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Devil review

Devil review

This supernatural thriller takes a simple but intriguing premise, supplied by producer M. Night Shyamalan, which sounds like an effective half-hour episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE*, and deftly expands it to feature-length: five people trapped in an elevator are picked off one by one; is one of them a serial killer or the Devil himself? [...]

Devil: September 17

Devil: September 17

[ September 17, 2010; ] Universal Pictures releases this supernatural thriller, the first in what is being called “The Night Chronicles,” a series of collaborations between M. Night Shyamalan and entertainment company Media Rights Capital. The plot is simple but intriguing: a group of people trapped in an elevator realize that one among them is actually the Devil. If this [...]