Low-budget horror heads into tight spaces. Again. For those paying attention to the fright film marketplace, the August release, “As Above, So Below,” took audiences into Parisian catacombs, where tunnels were tight and madness was waiting. “The Pyramid” is an uncomfortably similar picture, only this version carries an Egyptian theme and the threat is decidedly hokier. Familiarity could be overlooked if the new feature offered any substantive quality, but screenwriter Gregory Levasseur isn’t ready for his simplistic directorial debut, missing crucial details and easy suspense with this DOA effort. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com

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