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.

Theron Harris I really enjoyed this movie for what it was. There were some really good scenes and for a horror movie it really gets the job done. With that being said there are some faults. Many parts of the movie remain unexplained. I feel as if the script was changed about halfway through. Some parts were mentioned and do not really tie into the rest of the movie. I feel as if the director didn't really have a clear picture of what he wanted to go for. Don't take this as a stab at the director in the least, I still enjoyed the movie, it just lacked a solidified plot. It doesn't really detract from the movie in my opinion. I just feel like there could have been a scene in which it was clearly explained (because there were multiple options.) In an attempt to avoid spoilers I'll just leave it at that. If you want a movie with a really ominous feel to it I'd recommend at least giving it a single viewing. Keep in mind that if you're a picky movie watcher this won't be for you.---------Camera shots: I did notice some pretty nice camera shots in this movie, some were really cliché in a good way. It really gave you a feel of what the director was going for.Lighting: Gets an A+. I felt like the lighting was really well done for this movie. The lighting is really what put me INTO the movie. I felt a tiny chill anytime it started to get dark in one of the tunnels and the light that was there was always on its mark, showing what was needed and avoiding what wasn't.Sound (Synchronous): Many of the lines seemed well thought out in terms of plot and character development, you could really tell each characters role in the movie (there were a couple questionable lines here and there but overall not bad).Sound (Asynchronous): Nothing special in the music. This won't be a Hans Zimmer tier score in the slightest but did manage to fill the silence.Editing: Nothing special good or bad. Nothing that especially stuck out in the movie or made it seem choppy.Composition: Seemed to be slightly overlooked. Seemed some things were added to the scene on a whim instead of having every piece being well placed and thought out.-----Sorry for like the novella of a review, I just felt like these were things that people had been overlooking in their own reviews and should be seen before deciding whether or not to watch the movie. I personally had nothing against the movie. With that being said there was nothing to make this movie above par.

Liam Blackburn That is this film's best attribute; the makeup/fx people should be commended. It's really dark the whole way through but that's expected. The Director fails by missing a lot of small details. Like when the guy with the BROKEN FEMUR starts freaking out about the thing that's outside the oxygen cabin....he doesn't ever even grimace from the pain that a normal human would be in. How is that? Is it just poor direction? Poor acting? Or is it a result of the zombie infection....Of course much later on we find this same guy walking around because he turns into a zombie which means it was the infection that apparently made him immune to pain.......but still, how does that even explain anything, it never gets explained...or even touched on.... The movie doesn't go into any depth about why there are even zombies in the mine. Plus, when did the guy even get infected? I was fluctuating between rating this a 1 or a 6...I settled on a 3. This movie could've been good but there was just too many small details missing...and the movie fails to pull you in. It lacks believability. Sure., it's a zombie movie, but even in bad zombie movies they have some sort of explanation for the zombies....

briantumor1023 I had to see this because mines, along with the ocean, are such a fascinating, fertile realm for scary movies -- the pretense of fear is already in the back of most people's mind. I really liked this movie. The cast had excellent chemistry and easily played off each others strengths, and most importantly to me, their characters didn't seem as contrived or cliché as most do nowadays. It felt so fresh considering all the crappy horror movies that rely on special effects, cheap scares and shaky cams. I was very impressed by everyone, but especially Lauren Gores. She's a very attractive, intelligent actress with a good sense of how to appear truly frightened. I was immediately drawn into the suspenseful buildup of the plot by her reactions as someone unfamiliar with the mining experience. They became convincingly intensified by the fears of the more seasoned crew as things began to go very wrong, and the fabric of their sense of the predictability of the situation began to tear at the seams. I don't think intelligent viewers need their interest piqued by the commercially invoked and debatable premise that there was some kind of supernatural force down there. It's scary enough to think about the real beasts of lust and violence that humans can become when under duress, whether it's fear of another race, religion or their own growing insanity due to unknown, invisible forces.