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Scarlett Marlowe, a young alchemy scholar comes to Paris to continue her dead father';s work searching for the philosopher';s stone. With the help of her friends, Scarlett enters the journey of exploring the catacombs that lie under the streets of Paris. Together they reveal the dark secret of the dead city while their past are coming back to haunt them.
As Above gets lost down in the dark with its characters, rendering Dante's iconic warning equally relevant to an audience looking for original frights.
I have seen dozens of these "queasy-cam" vehicles in my 18 years as a writer of film, and so few of them ever surpass the limitations of their technique. This is one that carves out a spot in the upper tiers.
While the film has a reasonably engaging cast and some decent scares, the script feels like an uneasy blend of The Blair Witch Project and Tomb Raider.
Once upon a time, when someone in a horror movie turned a doorknob or drove toward a storm, you got to feel superior and shout, "Don't go in there!" Now it's more like, "Seriously? You're not gonna put down that camera first?"