From Beneath (2012) Reviews

• Very bad cheap movie and IMDb rating is flawed

  trick_morr2015-02-26

  About 3 seconds into this movie I knew it was a bad movie and was checking back on IMDb like "what convinced me to check this movie out again?" I don't know how this movie got the rating it has. This movie has that very easy-to-capture atmosphere of "cheap movie made by high-school kids." It's not a fun kind of bad movie. This one is just bad. Bad script (but not bad enough), bad acting (but not bad enough), poor quality everything. This is the first time I have watched a movie that was rated over a 6 on IMDb and found it to be anything but great. Why did this exception have to be so exceptional? This movie will almost definitely NOT make it into the elite group of bad movies which become cult classics. Don't waste your time on this movie.

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• Interesting introduction to film making

  andy25522013-01-27

  I read some of the awful reviews of the film and then decided to watch it anyway, I like B movies. The other reviews comment on the film itself so I'll limit my thoughts on that to the following. The film itself is not great, acting was painful at times and the music seemed to be trying to overcompensate for other flaws but on the plus side the camera work was good. I'm giving it a 4 because it's a useful film for would be movie makers. I'd be interested to know what the actual budget was and how long it took to film but it is clearly a very constrained budget film if you managed to stay watching until the end credits they were all covered in around one page with less than 10 people involved, in many movies these days you have 10 minutes of credits. For 90% of the film it was two characters in a single setting and they have put together a watchable feature length film with their own original take on soundtrack that whilst it's definitely not for everyone, many people will watch it, some will enjoy it and cable channels will probably snap it up.

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• Be open minded, not spoon fed

  codycarlington12342013-01-19

  When you watch this movie you need to look at the right things. Yeah it may be slow in spots. Yeah the acting can be painfully average at times. But look at the cinematography, the eerie colors used to set a surreal scene where you don't know what's reality and what isn't. The score is unreal, it suits the movie so well. It's simple and to the point and it was obviously done intentionally. So anyone who says the score is too repetitive or you don't get to see the creature.. you are missing the whole point. You are looking at the film completely wrong. You need to appreciate it for what it is. A slow suspenseful film that doesn't spoon feed you every little thing. If it did it would be just like a million other creature thrillers. This one shows you just enough to frustrate you in a good way and make you think. Good independent filmmaking with a few bumps in the script. Watch it and appreciate it for as a well made, original take on a creature feature

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• Bad evil dead rip off.

  djangozelf-123512015-12-13

  The most promising scene in this was an obvious rip off from the evil dead remake. The rest of the movie is ruined by terrible sound and light effects. The dialogue by the four women are annoying and the audio goes from bad to worse. Some make up seemed O.K.but this also was only for one or two scenes and more silly than scary. They do use a lot of blood but in such a way that it looses meaning pretty fast because it don't really add to the movie. The movie relies to much on the ladies acting skills which is a huge mistake because non of them can. If they had focused on the creature it could have been something more but sadly they did not do that. It is the sort of movie where the pro's don't outweigh the con's and therefor the overall feel becomes totally forgettable. A waste of a movie for the big old B-movie pile. I can not recommend it. Warning...watch at own risk.

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• Unexpected Ending

  erindocking2013-01-14

  This film, while currently it shows a poor rating, had me enthralled right to the climatic ending. You can't go into this film though thinking big effects and high budget because if thats the case you will be disappointed. Simply put it is not a A list movie and didn't have the big production behind it. But the quality of what was shot on a limited budget is remarkable. The story and the delivery from its actors especially Lauren Watson who in my mind was the standout and carried the film through some of the slower scenes, was realistic, and raw. Her delivery made me really feel for her character; especially through some of the more emotional scenes. While it was slow moving at times, I didn't find myself ever bored. I was always curious to how it would end and never once did I even get close to guessing the startling conclusion. If you can watch a film with an open mind then I recommend this one to you.

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