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1 Platter
5 Pea container
8 Run
12 Sandwich cookie
13 “Norma —”
14 Hodge-podge
15 Make over
17 Clinton’s veep
18 Non-clerical
19 Shot on the green
21 Bed linen
24 Small plateau
25 Henry VIII's Catherine
26 Deserter
30 Submachine gun
31 External
32 Beehive stuff
33 Famous
35 Arm bone
36 Stein and Stiller
37 Type of tea from India
38 Dangerous fly
41 Brewery product
42 Tittle
43 Kidney-shaped
48 Revealing skirt
49 Grecian vessel
50 Eye layer
51 Verve
52 Before (Pref.)
53 Gentle-woman
2 Anger
3 D.C. fig.
4 Ice chest
5 Import-tune
6 Feed-bag tidbit
7 Dug down further
8 GI ID
9 Oodles
10 Paddock papa
11 Tackled the weeds
16 Cistern
20 Addict
21 Boot attachment
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22 Confused state
23 Ms. Brockovich
24 Apportions (out)
26 Second-place contender
27 Piercing tools
28 Comical Carvey
29 Physical
31 Has bills
34 Get
35 Handy
37 “The Greatest”
38 Fourth dimension
39 Dirt
40 Sicilian volcano
41 Elizabeth's daughter
44 Blunder
45 Eggs
46 Scarlet
47 Has permission
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SUDOKU
9/02
Difficulty Level ★★
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New horror movie average in execution
It's easy to shrug off a middle-of-the-road horror movie with a typical set-up, but the disappointment factor runs much higher when a horror flick with a stand-out premise fails to deliver on its potential.
"As Above, So Below" has an interesting enough concept and locale to forgive some of its more hackneyed moments and give a bit of leeway with over-reliance on genre tropes, yet a film where the characters become stuck in hellish underground catacombs should have a stronger bite.
Surprisingly, there's more to the narrative than expected, such as adventurous twenty-somethings getting their kicks by searching for the gates to hell. Scarlett (Perdita Weeks), a young archaeological genius and troublemaker — like if Indiana Jones had Hermione for a daughter — has discovered the secret key to the legendary philosopher's stone, which grants eternal life.
With the help of her hesitant friend George (Ben Feldman), they pinpoint its location deep in the cata-combs under Paris, enlisting a cocky urban explorer by the name of Papillon (François Civil) and his buddies to guide them through the tunnels. Documenting this all on his camera and the group's head cams is Benji (Edwin Hodge), giving the film a faux-documentary/ found footage style that brings nothing new to this convention and occasionally feels somewhat gimmicky, but also appropriate for this story.
The mythological aspects and "National Treasure" goes-to-hell feel of "As Above, So Below" engage with the most entertainment value, while the actual horror elements drive the film but aren't quite brutal enough to completely satisfy. The group runs across some creepy people, eerie situations (many of them related to traumas that haunt the characters), evil spirits and most face horrible deaths. It evokes a treasure hunt vibe with a scary twist, fairly atmospheric without music and attaining claustrophobic fear in the tight spaces at times.
Scarlett and George tackle ancient puzzles in varying tunnel formations and explain the meaning behind everything they encounter as if they're in an exciting adventure film. By the beginning of the last act, they
venture through the gates of hell and the tunnels only get weirder.
Although there are some decent thrills in this sector, opportunities are missed for particularly creative and scary visions of the underworld. Director John Erick Dowdle, who co-wrote with his brother Drew, resorts to mostly lazy, unoriginal visualizations of fear here, although at least he maintains the fair amount of momentum established through the climax. The ending sort of fizzles out, while simultaneously feeling refreshing for going a different direction from what you'd usually anticipate.
Weeks also makes Scarlett a horror heroine viewers care about, which is certainly worth something. "As Above, So Below" may not be worth the price of a ticket, but for those craving a horror fix, there's some outside-the-box-and-underground fun to be had here.
Edited by Sarah Kramcr
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
A still from the movie "As Above, So Below" shows Scarlett (Perdita Weeks) and George (Ben Feldman) exploring the catacombs of Paris.
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