The Lift (1983): The Dutch Gave Us Windmills, Tulips… and a Killer Elevator?! 🚪🔪🎥
Oh, The Lift (1983). If you’ve ever stepped into an elevator and thought, “What if this thing suddenly turned homicidal?” then congrats—this Dutch cult horror classic is your jam. Yes, folks, the Netherlands decided to take a break from canals and bicycles to deliver a movie about an elevator with a murderous streak. And you know what? Maybe they’re onto something. The Plot: Going Up? Or Going Down … to Your Doom? The story follows Felix Adelaar (Huub Stapel), a repairman tasked with investigating why a high-tech elevator at a fancy office building keeps, um, murdering people. Death by elevator isn’t exactly subtle, but it’s definitely creative. A decapitation here, a near-strangulation there—this elevator isn’t messing around. It’s like Christine , but with cables and buttons instead of a killer Plymouth Fury. Felix teams up with a journalist, Mieke, to uncover the truth, and—spoiler alert—it turns out the elevator isn’t haunted. Nope. It’s been sabotaged by some unethical scie...
