The Lift
Directed by Emanuele D'Antonio
The world's first film shot entirely inside an elevator, from the brilliant mind of Sexocracy author Luca Redavid. Bologna, August 2, 1980. A terrifying roar shakes the central station, while six strangers remain trapped in a cabin just steps from hell. Isolated from the world in a claustrophobic space of just a few square meters, tensions rise to the limit as air runs out and help fails to arrive... From TMDB
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60 of 88 · most liked firstI am currently watching the deeply silly Dick Maas film THE LIFT, about an elevator that gains sentience because of an advanced "organic microchip," and it seems to have the exact same level of scientific understanding of AI that these billionaires do.
neutral · AI labelView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #filmsky - The Waterboy: a sizzling erotic sports drama with Kathy Bates & Fairuza Balk - Green Card: unconventional romantic drama. - Monangambé: tensions between colonizers & ppl. The jazz score complets (sic) the film - The Lift: Dutch horror. This week's find.
neutral · AI labelView post →This short film perfectly sums up why I support the Lift the Ban campaign having been arrested 3 times.
neutral · AI labelView post →Good films from 1985 that are more obscure: Dreamchild A Zed and Two Noughts The Company of Wolves Return to Oz Ladyhawke The Stuff The original Dutch version of The Lift, a movie about a killer elevator (my list may be skewed by watching mostly horror movies)
neutral · AI labelView post →This short film perfectly sums up why I support the Lift the Ban campaign having been arrested 3 times.
neutral · AI labelView post →My short film, Ex-Husband, is an Official Selection of the Lift Off Global Network Film Festival in Los Angeles. Virtual screening times and more information coming soon. Congrats to the whole team, including @deebeck.bsky.social @timothyreese.bsky.social !!
neutral · AI labelView post →The Lift is a wild movie, especially because it's about exactly what you think it is. 😂
positive · AI labelView post →Incredible trailer for THE LIFT (ps: Take the stairs. TAKE THE STAIRS! etc): www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qei...
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day (13th July) in 1984, the Scala Cinema was showing Christine (1983) and The Lift (1983) as a double bill.
neutral · AI labelView post →This Tuesday at 9 PM Pacific, #CultShelf starts a month of some of your favorite movies shown here, starting with THE LIFT! An elevator in an apartment complex is the setting of bizarre murders, but who or what are behind them? You can find the movie on Amazon Prime and Tubi!
neutral · AI labelView post →The director previously did a decent killer elevator movie, THE LIFT. #Riffotronic
positive · AI labelView post →The Lift (2025 Movie Thread, #12), #Horror365Challenge (#9) #filmsky #horrorsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Name a forgotten 80s horror film. "The Lift" (1983)
neutral · AI labelView post →On Friday it was ruled that the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful. Here is our short film about that day, the 3rd film in our REQUIEM FOR PROTEST series charting the 'Lift The Ban' campaign by @defendourjuries.bsky.social. This piece is a fugue composed by @kimhalliday.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →While THE LIFT is great fun, Dick Maas' very own remake of it, now called DOWN (aka THE SHAFT), is amazing schlock. Naomi Watts, shortly before she made waves with THE RING remake, starred in this out-there do-over that, at times, outdoes its source material. Also stars TWIN PEAKS' James Marshall.
positive · AI labelView post →Had a fantastic night, last night at the iconic @pinewoodstudios.bsky.social where my film Show Up and Start: The Art and Life of Dorothy Ramsay was nominated for Best Feature Documentary at the Lift-Off Global Network Season Awards.
neutral · AI labelView post →6) The Lift (1983) A film about an evil elevator directed by a guy named DICK MAAS... this is why I love this genre #100HorrorMoviesin92Days
positive · AI labelView post →DOWN hooked me when the evil elevator spit a rollerblader off a skyscraper observation deck, but I knew it was going into my collection once the rocket launcher came out. THE LIFT is a good movie — DOWN is a ridiculous 2000s trashterpiece.
positive · AI labelView post →*Really excited to write a sentence that has never been written before* I recommend the Dutch horror movie THE LIFT (1983).
positive · AI labelView post →I remember that being funnier. Next is Down, a remake of the notorious Dutch flick The Lift. A killer elevator movie, yes.
