Devil

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Devil

PG-13

2010

1h 20m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Five strangers' day begins with an elevator ride in a Philadelphia office tower. But, what happens next is anything but ordinary. The elevator gets stuck, and the trapped passengers, who expected to be together just a few minutes, now face the revelation of their secrets and transgressions. Frightening events turn annoyance into terror, as they begin to realize that one of their number is Lucifer himself.

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Critics Consensus

It's better than many of the other films M. Night Shyamalan has been associated with, but Devil never gets more than a few low-budget thrills out of its fiendishly promising premise.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

Sep 9, 2017

C-

Devil isn't really scary, the acting stinks, and it's not that clever, but you can rest knowing that the culprit isn't a hand puppet.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Apr 14, 2011

C-

Nonsensical to the point that every element doesn't hold up to the least bit of scrutiny.

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

Apr 4, 2011

2.5/5

Circling wildly within the film's main set -- a stalled elevator car -- or hurtling up and down an empty shaft, Mr. Fujimoto's camera is as giddy as a tween at a Justin Bieber concert.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 11, 2025

2/5

A handful of twists and turns in the narrative prevent it from being a complete waste of time, but only just barely.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Sep 8, 2024

3/5

…if most of Shyamalan’s films take a long time to get to laughable punchlines, Devil is quite the opposite, rushing headlong through all manner of crazy plot-points and red-herring characters...an ideal streaming time-passer, short and packed with twists

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Aug 3, 2023

1.5/4

Unlike something such as The Exorcist, which will scare the bejesus out of you no matter what you believe, this PG-13 horror film doesn’t give its audience or its characters enough cause to buy its central gimmick.

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Yash B

@yashbansal Oct 3, 2026

"Devil" is a truly strange horror/thriller movie. In a lot of ways, the premise is actually kind of interesting, but in a lot of other ways, the movie is also a bit too silly. I can see how M. Night was the mind behind the story here, but I don't find the big reveal at the end all that satisfying. I do think it often feels claustrophobic and tense, but it falls into the trap of cutting to black every time something scary happens, which gets a bit old. Overall, it is certainly a movie that feels like it's from the early 2010s, so it can be nostalgic, but it is ultimately not one where the experience of watching it really stands out for me.

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Aries C

@AriesComato Sep 30, 2026

Very good unravelling of the story with a brilliant ending

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Mike P

@RT09890132 Sep 21, 2026

Strange and only moderately effective captivity thriller and supernatural - morality tale from the M Night Shyamalan studio has the Devil sequestering several captive prisoners in an elevator, asking for blood from one of them: in repentance for a crime they committed. Shyamalan did better with this sort of thing in Split. It's obvious and predictable; but there are some effective moments; The Facts of Life's Jenny O'Hara plays an effective villain; and most of the acting is good. A mixed bag overall...

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J H

@UpstateNYThriller Sep 8, 2026

8.3/10 Underrated, Haunted Good 2010 era movie Baes in Philly People are trapped in elevator with devil. Detective is Claires boyfriend from six feet under later seasons

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B P

@Bradster69 Sep 3, 2026

Not Bad, but Not My Favorite

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lebaron2050 T

@RT87044890 Aug 24, 2026

In a world where scary films rely on jump scares to keep you at the edge of your seat, Devil isn't that kind of movie, but don't doubt it for a second, it still delivers a good scary story that will keep you thinking about it for a while. If you are old as a dinosaur and think movies like the exorcist are still scary, this movie isn't for you.

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Synopsis

Five strangers' day begins with an elevator ride in a Philadelphia office tower. But, what happens next is anything but ordinary. The elevator gets stuck, and the trapped passengers, who expected to be together just a few minutes, now face the revelation of their secrets and transgressions. Frightening events turn annoyance into terror, as they begin to realize that one of their number is Lucifer himself.

Director: John Erick Dowdle
Producer: M. Night Shyamalan, Sam Mercer
Screenwriter: Brian Nelson, M. Night Shyamalan
Distributor: Universal Studios
Production Co: Universal Pictures
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Disturbing Images|Sexual References|Thematic Material|Violence)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 17, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $33.6M
Runtime: 1h 20m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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