"You know that split-second stomach lurch when your elevator abruptly halts between floors? As the moments tick by with no signs of movement, even the calmest people will find their palms getting sweaty. Will you have to jab the emergency button? Yell for help? What if it's futile? And if you're crammed in with other people, then good luck -your anxiety levels are now tied to how frantic they get."
"M. Night Shyamalan reworked this terror into a story meant to be the first part of his proposed Night Chronicles trilogy, a horror series based on his ideas but helmed by other directors. Fifteen years later, Devil remains the only instalment. 30 Days Of Night (2007) co-writer Brian Nelson fleshed out the story into a screenplay, while John Erick Dowdle was hired to direct,"
"With Shyamalan saying he'd been inspired by Agatha Christie's mystery novels, reviews immediately honed in on the film's similarities to And Then There Were None. In Christie's book, 10 strangers on an isolated island start getting knocked off, and soon realize the murderer is one of them. Shyamalan, however, lets us in on a fresh twist upfront - a voiceover reveals that one of these strangers is the devil himself, hellbent on tormenting his fellow passengers before snatching their souls."
M. Night Shyamalan reworked elevator terror into the intended first part of a Night Chronicles trilogy, though Devil remained the only instalment fifteen years later. Brian Nelson expanded the premise into a screenplay and John Erick Dowdle directed, producing a brisk 80-minute thriller. Five strangers become trapped in a skyscraper elevator and paranoia escalates as suspicion turns to bloodshed and people begin dying. The film draws clear parallels with Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None but reveals a twist early via voiceover: one passenger is the devil, intent on tormenting and claiming the others' souls. Key figures are Ben, Vince, Sarah, Jane and Tony.
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