neutral · AI labelView post →Honoured and honestly a bit blown away to share that Show Up and Start has been nominated for Best Feature Doc at the Lift-Off Season Awards. Huge thank you to everyone who helped make the film, supported the journey, and believed in the project from day one. #LiftOffSeasonAwards #IndieFilm
neutral · AI labelView post →The movie club that I’m a part of’s pick of the week is THE LIFT from 1983. Now Watching
neutral · AI labelView post →Tomorrow night! We’ve got another film from filmmaker Dick Maas (The Lift, Sint), AMSTERDAMNED (1988)! Part action cop procedural and part slasher this wild film out of the Netherlands is an absolute blast with some over the top stunts. Tickets: link in the bio
neutral · AI labelView post →Afternoon all! Quick (and slightly cheeky) note — my documentary Show Up and Start - the Art and Life of Dorothy Ramsay has been nominated for a Feature Doc award at the Lift-Off Film Awards, and voting’s open. Please feel free to pass it on. Link’s here: liftoff.network/season-award...
neutral · AI labelView post →#30 - The Lift (1983) dir. Dick Maas Unfortunately my 300th watched movie for the year, but it looks dumb enough for me to enjoy it 😂 #horrorsky #nowwatching
positive · AI labelView post →I feel like we should all enjoy the last six minutes of the danish horror film "The Lift" from 1983, together youtu.be/sFBdZ1hXb1g
neutral · AI labelView post →Official Selection The Pain And The Power Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival (Netherlands) Pumped! Thanks to the Lift-Off Global Network film jury for including our movie in this year’s festival programming.
neutral · AI labelView post →Some pretty awesome news! My thesis film “Zarina” was selected for this week’s Judges’ Pick at the Paris Lift-Off Film Festival! I’m incredibly grateful to the Lift-Off Global Network team for the selection and for the recognition!
neutral · AI labelView post →Official Selection The Pain And The Power Sydney Lift-Off Film Festival (Australia) Thank you to the Lift-Off Global Network film jury for including our movie in this year’s program.
neutral · AI labelView post →Official Selection The Pain And The Power Paris Lift-Off Film Festival 2026 (France) Thank you to the Lift-Off Global Network for including our film, up for Best Documentary Feature at the fest.
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching 📽️💀 The Lift (1983) #thriller
neutral · AI labelView post →Posters for “The Lift” (1983) from The Netherlands, France, The USA and Italy #CultShelf #TheLift #horror #scifi #80smovies
neutral · AI labelView post →You can see tonight’s #CultShelf movie, THE LIFT (1985), on Amazon Prime and Tubi: link.tubi.tv/HTjVOzLvt0b
neutral · AI labelView post →And with that, thanks #CultShelf brethren! Tuesday, we start our repeat month with THE LIFT! It’s the killer elevator movie! Until then, take care and get some sleep!
neutral · AI labelView post →Paper Notice will be part of the Lift-Off Global Network, Los Angeles Film Festival. Proud of this film!
neutral · AI labelView post →Remember the earlier #beyondfriday film The Lift lads? Pretty awful.
negative · AI labelView post →Just a heads up - I am well into the 100 films in a year thing. Logging them all and writing a couple of paragraphs on each over on Letterboxd. Recently it was Saltburn, Foe, The Creator and the *woeful* The Lift... letterboxd.com/rickoshea/
negative · AI labelView post →#31DaysOfHorror #horrorsky The Lift (1983). It's a killer elevator movie. Nuff said.
neutral · AI labelView post →A group I am in is having a movie night at the Lift on Monday (6-8). It is a close to two hour movie, but it's a funny critique of capitalism worth sitting down for two hours.
neutral · AI labelView post →Maas also directed THE LIFT, a horror film about a killer elevator, and also its American remake, DOWN, which is also about a killer elevator and features Michael Ironside as well. Neither of these films are available to watch at the film museum, for some odd reason.
neutral · AI labelView post →I bet if You asked Jack #Reacher if He had a Favorite Obscure Horror Movie, He'd say 'The Lift' 🤣 (That Kill was Nuts)
neutral · AI labelView post →Mayfair Theatre Podcast 586! The Mandalorian and Grogu, Black Squirrel Books finds, The Great Glebe Garage Sale, Vac Shack, Deliverance, The Lift, Archie digests, RKSS, film production logos, Slush Puppies, Riverdale, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, and more! soundcloud.com/mayfair-thea...
neutral · AI labelView post →Willeke van Ammelrooy in “The Lift” (1983) #CultShelf #TheLift #WillekeVanAmmelrooy #horror #scifi #80smovies
neutral · AI labelView post →The horror film 'The Lift'. Tagline: 'For God's sake, take the stairs!'
