Catacombs (2007)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Directors:

Tomm Coker
David Elliot

Writers (WGA):

Tomm Coker (written by) &
David Elliot (written by)

Release Date:

6 July 2007 (Italy)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Below the city of lights exists a world of darkness.

Plot:

On her first trip to Paris, a young woman hits a party in the Catacombs, the 200-mile labyrinth of limestone...

Plot Keywords:

Catacombs | Party | Tunnel | Blood Splatter | Flare

Cast

Shannyn Sossamon	...	Victoria
Pink	...	Carolyn (as Alecia Moore)
Emil Hostina	...	Henri
Sandi Dragoi	...	Liaves
Mihai Stanescu	...	Jean Michele
Cabral Ibacka	...	Hugo
Radu Andrei Micu	...	Nico
Cain Manoli	...	Leon
DJ Kosta	...	DJ
Marcello Cobzarju	...	Customs Officer #1
Marinela Chelaru	...	Customs Officer #2
Catalin Rotaru	...	Customs Officer #3
Tomm Coker	...	Dr. Giggles
Maxime X.	...	Virgin Mother
Conner Gebhart	...	Goat boy

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, terror and disturbing images, language, some nudity and drug content.

Runtime:

USA:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | Japan:R-15 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Finland:K-18 | Germany:16 | Australia:MA (2008) | Singapore:M18 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Lions Gate Films

Trivia:

Though the movie is set in France, it was filmed in Romania.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: After the main character hits her head and awakens alone, she finds the gate that has been chained and locked on the outside. But the yellow police tape is on the inside.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Victoria: My sister sent me a postcard. All it said was, "Come to Paris. It will be good for you." Forty-eight hours after I arrived, she and everyone I'd met were dead.

Soundtrack:

Blue Butterfly

Not a bad film!

People are slating this as a "bad" film however it is a decent enough, unnerving thriller that doesn't quite give the feeling of crushing claustrophobia the Descent does, and doesn't quite set you on the edge of your seat like monster chase films such as Creep does...

Some camera shots are a bit too "arty" for my taste, and detracts slightly from the overall effect seeing as it is a horror film, however it is easy to see what they were trying to achieve with such closed in, minimal light sourced tunneled shots that fade into the distance only as the main character rounds the bend taking the torchlight out of shot.

But overall, a good enough film with a slightly transparent ending that will either have you smiling or groaning!