turn it on.

Hold on.

All right.

Camera D, good, check.

Thank you. You really

don't like caves, do you?

Is this working?

Yeah.

Okay. Thank you, Benji.

What did I say?

His little brother drowned in

a cave when they were young.

Sh*t.

You didn't know.

It's fine.

All right.

George,

are you all right?

I will be.

Yeah.

You never returned

my calls after Turkey.

I know.

I just wanted to say

that I'm really sorry

for leaving you there.

I know.

Hey.

What?

I'm really glad

that you're here.

I don't care. I'm not

here for you, Scarlett.

I agreed to be your

translator, that's it.

I know. I didn't wanna

come down here.

But here I am.

I'm sorry.

George!

The police

will never catch Papillon.

Okay, let's go.

George.

I'm coming.

I'm coming.

That's me,

the classic "Pap."

Nice.

We go through here.

Follow me, Benji.

Right.

Okay?

I probably should

have worn boots.

I offered you some.

F***.

It gets higher up here.

You'll be fine.

Okay.

How deep do you think we are?

It's okay?

Right.

So where are we?

There.

I make us there.

George?

You good?

You got something for your

camera to go in water?

Yeah. I'm all set.

Yeah, he's got a splash bag.

Okay.

It's going to get deeper.

Rue Bezout.

And there's a really cool room

in the other side, but...

But you have to swim through it.

We're not going to go.

Not this time.

Maybe another time.

Okay. This is the end.

You good?

This place is crazy.

That's hot candles.

There's people in here.

Come on.

There is always some

weird peoples down here.

You're not kidding.

Sh*t!

Okay.

We go through here.

Really?

And I suggest you pull

your hands up like this

so these bones don't cut.

No, no. We're not

going through there.

Yes, it's the only way.

F*** that, man. I'm not

climbing over bones.

That's a great

tour guide you got.

What did you say?

If you need a tour guide,

you get a tour guide who say,

"Look over here,

look over there"

and everything.

But that's not me.

If you want to find your hidden

treasure, that's the way.

Wait. Papillon, look. That

isn't actually the right way.

This one here. This is a

much more direct route.

Sometimes the wrong

direction is better. No.

Nobody uses this corridor.

Why not?

It's a bad place.

What do you mean, it's a bad place?

Is it dangerous or...

Bad like, people who go in

this tunnel don't come out.

We're talking about some kind

of urban legend or something.

This could save us

hours upon hours.

You think because you see

something in a book, you know it?

Just look at the map, here.

Okay, this? This is

not the catacombs.

This will not tell you anything.

Tell me, which ones

are filled with water?

Which ones have collapsed?

Which ones are evil?

You don't need to be yelling.

You don't know!

We had a friend named La Taupe.

In English, "la taupe"

c'est "the mole."

He lived down here for years.

He knew every corridor of every

system, except this one.

He knew there was something

horrible down there.

But eventually, he had

to see what it was.

He went inside and nobody

has seen him since.

So if you want to take this way,

go ahead.

Not with me.

Or me.

It's the best way.

These people have

been here before.

We haven't.

If that rock is down here, then

it's been down here for 600 years.

I think it can wait

a couple more hours.

These are human bones!

I know.

Benji, nobody wants to do this.

And you're cool with this?

I'm sorry, Benji, I really am.

Let's go. Let's just go.

Okay, look at Zed.

And use, like him,

all your legs and arms

because there is rats under...

Are you f***ing serious, man?

No, no, no...

First bones, now rats?

What the f*** is

wrong with you, man?

I'm just f***ing kidding!

That's f***ed up,

man! A**hole.

I'm right behind you.

It's actually not too bad.

Let's do this.

Give me that.

Mind your feet.

Just keep it

slow and steady, yeah?

Watch your head.

F***!

Are you all right?

No, no.

I think I'm stuck.

I can't see you.

Benji!

Piece of sh*t bag.

You okay, buddy?

Okay. F***.

Just move your shoulder down.

No, no, no.

I'm stuck.

Just move back, Benji.

I'm stuck. F***!

Just calm down.

It's okay.

No, no.

I can't breathe.

No, it's okay.

Benji, you can.

Look, you should go.

Just keep going, please!

F***. F***!

You have to move back!

No, just go, God damn it!

Move back a bit, please.

God! Why are

they singing?

Why are they

singing this f***ing song?

Just tell them to

shut the f*** up!

You're gonna have to

calm down, okay, Benji?

F***! F***!

Benji, just calm down, okay?

Just breathe with me, please.

It's okay.

Scarlett, you gotta

get out of the way.

Just get out of the way. Just

get out of the f***ing way!

You are gonna have to move

back a tiny bit, please.

I can't move back.

Just go forward!

Just a tiny bit.

Go forward!

You have to flatten out the bones.

Benji, calm down.

F***! Sh*t!

I think something bit me.

Something bit me! F***!

Benji, just breathe!

Benji, just listen to my voice.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

Just breathe, please.

You need to calm down.

You are hyperventilating, okay?

You will be all right. We

just need to take it slowly.

Now, breathe with me.

Just breathe with me, okay?

F***! F***!

Just line up the bones.

You will be all right.

Just keep coming.

Just move them out of the way.

Good, good, good.

Well done. Keep coming.

And now move forward.

Just inch yourself forward.

Well done.

There we go, keep coming. Sh*t!

Keep going.

Sh*t!

What was that?

F***. I think

it's gonna collapse!

Go!

Grab the f***ing camera!

Grab it!

Just grab the f***ing camera!

Hurry! Keep coming!

Quickly!

F***!

Benji!

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John Erick Dowdle

John Erick Dowdle (born December 1973) is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for horror films. He usually works with his brother Drew Dowdle as a producer and co-screenwriter. more…

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