Ben (Noah Huntley) is in the hospital with his daughter Sarah (Skye Bennett) trying to figure out what is wrong with her. We first see them while Sarah is getting her brain scanned. The power seems to flicker and then the machine starts to smoke. After some trouble getting her out, which I couldn't figure out why, Ben decides enough is enough and wants to take Sarah to a different hospital. As they wait for the elevator, Emily (Dominique McElligott) tries to stop them. Emily is a nurse there that has been working with Sarah and feels that this is the best place for her. As they talk some more while getting on the elevator, a few more people get in as well. The elevator stops and after a couple of minutes of fighting with it, it starts up again. When it stops on the next floor though, they all discover that everyone is gone. After some exploring, they do find a woman that has had her eyes removed. Sarah had been drawing that very thing. As they explore more, they come across some monsters that may or may not want Sarah.
Even though Dark Floors was filmed with the actors speaking English, it is actually a movie made by Finland and Iceland. The idea for the film, as well as the monsters in the film, is from the heavy metal group Lordi. Think the Finland version of GWAR and there you have it. Dark Floors starts off interesting enough. I liked the mystery of why the group seemed to be the only ones around suddenly, and that Sarah seemingly knew what was going on. It is never clear if she knows, or if maybe can see what is going to happen next. I know there is supposed to be something wrong with Sarah, but I found her to be one of the most annoying children in a movie. Since I was watching this in the other room, I ended up having all the lights off. This isn't something I usually do though. I'm actually glad for it this time because there is a light directly in front of the TV, so it leaves a reflection. A lot of the scenes in Dark Floors were very dark, so a reflections would not have been a good thing. I didn't know that the monsters in the film were actually a rock group when I started watching this. I found out about that in the DVD extras. I guess it is a cool way to get the band out there more. After all, I would probably never had heard of them if it wasn't for this movie. I found the plot a bit hard to follow though. It was never confusing to me, but I had no real idea what was going on with it. The ending doesn't clear anything up I didn't think, so I was left a little lost. I like it when a movie leaves things open for me to figure it out on my own, but give me some better clues.
I wouldn't call Dark Floors a gory movie. For people that don't like gore though, they might disagree with me. As I mentioned above, a woman is found with her eyes missing. There is also a guy that gets his leg chewed on, and someone gets their heart taken from then in a not so good way. I don't think any blood was shown though. The members of Lordi look kind of cool. I liked Awa, who turns out to be a ghost thanks to some decent CGI work. The best part of the effects didn't make into the film much. In the behind the scenes feature they showed putting makeup on some zombies that show up late in the film. They looked very cool, and it looked like a lot of work went into them, so I was a bit surprised they weren't in the movie more. The acting was just okay to me. I didn't hate anyones acting, not even Bennett's since I realize it was probably director Pete Riski's choice to have her play the part that way.
I didn't find Dark Floors to be a great film, it was just an okay one. If they had given clues to what was going on, no need to spell it out but little clues would have been nice, I know I would have liked it even more. The members of Lordi are just there for show really. I don't recall any of them having any speaking lines. While they can sing and play their music fine, they really do suck at interviews. Not all of them were bad, but the lead singer sure was. It went something like this:
"What did you think of the finished movie?"
"Umm...yeah...umm...rock on!"
The interviews were part of the world premiere of the movie, in case you were wondering about that. If you happen to be a fan of the group, Dark Floors will be worth checking out. As for me, I was able to figure out that they are in a time loop, but I wasn't able to hear what Sarah was saying at the end of the film very well. The music was a bit loud and Sarah wasn't talking very loud. I think I have figured out what was happening in the movie to a point. If you like movies that make you figure out what is going on, you should enjoy this one as well.
3 out of 5 The ghost should have gotten more screen time
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