Dark Floors (2008) on Netflix
R20081h 25mFantasyHorrorThriller
A power failure interrupts the tomography of Ben's autistic daughter Sarah, so he decides to leave the hospital with her. Their elevator opens on an emptied hospital, and monsters chase them.
- Netflix3.0/5
- IMDb4.4/107,299 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes18%
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Plot summary
Ben brings his autistic daughter Sarah to a hospital for a tomography of her brain. When a power failure strikes, Ben becomes upset and decides to leave the hospital with the girl. Emily, a nurse there, tries to persuade him that Sarah should stay for further treatment. Ben and Sarah take an elevator with three other passengers, and it suddenly stops. When the doors open, the other people in the hospital have vanished and the surroundings are creepy. Devilish monsters chase the group, and they find themselves trapped in the building. The creatures seem to be hunting Sarah.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Dark Floors (2008)
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- Dark Floors was meant to premiere in 2007 at the Eurovision song contest in Helsinki, where Lordi were to open with "Hard Rock Hallelujah", but the team could not finish in time, post-production ran into May, and the premiere was pushed to December.
- The sets built for Dark Floors were the largest ever constructed in Finland, taking up 1,700 square metres for the film's basement car park scene.
- Dark Floors' full budget reached $4.3 million, making it one of the most expensive films made in Finland. Most of the money went on special effects design, set construction, a large marketing campaign and post-production.
- To make the film's CGI X-rays credible, the production team visited hospitals to research how an X-ray works.
- Dark Floors was originally planned to be shot on location in the Baltics, but Oulu was chosen instead, with special effects used to replicate a city where necessary.
