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After watching their best friend get murdered, a group of teens struggle to expose a local hero as the vicious killer and keep from becoming his next victims.
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Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
oh dear whats happened to dennis quaid this is by far his worst performance acting was awful almost stiff he was not suited to the character he was unconvincing in his role the film was ok the rest of the cast were rubbish aswell a dvd i will never watch again, ok if you dont expect great things or acting
By Jules
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Format:DVD
Beneath The Darkness is a formulaic horror/thriller about a disturbed & oddball Texan mortician Ely Vaughn (Quaid), who attracts the interest of a foursome of high school teens who suspect he is upto something sinister. As they spy on him & delve deeper, it results in terible consequences, and the local law are more inclined to believe a pillar of the community over four hormonal kids. But determined, the remaining trio are out for revenge, and make it they're personal mission to expose him for what he is. But at what cost ?
Overall the movie has it's moments thanks to a few tense & suspenseful scenes, but quite a few of them are poorly paced that it's easy to lose interest. While in other areas it's manages to be quite intelligent & not just a run of the mill cliche factory, as a particularly interesting sub plot rumbles underneath it, and comes to fruition really well at the finish. Despite not having any huge action moments, it's relatively well filmed as a whole for such a low budget movie. But in places it's quite obvious just how low the budget is, for example in a high school football match they craftily use the camera angles to not reveal that there is in fact only one football team playing on the field.
On the acting front, Dennis Quaid (The Day After Tomorrow) put's on a masterclass which eclipses his co stars. As he goes from sane to psycho so effortlessly, and revels in pouring on a mixture of humor & insanity in equal measure, putting his wild eyed stare & big grin trademark to good work. The two star crossed lead lovers, Travis (Tony Oller-The Purge) & Abby (Aimee Teegarden-) made the final hurdle of the film at least somewhat interesting. They're buddy Brian (Stephen Lunsford-Kamen Rider) was adept as the A-Hole of the group, while Danny (Devon Werkheiser-The Wicked) is the short lived neutral guy trying to keep the peace. As teen actors go, they had a good believable rapport as a group, and they're respected personality traits were memorable, although visually they were quite plain & didn't have any quirky features. Infact at times the three male teen actors all looked pretty identical with similar cloths, hair cut's & features, that it was quite distracting to tell who was who until they opened they're mouths.
In conclusion, Beneath The Darkness is an OK paint by numbers horror/thriller with a chink of intelligence rumbling under it as a little reward. And coupled with a great performance from Dennis Quaid, makes this just about worthy of it's 3 stars. Worth a watch. Read more ›
Overall the movie has it's moments thanks to a few tense & suspenseful scenes, but quite a few of them are poorly paced that it's easy to lose interest. While in other areas it's manages to be quite intelligent & not just a run of the mill cliche factory, as a particularly interesting sub plot rumbles underneath it, and comes to fruition really well at the finish. Despite not having any huge action moments, it's relatively well filmed as a whole for such a low budget movie. But in places it's quite obvious just how low the budget is, for example in a high school football match they craftily use the camera angles to not reveal that there is in fact only one football team playing on the field.
On the acting front, Dennis Quaid (The Day After Tomorrow) put's on a masterclass which eclipses his co stars. As he goes from sane to psycho so effortlessly, and revels in pouring on a mixture of humor & insanity in equal measure, putting his wild eyed stare & big grin trademark to good work. The two star crossed lead lovers, Travis (Tony Oller-The Purge) & Abby (Aimee Teegarden-) made the final hurdle of the film at least somewhat interesting. They're buddy Brian (Stephen Lunsford-Kamen Rider) was adept as the A-Hole of the group, while Danny (Devon Werkheiser-The Wicked) is the short lived neutral guy trying to keep the peace. As teen actors go, they had a good believable rapport as a group, and they're respected personality traits were memorable, although visually they were quite plain & didn't have any quirky features. Infact at times the three male teen actors all looked pretty identical with similar cloths, hair cut's & features, that it was quite distracting to tell who was who until they opened they're mouths.
