CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

junomartin Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfieffer are a couple in a beautiful house haunted by a ghost. Bob Zemeckis is a great director but this is one of his lesser efforts. There is nothing really wrong with the film except looking at the marquee names one would have expected more. It has ghosts, jump scares and spooky music- even great locations but it is better suited as a film made by a first time director not the guy who made Back to the future or Contact. Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfieffer add allure to the star cast but you can clearly see by their motions they are pondering on when the cheque will clear.

huggibear Who would have thought or suspected the killer? Certainly not me. I'm not going to spoil it for you because this movie is definitely worth a viewing. It was spooky, but not gruesome or horrific as a horror would normally be. It was pretty low key and untypical for a horror movie. I would have classified this more like a thriller though instead of a horror. However, it does have lots of suspenseful moments, which could be their reason for classifying this in the horror genre. It's still very good, believable for sure and it has unexpected twists and turns, which caused this movie to stand out as unique. Who doesn't like something different and non-cliché' or typical? I only wish the daughter that went off to college at the beginning had come back into the picture as a means of support and some family closure. But well worth my viewing time. Kudos to all the people who made this film! Very enjoyable indeed! And pieces of this were filmed in Vermont as well, where I currently live...very cool!

leplatypus I watched it a few months back, surely wrote the review and send it to IMDb. But I don't know what lies beneath, my review isn't on line !!! So I must write it again but it's more difficult this time as the movie isn't fresh anymore. I remember that Michelle was great as a wife becoming crazy; that the country location was superb, all the more than the couple was living in a sumptuous mansion... But I don't remember to have been scared but rather I felt cheated and annoyed: watching my childhood hero (Han Solo, Indy) becoming a cheater, a killer and a dangerous husband was not all fun: Harrison as a bad guy wasn't the ideal casting: maybe for him, it was a change and interesting to do but i don't think we can change our human nature and the only thing really unnatural in this movie was his job!

zkonedog The first time I watched "What Lies Beneath", I was completely blown away by its engaging, mysterious plot and well-acted characters. Even after repeated viewings, I can still enjoy the creepy atmosphere and well-crafted narrative.For a basic plot summary, this movies sees Claire (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Norman (Harrison Ford) Spencer send their only daughter off to college. Now in an "empty nest", Claire begins to hear voices, sense a presence, and witnesses many strange things happening around the house and with the neighbors. Is she going a bit loopy...or is something really going on?I am a huge fan of mysteries, and this film is most definitely full of that! Robert Zemeckis is a master director, so he knows exactly how to craft a movie with the right kind of pacing to fully suck the viewer into the lives of Claire and Norman. Not until the final few minutes of the movie do you know exactly what is going on. I would like to say more, but to do so would go into spoiler territory, and this is one of those movies where you don't want to be spoiled!"What Lies Beneath" is (admittedly, by the producers) a throwback to Hitchcock's "Psycho". The mood, the music, the usage of a bathtub (vs. a show), and even some names are taken from that great thriller.I have a "favorite movies" list on Facebook, and this one is worthy of induction. If you are a fan of mystery/thrillers and somehow haven't already seen this, you are in for a real treat!