The Elevator Page #3

Synopsis: Things are going swimmingly for the film producer Roy Tilden, his last film is a success and he will soon receive an award for it. But his perfect day changed quickly when he takes an elevator with a keen writer. Directly after the door is closed, the emergency stop button is pressed and he is caught with a bunch of mildly different people.
 
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1996
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of dead rats.

Dozens of them, inside.

If you want excitement, find

another job.

The lift!

There's someone here.

-The lift's going up.

That's strange.

The stairs! We'll catch him

by surprise.

It's on the 10th floor.

It stopped. It's at the 15th floor.

Isn't that the restaurant floor?

-Maybe he's hungry.

Are you alright?

Kees!

There's something down here.

There's a man down there.

Help!

Get me out! Quick!

Shall I get some soap?

The lift!

The lift!

It's stopping.

Kees, where are you?

Vice was even worse.

I remember a psychopath.

He'd picked up a girl.

And he gave her a sleeping pill.

He cut her up with a chainsaw.

A Black and Decker, I believe.

He cut her in half.

I skipped lunch that day.

You get used to it.

Not all crazy people are locked up.

It may be routine for you...

but I don't experience these

things terrible every day.

It's unbelievable.

They told me this lift was

absolutely safe.

And look what happens.

It's not the first lift accident.

And it won't be the last.

I don't like lifts. I prefer

the stairs.

I suffer from claustrophobia when

I'm in an enclosed area.

That's why I'm a police man,

not a criminal.

I'd rather put others in a cell

then myself.

Do you know how many people get stuck

in lifts every year?

No idea. 100? 200?

Ah, Smit. I just asked

this gentleman...

how many people get stuck

in lifts each year.

-A quarter of a million!

Each year!

Those are the facts.

Did you go to the hospital?

-The night watchman can't tell us much.

He's in shock.

It could be days before he

can talk.

That won't help us.

He did say there was someone else

in the building.

They were going after someone.

In the building? A burglar?

-That's all I could get out of him.

That might have something to

do with it.

We'll check if there were signs

of burglary.

We'll have to wait until our friend can

give a full statement.

He's our only witness.

And the blind man?

Mr. Vink. He must have fallen in

the lift shaft yesterday.

He had just bought a holiday house.

Looks like an accident.

Was there a mechanic?

He started this morning. He must

be almost finished.

Are you doing ok?

Why? Who are you?

Mieke de Beer of the New Review.

The New Review?

I've seen it in people's cat litter box.

-Our readers are everywhere.

Aren't you a bit late?

I took pictures this morning.

I thought no one was allowed in.

-That's what almost everyone thought.

Impressive.

Are you from Rising Sun?

-No, from the lift company.

That's something else.

For your readers?

For my private collection.

I heard you've been here all day.

That's correct.

What was that?

Air circulation in the shaft.

It makes the cables shake.

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