“Devil” is a hilariously bad supernatural thriller. It gives us a premise that might make for a great thriller but the inclusion of the supernatural elements just makes it absurd. The film takes itself way too seriously and it just becomes a total joke.

A group of strangers get stuck in the lift of a large building. The staff at the building try to repair the lift but nothing seems to be working. It isn’t long before one of them turns up dead. As the police now try to figure out what is going on, there are signs that a demonic force may be among the people in the lift.

The group of people are just not all that exciting. This is a movie that needs strong characters but we just don’t really connect with any of them. I didn’t care whether any of them lived or died. The funniest character isn’t even on the lift. It’s Ramirez (Jacob Vargas “Heaven Is For Real”), a security guy and a devout Christian. He believes that the Devil may be at work and he knows this because he throws some toast with jam on it and it lands with the jam side facing the floor. No, I’m not kidding. That’s seriously his logic. The Devil in this movie is rather forgettable.

“Devil” could almost work as thriller in the style of the ones by Alfred Hitchcock (“Psycho”) if you just removed the supernatural elements. As it is, this is a movie with a serious tone that does not fit the cheesy nature of the events that are unfolding. It’s not scary, the mystery is stupid because we have a supernatural force that can defy conventional rules and it’s just pretty boring. It’s a shame because the opening sequence with the camera showing the city upside-down actually looks really good and there is some genuine tension at times.