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8 February 2008 (Finland) moreTagline:
The Lordi Motion Picture morePlot:
A man emerges with his autistic daughter and three others from a hospital elevator to find themselves trapped in the building with devilish monsters. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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It's Alive Remake On DVD October 6th! (From Icons of Fright. 25 June 2009, 10:07 PM, PDT)
Weekly Body Count: Heavy Metal Horror
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Finland: Three points. La Finlande: Trois Points moreCast
(Credited cast)| Lordi | (as Mr. Lordi) | ||
| Kita | |||
| Amen | |||
| Ox | |||
| Awa | |||
| Skye Bennett | ... | Sarah | |
| Noah Huntley | ... | Ben | |
| Dominique McElligott | ... | Emily | |
| Ronald Pickup | ... | Tobias | |
| William Hope | ... | Jon | |
| Leon Herbert | ... | Rick | |
| Philip Bretherton | ... | Walter | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| John Calton | ... | Voice on Radio | |
| Laura Faarinen | ... | Nurse | |
| Maggy Fellman | ... | Voice on Radio (voice) | |
| Mikael Gustafsson | ... | Patient | |
| Eveliina Haataja | ... | Corpse in 2nd Floor Operation Room | |
| Ulla Hämeenaho | ... | Corpse in 2nd Floor Hallway / Zombie's Hands | |
| Anniina Keiskander | ... | Nurse | |
| Jonna Kinnunen | ... | Expecting Couple | |
| Jarmo Korteniemi | ... | Doctor | |
| Minna Kuusisto | ... | Doctor | |
| Mari Liimatainen | ... | Nurse | |
| Niko Männikkö | ... | Doctor | |
| Iiris Mikkonen | ... | Corpse in Minor Operating Room / Corpse in 2nd Floor Operation Room | |
| Jari Sarja | ... | Doctor | |
| Jarmo Saurio | ... | Doctor | |
| Milla Suoraniemi | ... | Nurse | |
| Armi Tenkula | ... | Nurse | |
| Hannu Tihinen | ... | Nurse | |
| Kaisa Vainio | ... | People in Information Desk Room | |
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Dark Floors: The Lordi Motion Picture (Finland) (promotional title)Punainen liitu (Finland) (working title)
Red Chalk (International: English title) (working title)
Ölüm kapani (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Alma Diabólica (Brazil) [pt]
Pimedad korrused (Estonia) [et]
Piso siniestro (Argentina) (DVD title) [es]
Temnyj ztaz (Russia) [ru]
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Rated R for horror violence and disturbing images.Parents Guide:
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87 min | Argentina:82 min (DVD version)Language:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby DigitalFilming Locations:
Oulu, FinlandFun Stuff
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The film had the largest set ever built for a Finnish film. moreSoundtrack:
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Lordi was a major hype and revelation in 2007 because they won the Eurovision Song Contest with a (not-so-heavy) metal song called "Hard Rock Hallelujah" and appeared on stage dressed like hideous monsters. But, let's face it, their victory most likely had very little to do with their great musical talents. The Eurovision contest gradually turned into one big political circus over the years and Lordi probably just won because their song finally brought a little change and even more importantly - because their whole act sort of ingeniously spoofed the whole annual event. The absolute last thing Lordi's first (and hopefully last) horror film brings is change and ingenuity. "Dark Floors", based on an idea of the lead singer and starring the rest of the band in supportive roles, is a truly unimaginative and hopeless accumulation of clichés. The immense budget ("Dark Floors" supposedly is the most expensive Finnish film ever) definitely assures greatly macabre set pieces and impressive make-up art, but what's the point where there's no story that is worth telling? The film takes is set in a busy hospital where a bunch of people, among them a father and his young daughter with an unidentifiable illness, become trapped in the elevator during a power breakdown. When the doors open again, the floors are empty and it looks as if the hospital lies abandoned since many years already. Trying to reach the exit, the group stumbles upon several morbid and inexplicable obstacles, like eyeless corpses, screaming ghosts and Heavy Metal monsters emerging from the floors. The only three points I'm handing out to "Dark Floors" are exclusively intended for the scenery and the adequate tension building during the first half of the film. For as long as the sinister events don't require an explanation, the atmosphere is quite creepy, but as soon as you realize the explanation will a) be very stupid or b) never come, the wholesome just collapses like an unstable house of cards. Lordi's costumes never really were scary to begin with (except maybe to traditional Eurovision fans) and, in combination with a story more reminiscent to Asian ghost-horror, they just look downright pathetic and misfit. With all the national myths and truly unique exterior filming locations, I personally always presumed Finland The Land of a Thousand Lakes would be the ideal breeding ground for potentially horrific horror tales, but I guess that's another disillusion on my account.