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m one proud Executive Producer, Omertà is a short film we shot as a proof of concept for a feature film that I’m developing with a very talented team of young filmmakers. The short is now heading to Sydney as part of the the Lift Off Network festival
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 My original music video "In the Shadows" has just won the International Award for Best Film and Music, chosen by global audiences at the Lift-Off Global Network — an international film festival held at the legendary Pinewood Studios in England, home to iconic productions like Star Wars, James Bond
neutral · AI labelView post →Very excited to announce that our short film The Unseen has been selected to be part of the Lift-Off Global Network Session at Pinewood Studios in the UK! This online showcase will run from June 16th-30th and you can find more info here at liftoff.network
neutral · AI labelView post →This proof of concept was seen and recognized in film festivals during the pandemic in the Lift-Off Global Network Sessions 2020 & made it to the semifinals in the Sweden Film Awards 🏆🏅🎖️🥇🇸🇪‼️ YEAH, BISH, I’M WORLDWIDE‼️ Word to Kandi‼️ #FilmmakerSky #FilmmakerSkye #HorrorNoir #HorrorNoire #PNerdyFilms
neutral · AI labelView post →A recent find I LOVE is Down (2001) about a murderous sentient haunted elevator in a NYC skyscraper. Stars Naomi Watts RIGHT before she blew up. It’s actually a remake of a 1980s movie called The Lift. Even has the same director, just gave him $20M to remake a b-movie with a big Hollywood budget
neutral · AI labelView post →Melania on the Lift to the Scaffold ("Melania" apparently counts as a film)
neutral · AI labelView post →The Lift-Off Sessions Volume 9 has begun! It is an online film competition/festival. My film, Making Friends, is in the Trailblazers category. Watch films! Vote for audience favorite! checkout.liftoff.network/trailblazers... #supportindiefilm #LiftOffSessions #LiftOffGlobalNetwork #SessionsVolume6
neutral · AI labelView post →🇦🇺 Before ‘Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again’ became an Australian rock ritual, it looked like this.😏✌️☮️ This recently uncovered footage from the surreal promo film ‘Alice Through the Lift Doors’ captures the Angels performing inside Sydney’s Roseland's Shopping Centre in the 1970s! #Australia1977
neutral · AI labelView post →Warner Bros. 1983 Movies Part 1 Sudden Impact: ⭐⭐⭐/4 The Lift: ⭐⭐⭐/4 Star 80: ⭐⭐⭐/4 The Right Stuff: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/4 Never Say Never Again: ⭐⭐⭐/4 Cujo: ⭐⭐⭐/4 Risky Business: ⭐⭐⭐/4 National Lampoons Vacation: ⭐⭐⭐/4 Twilight Zone The Movie: ⭐⭐⭐/4
neutral · AI labelView post →Part 4 in our series Requiem For Protest is now available. The series documents the Lift The Ban campaign organised by @defendourjuries.bsky.social The film documents the day 523 people were arrested for terrorism in Trafalgar Square. Their crime? Watch to find out.
neutral · AI labelView post →This film is not to be confused with The Lift (1983) or The Elevator (2023). It’s also not to be confused with Devil (2010), about a group of people trapped in an elevator, but rest assured, this film is most definitely also about a group of people trapped in an elevator.
neutral · AI labelView post →Now watching 1983's Dutch horror film The Lift.
neutral · AI labelView post →Bonus entirely personal recommendation 1983 Dutch film The Lift. It was the first Friday night midnight showing at my University film club. The whole film is on YouTube. Literally a horror film about a lift but a bit camp. theportlypolitico.com/2024/06/10/m...
positive · AI labelView post →You want something weird..try The Lift, a Dutch film about a killer elevator.
neutral · AI labelView post →Lol. His American remake of (the far superior) “The Lift.” That is an impressive cast - but wow this is an odd film.
negative · AI labelView post →I saw that Shudder has The Lift, I haven't seen it since a VHS rental from Hollywood Video. I didn't know it was a Dutch movie. From what I remember, it's about an elevator controlled by a human brain that's homicidal. What's crazy is I found out the director made another killer elevator movie in 01
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