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DVD From Beneath
 Run time: 82 min Rating: 2.7 Genres: Thriller Director: David Doucette Writers: David Doucette Stars: Lauren Watson, Jamie Temple, Blake Retter |
| Storyline Jason, is bit by a strange organism while on vacation with his girlfriend, Sam, at her sister’s secluded farmhouse. The bite begins a transformation in Jason, and now the couple must race against time to figure out what happened to Sam’s sister and her family, and what lies in store for them. All of these elements are tantamount to the ultimate fear addressed in the film, the fear of losing a loved one and worse, becoming a monster in their eyes. Written by Anonymous |
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| Plot Keywords: pond, parasite, art horror, thrill ride | |
| Details: Country: Canada Release Date: 10 August 2012 (USA) |
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| Box Office Opening Weekend: $36,855 (USA) (17 August 2012) Gross: $119,763 (USA) (17 August 2012) |
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DVD From Beneath
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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.
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
Besides the first scene, the fifteen minutes or so after that are a little slow as the characters are being developed. After that the movie is a slow burn as the intensity ramps up. The last 20 minutes alone make the movie worth the watch. From Beneath is also visually really stunning, especially the night scenes and the blood scenes. Not to mention the fact that this is a low budget indie so the fact that the cinematography was pretty well done is even more of an accomplishment. Im interested to see what David Doucette does next. With a tighter script and a bigger budget his next film could be unstoppable. Also the simple roughness of the score through out the movie is awesome, it really makes you feel the doom that awaits.
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.