Into the Dark: Down

February 5, 2019 10:28 AM - Season 1, Episode 5

Two coworkers find themselves stranded in an elevator over Valentine's Day weekend.
posted by DirtyOldTown (3 comments total)

As with every other entry in this series, it would have been better were it 45-55 minute TV ep length rather than film length.

The twist reveal was a bit more sudden than it needed to be. They'd had him seem reasonably normal-ish until then.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 11:19 AM on February 5, 2019 [1 favorite]

I think I need to stop seeing these. They definitely should be shorter, and I can generally call most of the plot twists. Pooka was the only one that really worked. This also seemed gory just for the sake of gore, which isn't always a necessary element to horror, I think.

The few moments where the villain tried to be sympathetic just didn't work, because the storyline is just too much.
posted by loriginedumonde at 8:21 AM on February 8, 2019 [1 favorite]

WAAAAAYYYYYYYY too long and predictable. I say the same thing I said before-the eps need to be much shorter and/or there should be less of them. Two people in an elevator? There's only so many options with that and they went for a fairly obvious one.

I also agree the reveal on the villain was like WHHHHAATTT? And the coworker who suddenly turns up with "date" in tow was just painful. Better to have this be a much shorter ep.
posted by miss-lapin at 4:53 PM on February 15, 2019