As Above, So Below

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As Above, So Below

R

2014

1h 33m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Archaeologist Scarlett Marlowe has devoted her whole life to finding one of history's greatest treasures: Flamel's Philosopher's Stone. According to legend, the artifact can grant eternal life and turn any metal into gold. When she learns that the stone is hidden underground in the Catacombs of Paris, she assembles a crew to guide and document her historic mission. As they begin their descent, the team-members have no way of knowing that they are entering their own personal hell.

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Critics Consensus

After an intriguing setup that threatens to claw its way out of found-footage overkill, As Above/So Below plummets into clichéd mediocrity.

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William Goss

Austin Chronicle

Sep 3, 2014

It's tough to get too worked up, as head-mounted cameras whip between fleeting figures and panicked faces with all the tension of a jittery recording of a trip through your local haunted house.

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Wesley Morris

Grantland

Sep 2, 2014

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?"

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Randy Cordova

Arizona Republic

Aug 31, 2014

Once the characters go underground, things start happening. Not scary things, mind you, but things.

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Jordy Sirkin

Jordy Reviews It

Feb 5, 2026

With an incredible backdrop, the film is a disorienting thriller that messes with you every step of the way.

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Bryce Hanson

Horror Movie Talk

Sep 18, 2025

9/10

The idea of setting a horror movie in the Paris Catacombs is brilliant, and they take full advantage of all the elements that make them scary in real life. It’s huge and maze-like, it’s claustrophobic, caves be caves, and spooky bones.

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

Jun 22, 2025

5/10

a deeply flawed diversion with more promise than success.

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Amanda M

@Akmorton1980 4 days ago

I was pleasantly surprised after reading reviews; this movie was genuinely scary. The underground element was very claustrophobic, uncomfortable and skin crawling. If you hate dark, enclosed places this is true horror Great flick!

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Dead A

@DeadAliveStore Sep 9, 2026

The same troupes you find in most first person/found footage films where convenience to the protagonists is seemingly ignored by the spooky antagonists (whoever they are). Six folk (three of whom we barely know) go into the catacombs of Paris and end up going into a less spectacular version of the Upside Down from Stranger Things. Characters with little introduction start doing things all of a sudden when it's their que to be popped off and then unceremoniously forgotten about immediately after the fact by the rest of the adventurers. It's all very clunky and trying to hit as many of the high notes we've all already heard but unfortunately it's all a bit tone deaf and empty.

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Amora R

@RT55607208 Sep 9, 2026

VERY GOOD horror movie, the monsters,effects,sounds are very good. The found footage filming style is perfect, make you think that you are in the movie. It my favorite movie

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karen C

@RT74380964 Aug 31, 2026

Reallly goood. It makes you feel so claustrophobic, and scared. The character, the main character, I just don't get how can everyone agree with her so easily. She just says something and everyone just does as she wants, like I think they all would have been saved if they would have stood their grounds, but well. This movie is amazing, really. Makes you feel like you are inside the movie, because all the tiny places, all the things they have to pass, is just makes you think, what if i were in this situation? Really a masterpiece.

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R T

@RT44834321 Aug 25, 2026

Pretty good tho the main character doesn’t actually know how to translate stuff and it was kinda painful to watch her fail to translate the most simple sentences but other then that it was pretty good.

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Courtney S

@GetOverIt23 Jul 28, 2026

My favorite comfort horror film. Best “found footage” and I love how her knowledge in other languages/culture/history is what ultimately saves them in the end. Acting is great and so are the visuals, along with the parallels. This film deserves a way better score.

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Synopsis

Archaeologist Scarlett Marlowe has devoted her whole life to finding one of history's greatest treasures: Flamel's Philosopher's Stone. According to legend, the artifact can grant eternal life and turn any metal into gold. When she learns that the stone is hidden underground in the Catacombs of Paris, she assembles a crew to guide and document her historic mission. As they begin their descent, the team-members have no way of knowing that they are entering their own personal hell.

Director: John Erick Dowdle
Producer: Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, Drew Dowdle, Patrick Aiello
Screenwriter: John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Legendary Pictures, Brothers Dowdle
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Bloody Violence/Terror)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 29, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 18, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.2M
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Datasat, SDDS, Dolby Digital

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