When a man jumps from the top of a New York City tower block, troubled police detective Bowden (Chris Messina) is called in to investigate the suicide.
Meanwhile, in the same building, five strangers get into a lift, where, from the safety of his investigation room, mysterious happenings catch Bowden's attention.
The lift gets stuck and is plunged into darkness.
When the lights come back on, greedy heiress Sarah (Bojana Novakovic) has a terrible wound on her back.
Mattress salesman Vince (Geoffrey Arend) is an immediate target for the group's suspicions, but as horrific accidents pick the trapped fivesome off one-by-one, attentions turn to a greater evil.
Based on a story by The Sixth Sense director M Night Shyamalan, Devil is the first release in his 'Night Chronicles' series.