In conclusion, Beneath The Darkness is an OK paint by numbers horror/thriller with a chink of intelligence rumbling under it as a little reward. And coupled with a great performance from Dennis Quaid, makes this just about worthy of it's 3 stars. Worth a watch. Read more ›
By david bowen
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
After watcing this dvd, may I say I was not really impressed, reason been the acting was abit amateurish and if it had not been for Dennis Quaids part in the film I would have given it less rating. One more or less knew what was coming before it happened,no I was very disappointed with the film and woul not recommend it as a good film to have agood evenings viewing. D Bowen
By Benminx
Format:DVD
When a group of American teens decide to investigate the rumour that the local mortician's house is haunted, it results in a few shocking discoveries that I won't spoil here, suffice to say that Quaid's clean-cut nice-guy widower is a little mor unhinged than people give him credit for.
The film plays with the well-worn typical American horror staple of 'teens know the truth, nobody believes them, the psycho is out to get them'. In some ways, it handles this well - several sequences are enjoyably tense and entertaining. However, unfortunately many rely on the kind of ridiculously bad decision-making, 'don't go in there!' moments and stupid authorities that had become cliched over a decade ago. Quaid plays his crazy with an extra hock of ham, while the teens play it dead serious, and as a result his crazed killer, compulsively smoking his electronic cigarette, lights up the film whenever he appears. However with a plot that's rife with cliches, not especially inventive sequences, and an ending that's ridiculous and borrows heavily from several other movies, this is a weak entry that falls under 'just good fun' rather than 'terrific'.
The film plays with the well-worn typical American horror staple of 'teens know the truth, nobody believes them, the psycho is out to get them'. In some ways, it handles this well - several sequences are enjoyably tense and entertaining. However, unfortunately many rely on the kind of ridiculously bad decision-making, 'don't go in there!' moments and stupid authorities that had become cliched over a decade ago. Quaid plays his crazy with an extra hock of ham, while the teens play it dead serious, and as a result his crazed killer, compulsively smoking his electronic cigarette, lights up the film whenever he appears. However with a plot that's rife with cliches, not especially inventive sequences, and an ending that's ridiculous and borrows heavily from several other movies, this is a weak entry that falls under 'just good fun' rather than 'terrific'.
By K. Daniels
Format:DVD
When I watched BENEATH THE DARKNESS for the first time, I wasn't expecting a lot; a teen slasher film and nothing more. But when I saw it, I was pleasantly surprised. This is a gem of a thriller and I can highly recommmend checking it out.
The basic plot revolves around a group of friends who witness their friend's death at the hands of a creepy, but completly charming, killer. From that points things go from bad to worse from the trio of friends.
Dennis Quaid puts in a superb performance. He's normally associated with very likeable characters and BENEATH THE DARKNESS ingeniously plays with his star persona by creating a psychotic murderer who's seems to be quiet, sweet and someone who wouldn't hurt a fly, a little like PSYCHO's Norman Bates.
The other leads are also incredible in this - especially Tony Oller, who is not only an amazingly talented actor (as well as a singer if you look online) but is very attractive too. Never a bad thing!
So, what we have here is a top-notch killer thriller, low on the blood and guts but high on the story, tension, acting and terror.
I'd give it a very strong 4/5.
Go check it out!
The basic plot revolves around a group of friends who witness their friend's death at the hands of a creepy, but completly charming, killer. From that points things go from bad to worse from the trio of friends.
Dennis Quaid puts in a superb performance. He's normally associated with very likeable characters and BENEATH THE DARKNESS ingeniously plays with his star persona by creating a psychotic murderer who's seems to be quiet, sweet and someone who wouldn't hurt a fly, a little like PSYCHO's Norman Bates.
The other leads are also incredible in this - especially Tony Oller, who is not only an amazingly talented actor (as well as a singer if you look online) but is very attractive too. Never a bad thing!
So, what we have here is a top-notch killer thriller, low on the blood and guts but high on the story, tension, acting and terror.
I'd give it a very strong 4/5.
Go check it out!
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
At this point most of us have seen about every type of horror and thriller out there. Still this is a average one featuring teens who go looking for ghosts in a funeral home , there's a psycho in there of course and bodies etc. Dennis Quaid plays the bad guy. Which he has rarely ever done (if ever!), but he was a major leading man back in the day , so he was usually cast as the hero. This was only at the theatres for month in a limited release. But that's still better than most 58 year old actors get. The film looks great on blu ray and there is a documentary on the making of this movie. This is a average thriller or horror flick take your pick. It's ok and cast does a good job with a average script too. In fact we do have one supernatural scene in this movie where a kid sees death take his sister away. (in a flashback) but other than that this is a straight thriller and you know who the killer is from the first scene. So it is what is. Nothing special, and I think dennis did a good job with his role.
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