bks-508-290401 I wasn't expecting the best film ever with this one, but I'm a huge fan of this genre, so really wanted to like it. I also like slow burning, suspenseful films as long as it's a satisfying watch. The lack of gore and cheap scares is a good thing, as it allows you to focus on the story and characters.Most of the acting was OK, but the lead actress was more wooden than an ironing board. I've seriously never seen such expressionless acting in my life. Even situations that would make the average person scream their head off didn't seem to phase this girl at all. I know she was messed up in the head due to the trauma, so who knows how she would react to things, but the acting was so bad I found it offensive. It was like she begrudged being there at all. The story wasn't so bad, it was quite sad in the end, but I won't be recommending this to anyone, nor will I be watching anything else with this horrendous actress in it.

IMDBer100575 I decided to watch this movie based on its description. It seemed like an interesting movie. Digging into your past is usually a good thing, so why not? The ambiance of this movie is good enough. Lighting is good, even in dark scenes. Colors really set the mood in this one. Sound was also good, as well as the music to set the mood. The acting was great and quite believable.The storyline was also good. You have a woman who goes home to the location of a horrible car accident that has traumatized her in order to make sense of life. They did a good job letting the audience get to know the main character, as well as other main characters. The flaw in the storyline is there is no explanation for her supernatural ability to see what her sister has seen. I wish they would've explained that in more detail.This movie did not trigger a lot of emotion for me but it was entertaining nonetheless. I felt bad for the main character and especially for her burned up sister. If you have time after an evening of PvP'ing in World of Warcraft, pop in this video and enjoy!!

Scarecrow-88 Christy watches as her sister is badly burned in a car explosion due to a crash with which she was driving. Told that she was dead, Christy believed that she was still alive. Sent away to a mental hospital, Christy is said to have a Borderline Personality Disorder, and this affects her job later as a 20 year old intern(Nora Zehetner). Finding out that an old friend passed away, Christy returns and decides to pursue whether or not her sister Vanessa(Carly Pope)died from heart failure due to trauma, or by malicious intent. Her sister's husband John(Matthew Settle)wishes her to leave as soon as possible and his daughter Amy(Jessica Amlee)speaks of a thing which comes from the closet to haunt her at night, hoping to catch it on her digital camera. When those close to Vanessa either wind up dead(..like John's mother, portrayed by Gabrielle Rose)or harmed(Amy and John), Christy, against the advice of those around her who resist her notions of a sister who was buried alive, will hopefully shed some light on obvious secrets which have remained hidden just like a crawlspace in the Locke house leading to several areas. An important sub-plot is Christy's uncanny ability to see people's faces and certain acts from the past and future for which she artistically renders to paper. Also important is the location of a mysterious medical assistant to John, Claire(Eliza Norbury)who was with him when Vanessa supposedly died.More or less a mystery with pretty, cat-eyed Zehetner, quite subtle and never really over-dramatic despite the struggles and hurdles she contacts during her search for the truth. If some character, particularly John, is rather aggressive and angry towards her wishing for her to leave, Christy(..through Zehetner) doesn't overreact or throw tantrums about being mistreated. A constant feeling of others wishing for her to just leave the town is ever-present and when she questions anything about Vanessa's death, barriers are thrown up. But, you just know that Christy will forge ahead despite signs of danger, and find the truth. While it's easy to see who the culprit might be regarding the mystery's answer, I found a critical twist regarding Vanessa's true fate rather hard to swallow. The film contains a house with a crawlspace that is very important as a travel source for both escape and directly leading to rooms..it's a plot device used well. You often see Christy attending funerals, too. The twist might work for some..who the monster is that is supposedly terrorizing Amy and behind the attack of John, but I found it a bit hard to take. Beautiful location work, attractive production values, and rather decent acting, but the overall film never really gripped me. And, that ending(..what happens when Christy discovers the real truth about Vanessa)left me cold and indifferent.

PhilipGHarris Beneath starts with one of those implausible accidents where a car that doesn't seem to be driving too fast hits some boxes of earth that have been left out on the road (as you do) causing them to skid and crash.Kristy (Heroine) is thrown from the car while her sister Vanessa (on the non-impacted side) appears to be trapped and then the fuel tank explodes.One could say that Vanessa should never have let Kristy drive, as she was under age, and if she was going to let her then possibly not standing in the passenger seat whooping may have helped. Possibly not.Kristy is heading to the funeral of the caretaker, Joseph, who seemed to have cared for her after her sisters death (except we know she isn't really because we see many shots of her burned skin - and alive). In fact Kristy thinks she was buried alive - there can't be far fewer hints that she is alive can there? At times the script seems to have little idea where it is going. Lines which may have once meant to establish something, the doctors family with the mine they had trouble closing and John Locke's mother who speaks the "ancient tongue" - a mix between a number of European languages - all seem to be badly devised red herrings or more likely writers ideas that were never edited out.Kristy however wants to find out the truth and Nora Zehetner (Kristy) really tries to get something out of a stodgy script. However with John acting all evil you feel the actor has read to the end of the script and found out that he is... well evil, or mad, or just badly written as he is acted.Kristy also suffers from hallucinations and this for me is one of the main points that lets the film down. If her hallucinations were really this bad would she have been let out of the mental hospital, especially when some of her visions see her causing people harm or blacking out for 2 hour periods only to be found fitting in your friends back garden (a friend you are staying with because you forgot to ask beforehand if you could stay at your brother-in-laws place).Other questions arise as to whether school websites really do carry peoples personal details (I'll have to check my own for phone numbers), how much light can a mobile phone really produce and why Mr Wells uses a shotgun to shoot at birds. My favorite is the fact that the police take Kristy at night and the next shot she is in the back seat in full daylight. Were they taking her for a cruise round town? Finally when Vanessa is found to be alive (gasp, shock) she has one of those pro-active kill spree agendas which is never truly explained by the plot.There are positives to be taken here and it does not outstay its welcome however Beneath really does little to complement itself either, bar Nora Zehetner and a reasonable music score.