i'm very glad that i watched as above sobel
after visiting the catacombs in paris because i think had i watched this film
first i may have been a little bit too nervous to actually go down
so this will be a spoiler-free discussion there will not be any
spoilers so if you haven't seen it yet you're
free to listen to this but i do encourage you to watch this it's one of
the most terrifying films i've seen and that's mostly because of
the claustrophobic feel the fact that it's set deep
underground but we'll talk more about why it's scary
in a moment i will say first of all that the catacombs
are wonderful if you get a chance to visit them
you must i queued for four hours in the baking sun to get into the catacombs
and it was worth every second this film is almost as as almost as spectacular as
actually being there so this was released in 2014 i first
watched it a couple of years after that i think to
when i went to paris in 2015 so maybe i saw this the year after
and i'll read the description for my mdb and then talk a little
around that so from imdb when a team of explorers ventures into
the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of paris
they uncover the dark secret that lies within the city of the dead
which sounds incredible i will say now this film wouldn't have worked if it was
set anywhere else if it was set just in some kind of random underground
tunnel system it wouldn't have had the same atmospheric feel
it wouldn't have been is intimidating because it is colossal
and what this does is really highlight how vast the catacombs are
as far as i'm aware the bits you're allowed into
as a tourist are minimal there are so many other closed off
corridors and very quickly you can become lost in them
as we see here now the team of explorers do break in and they
end up in some very dark and disturbing parts of the
catacombs and they find some very creepy things there and
i i don't know if i should classify this as a horror or a thriller i think it's
marketed as both but for me it's more of a thriller
the threat very much there are there are tangible threats but for me
watching it the biggest fear factor was the atmosphere the catacombs
the fear of never being able to get out of them again and getting stuck in them
and as i said only a small amount is open to tourists so it's not as if
they'd be discovered the next day when it
opens for tourists it's obviously very dark down there there's water
it's obviously everywhere you turn there are skulls due to the nature of the
catacombs and in real life that's fantastic and so
thrilling but in the film it's so intense and i don't
think i breathed once it's a slight exaggeration but it really
is so gripping and enthralling and honestly one of the most
disturbing films i hate well i love to hate films that are set
underground or in potholes or caves where it feels claustrophobic and like
you're never going to get out kind of like the descent if you've seen
the descent and liked it you'll definitely love this
i would say that this is not a good film to watch if you have never
really seen any horrors or thrillers if you're just trying to get into the genre
hand on heart i feel like this would be too intense it is brutal
but if you are comfortable with films that will make you
weep with fear then as above so below you have to watch it it is incredible
as i said i went to the catacombs before watching it
if you can i advise you to do that but then
on the flip side if you watch this film first you might get some more knowledge
of the catacombs before you go so i guess there are pros and cons
either way um yeah if you've seen it let me know what you think of it
if you haven't then you must it's incredible but you know if
you're not overly comfortable with horror
maybe proceed with caution