Beneath Still Waters (2005)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

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 Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

Soundtrack:

El Payaso

Waste of time

This movie is terrible. I don't know what the director was doing and I'm sure he felt the same way. The acting was terrible. There were characters with American, Spanish, British and what sounded like dutch, accents. I guess realism wasn't the number 1 priority. The acting was terrible, at best. That is more than I can say for the 'special effects' which comprised mainly of slow-motion(how 80s) and painfully clumsy green screen work. The monsters were about as scary as something out of an Ed Wood movie. I've seen toddlers make scarier monsters from play-dough. The plot was neither going here nor there. It was clichéd and methodical, yet still managed to be quite unfathomnnable. It seems the director was writing the script spontaneously and whatever popped into his head was hastily squeezed in. This movie is an insult to anyone who may have the misfortune to endure 92 minutes of unprofessional directing, poor special effects, poorer acting and an altogether mediocre performance and story line. I am still very surprised that this even made it to a theater and even more surprised I didn't walk out of it halfway. I guess it's like a gruesome car-crash where you cannot divert your eyes away even though you should. But in this case I'd rather be in the car crash and be spared the movie.