It touches on an underlying anxiety in British society as few other films have done.

~ Jennie Kermode -

It touches on an underlying anxiety in British society as few other films have done.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film has that trademark combination of high artistic ambition and crude pornographic content, sometimes charming or am,using, sometimes repellent.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The film has that trademark combination of high artistic ambition and crude pornographic content, sometimes charming or am,using, sometimes repellent.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of the most impressive horror films of the silent era.

~ Jennie Kermode -

One of the most impressive horror films of the silent era.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Handsome sets and costumes give the film a certain glamour that helps to obscure its weaknesses.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Handsome sets and costumes give the film a certain glamour that helps to obscure its weaknesses.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There were a lot of bad horror films made in this era but The Lift is in a different class, and loveably so.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There were a lot of bad horror films made in this era but The Lift is in a different class, and loveably so.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The audience laughed at times that were not meant to be that kind of funny, a primate exhalation of surprise and relief.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The audience laughed at times that were not meant to be that kind of funny, a primate exhalation of surprise and relief.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Esterhazy is showing us that she knows how to play the game by the old rules – before she subverts them.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Esterhazy is showing us that she knows how to play the game by the old rules – before she subverts them.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A beautifully self-contained, self-sufficient little film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A beautifully self-contained, self-sufficient little film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This film is long overdue.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This film is long overdue.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Keating is a master of building up atmosphere and is much more interested in that than in conventional plot mechanics.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Keating is a master of building up atmosphere and is much more interested in that than in conventional plot mechanics.

~ Jennie Kermode -