Beneath Still Waters (2005)

Director:

Brian Yuzna

Writers:

Matthew Costello (novel)
Mike Hostench (writer)

Release Date:

26 May 2006 (Spain)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Fear is rising.

Plot:

In 1965, in Northern Spain, a dam will be built to bring progress to the location of Desbaria and the...

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

Michael McKell	...	Dan Quarry
Raquel Meroño	...	Teresa Borgia
Charlotte Salt	...	Clara Borgia
Patrick Gordon	...	Mordecai Salas
Manuel Manquiña	...	Luis
Pilar Soto	...	Susana
Diana Peñalver	...	Mrs. Martín
Ricard Borràs	...	Mayor Luca
Damià Plensa	...	Antonio
David Meca	...	Diver Sargent Eduardo
Carlos Castañón	...	Police Captain Keller
Josep Maria Pou	...	Julio Gambine
Omar Muñoz	...	Luis - 10 Years Old
Santiago Pasaglia	...	Teo (as Santiago Passaglia)
Eva Pont	...	Cult Member

Also Known As:

Bajo aguas tranquilas (Spain)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence and gore, sexual content, nudity and some language.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

Spain | UK

Language:

Spanish | English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:MA | USA:R | Malaysia:18PL | Argentina:16 | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain

Company:

Fantastic Factory (Filmax)

Trivia:

In the city of Marienbad before it floods, the boys throw rocks at a poster for "El Rostro de la Bestia," which has credits for Paul Naschy and Brian Yuzna. There is no such movie, but Yuzna did direct Naschy in 'Rottweiler (2004)'.

Quotes:

[last lines]
David: I hate them!

Movie Connections:

References La monja (2005)

Soundtrack:

El Payaso

Brian Yuzna is beginning to lose his touch.

Brian Yuzna is a director who almost never has disappointed me. He's inventive and he knows what fans wants. The only ones that I haven't liked is "The Progeny" and "Tarzan: The Epic Adventures TV Movie". But after moving to Spain to join Filmax developed label Fantastic Factory things have begun to go downwards. I really liked "Beyond Re-Animator" but his "Rottweiler" was just terrible. I was very, very disappointed with that movie. And now we have "Beneath Still Waters".

The story is about a water filled ghost town with a dark past. Strange things are happening and people are showing up dead. A female reporter and a newly arrived photo journalist are teaming up to investigate the surroundings. Sounds pretty good to me.

First I must say I liked it a whole lot better than "Rottweiller" but it still left me very unsatisfied. Things aren't developed very good, the characters are not that interesting, the gore is there but it leaves much more to be desired, there's too little monster action, we've seen the ending hundreds of time before etc.

I'm not saying I didn't like it, I was just expecting more. Some good diving footage, one cool monster, some tension and atmosphere, a cool beginning, Diana Peñalver ("Braindead") in a small part. But overall a rather tame effort by Yuzna. You can do better.