Scarlett goes to Paris to carry on the work of her father on finding the philosopher stone, as she is an alchemy scholar herself. She along with her friends expeditions turn interesting as they start to discover catacombs below the streets of Paris. Things go far from planned as their past comes back to haunt them, when they start to tell deep dark secrets of the city
As Above gets lost down in the dark with its characters, rendering Dante's iconic warning equally relevant to an audience looking for original frights.
I have seen dozens of these "queasy-cam" vehicles in my 18 years as a writer of film, and so few of them ever surpass the limitations of their technique. This is one that carves out a spot in the upper tiers.
While the film has a reasonably engaging cast and some decent scares, the script feels like an uneasy blend of The Blair Witch Project and Tomb Raider.
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?"
