As Above, So Below (film)

As Above, So Below
As Above, So Below
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Erick Dowdle
Written by	Drew Dowdle; John Erick Dowdle;
Produced by	Thomas Tull; Jon Jashni; Drew Dowdle; Patrick Aiello;
Starring	Perdita Weeks; Ben Feldman; Edwin Hodge;
Cinematography	Léo Hinstin
Edited by	Elliot Greenberg
Music by	Keefus Ciancia
Production; companies	Legendary Pictures; Brothers Dowdle;
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	August 29, 2014;
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5–10 million
Box office	$41.9 million

As Above, So Below is a 2014 American horror film^[6] written and directed by John Erick Dowdle and co-written by his brother Drew. The film stars Perdita Weeks, Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, François Civil, Marion Lambert, and Ali Marhyar. The title refers to the popular paraphrase of the second verse of the Emerald Tablet. It is presented as found footage of a documentary crew's experience exploring the Catacombs of Paris and was loosely based on the nine circles of Hell from Dante Alighieri's epic 14th-century poem Divine Comedy.^[7] The film was produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Universal Pictures, making it the first film in Legendary's deal with Universal. The film was released on August 29, 2014,^[8]^[9] received negative reviews from critics and grossed $41 million worldwide against its $5 million budget.

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