Stometer
Save your money for something good and enjoyable
Merolliv
I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.
Bob
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
Leofwine_draca
BENEATH is an American horror film about a group of miners trapped underground after a cave-in who find themselves subjected to stark psychological horror in the diseased depths of the coal mine. It's a low budget but definitely intense film which actually manages to be frightening in places, adopting the same kind of lo-fi approach as Neil Marshall's THE DESCENT, which was the superior film of the two. However, this is still worth your time.The story is clearly indebted to the tale of the Chilean miners who were trapped below ground for over two months back in 2010. BENEATH suffers from the usual genre clichés but manages to work overall thanks to the effective scare scenes. They usually involve scary-faced people jumping out of the darkness which is basic but effective, and a noisy soundtrack helps to emphasis the horror. Gruesome effects are used only fleetingly but are more the effective because of it. Cast-wise, the main issue is that Kelly Noonan's character is out of place and obviously shoe-horned in, but old-timers like Jeff Fahey and Brent Briscoe fill their roles effectively enough in support.
rps-2
If you think you would enjoy two hours of people shouting and swearing at each other in the dark, by all means see this movie. Silly, dreadful, unrealistic, absurd, pointless and confusing. I wasn't really sure what it was all about until after I looked it up on IMDb. Oh...it was a horror flick... No it wasn't, it was a disaster flick. In any case it was disastrously horrible. It begins with a bring your kid to work scenario except the kid is a sexpot adult woman and work is a coal mine. Something gives way or explodes or collapses --- thats never made clear --- and this unlikely group find themselves trapped underground. Rather than wait for promised rescue in 72 hours, they decide to explore. Booogie Boogie Boogie!!! At that point I wasn't sure who the bad guy was or why. Or was it possibly a bad gal? Or maybe a bad ghost? But it certainly was a bad movie!
j_s_kelley
Never was a big fan of the underground/descent style movies. This one was pretty good. I think the creepiest movies are the ones that draw upon natural fears. Claustrophobia is one of mine and the thought of being underground when freaky stuff happens, and the possibility of running out of light and/or oxygen makes for a tense movie. To the people that poo-poo on the "inspired by actual events": That is way different than "Based on a true story". There have been plenty of cave-ins and plenty of miners dead and some where miners survive. So who knows which one "inspired" the writers of this film. Chill out and enjoy a good movie.
aawarren
Great horror thriller that keeps you guessing. The characters are likable and believable, and the horrific element is handled in an intelligently restrained way. There's a great element of mystery in the film's sequence of events, and you're never quite sure if things are what they seem.The mining locations feel authentic, and the natural horror of being trapped underground adds to the scares. Special FX are handled well, but kept to a minimum, which is perfect for a film like this. The scares really come from the situation, the suspense, and the dynamics between the characters.
