Devil (also known as The Night Chronicles 1: Devil) is a 2010 American supernatural horror film directed by John Erick Dowdle. The screenplay by Brian Nelson was from a story by M. Night Shyamalan. The film stars Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green, Geoffrey Arend, Bojana Novakovic, Jenny O'Hara, and Bokeem Woodbine. Devil was released on September 17, 2010. Critics praised the film's atmosphere and performances, but criticized the short running-time and convoluted story.
Cast
Chris Messina as Detective Bowden
Logan Marshall-Green as Mechanic (Anthony "Tony" Janekowski)
Jenny O'Hara as Old Woman
Bojana Novakovic as Young Woman (Sarah Caraway)
Bokeem Woodbine as Guard (Ben Larson)
Geoffrey Arend as Salesman (Vince McCormick)
Jacob Vargas as Ramirez
Matt Craven as Lustig
Joshua Peace as Detective Markowitz
Caroline Dhavernas as Elsa Nahai
Joe Cobden as Dwight
Zoie Palmer as Cheryl
Vincent Laresca as Henry
Mark Behar as Security - Elevator (voice)
Plot
A man jumps from the thirty-fifth floor of a skyscraper, and an elevator within the building gets stuck shortly thereafter. Within the elevator are the temporary security guard Ben Larson, the mechanic and former soldier Tony Janekowski, the mattress salesman Vince McCormick, the young woman Sarah Caraway, and an unidentified elderly woman. At certain intervals, the light within the elevator turns off for a few seconds at a time. When the light first reactivates, Sarah suddenly has a bite mark on her back, and the people within the elevator begin to suspect each other. When the light goes out a second time, Vince is killed when his jugular vein is slit with a shard of the elevator mirror. The security guards in the control room, observing the elevator from a camera, can communicate with the passengers, but cannot hear what they say. A repair technician sent to investigate the elevator dies when his relegation guard fails. One of the guards attempts to handle the fuse box in the basement and is electrocuted.
Meanwhile, a suicide note from the man who jumped from the building is found, in which he speaks of the Devil's approaching presence. On the elevator's third blackout, the elderly woman is found hanged on a power cable, and during the fourth outage, Ben's neck is broken. The only survivors, Tony and Sarah, suspect each other and arm themselves with shards of the mirror. Bowden, a detective in the control room who was assigned to investigate the suicide, attempts to defuse the situation with the story of his recovery from alcoholism, which was brought about by the death of his wife and son in a hit and run. The perpetrator left behind only a car wash coupon, on which "I'm so sorry" was written.
When the light goes out one last time, Sarah's throat is slit. As Tony attempts to stop the bleeding, the Devil manifests in the form of the elderly woman. The elevator suddenly plunges into the depths, but stops before the spring locks. Tony confesses over a radio that he fled from a fatal accident five years ago. Bowden realizes that Tony is responsible for the death of his wife and son. The Devil, powerless now that Tony has repented of his sin, vanishes. As the corpses of Sarah, Ben, and Vince are wheeled away, Bowden decides to take Tony into custody, and, while en route, says that Tony killed his family in that accident. Much to his own surprise, he forgives Tony.
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