Devil (2010 film)
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| Directed by | John Erick Dowdle |
| Produced by |
M. Night Shyamalan Sam Mercer |
| Screenplay by | Brian Nelson |
| Story by | M. Night Shyamalan |
| Starring |
Chris Messina Logan Marshall-Green Geoffrey Arend Bojana Novakovic Jenny O'Hara Bokeem Woodbine Jacob Vargas |
| Music by | Fernando Velázquez |
| Cinematography | Tak Fujimoto |
| Edited by | Elliot Greenberg |
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Media Rights Capital
The Night Chronicles |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
| Box office | $33.5 million |
Devil (also known as The Night Chronicles: Devil) is a 2010 American supernatural horror film directed by John Erick Dowdle. The screenplay by Brian Nelson was from a story by M. Night Shyamalan. The film stars Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green, Geoffrey Arend, Bojana Novakovic, Jenny O'Hara, and Bokeem Woodbine. Devil was released on September 17, 2010. Critics praised the film's atmosphere and performances, but criticized the short running-time and convoluted story.
Ramirez (Jacob Vargas) speaks in a voice-over about stories that his mother told him about the devil sometimes actively seeking out individuals who have sinned while they are still alive on Earth. While taking human form, he traps them in a confined place only to turn them against each other, before killing them one at a time. Ramirez explains that the last victim will die in front of his or her loved one to "make cynics of us all". He says that the signs are set in motion with a suicide, as that is when the Devil first makes his presence known. This story is abruptly interrupted by a violent suicide of a man who had fallen from the thirty-fifth floor of a Philadelphia office building. The truck he falls on rolls silently away.
Detective Bowden (Chris Messina) is a recovering alcoholic who is assigned to the case of the suicide. He later explains that the reason for his alcoholism was the hit and run death of his wife and son, five years previously, in which the perpetrator was never apprehended. Meanwhile, five strangers board an elevator, which later becomes stuck between floors. When security finds them, they notice that there is CCTV and a radio with which they can call into the elevator, but they have no way of hearing the passengers in return. Bowden takes the investigation regarding the elevator as it is the same building from which the suicide victim jumped.
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