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What Waits Below (1985)

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The U.S. government has been using deep caves in Central America as bases for a special type of radio transmitter used for communicating with submaries. When the signal from one of these ... See full summary »

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Rupert 'Wolf' Wolfsen
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Maj. Elbert Stevens
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Leslie Peterson
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Ben Gannon
Anne Heywood ...
Frieda Shelley
A.C. Weary ...
Lt. George Barwell
Liam Sullivan ...
Lemurian elder
Jackson Bostwick ...
Hunter Prime
Richard Beauchamp ...
Santos Arias
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David Avery ...
American soldier
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Hector Lopez (as Carlos Cervantes)
Dick Curtis ...
Lemurian
Rick Davis ...
Mercenary
Bruce Howard ...
Latin-American soldier
Billy Lee ...
Lemurian
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The U.S. government has been using deep caves in Central America as bases for a special type of radio transmitter used for communicating with submaries. When the signal from one of these transmitters suddenly disappears, a team of soldiers and cave specialists is sent in to find out what happened. After some exploring deep underground, they stumble upon a tribe of albino cave dwellers who have been isolated from the rest of the world for thousands of years. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>

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Something is watching....it is waiting for the right moment....soon the caves will be running with blood! [video cover] See more »

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31 October 1985 (Portugal)  »

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Secrets of the Phantom Caverns  »

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27 August 2005 | by (Norway) – See all my reviews

I just finished watching this movie and I must admit I didn't have high hopes. To my pleasant surprise this turned out to be a quite good movie. It wasn't a great movie, but I am very glad I got to watch it! During a test of a low frequency transmitter two men and the transmitter disappear. A team is gathered to search the caves where the test took place. Caves that never before have been explored by man. But, what waits them below they could never imagine.

This story turns out quite original and I think that is maybe what makes the movie so good. The script is far from perfect, but it works. The acting is probably the best with the whole movie. It is generally good. The cinematography could, however, been better. I find it too boring. It's too straight. Though they did a pretty good job in creating the atmosphere and the mood. There were some pretty chilling sequences.

When it comes to effects what can you expect from a 1984 B-movie? Well, they did OK on most of it, except for the monster. It was actually pretty bad and in fact personally I think they should have cut the whole monster. They way I see it, it rather took then give anything to the movie.

I can recommend this movie because of it's story. There are few cliché there. As for the rest of this movie it is OK, but nothing out of the ordinary. However, well worth to watch.


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