Beneath Still Waters (2005)

Director:

Brian Yuzna

Writers:

Matthew Costello (novel)
Mike Hostench (screenplay) ...
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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:

Dam | Lake | Grandfather Granddaughter Relationship | Nun | Satanic Ritual

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
Norberto Morán	...	Cult Member
Hugo Mesa	...	Cult Member
Esperanza De la Vega	...	Cult Member
Antonio Portillo	...	Roberto Borgia
María Borrego	...	Camera Operator - Bea
Ricardo Birnbaum	...	Sound Recordist - Nacho
Mansueto Manel	...	Policeman Beto
Ignacio Sánchez	...	Policeman González
Maria Briones	...	Luca's Secretary
Aparicio Rivero	...	Antonio's Father
Fanny Castro	...	Antonio's Mother
Paco Hidalgo	...	Diver Lieutenant Ruso
David Pinilla	...	Paramedic
Marina Durán	...	Salas' Driver
Alejandro De Nova	...	David
Gara Muñoz	...	Samantha
Juan Orozco	...	Young Roberto Borgia
Carmela Quijano	...	Scared Girl
Begoña Cadilus	...	Woman Giving Birth
Javier Botet	...	Humanoid
Marta Vegas	...	Humanoid
Yasmin Elias	...	Dirty Princess
Nico Baixas	...	Party Lead
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fanny de Castro
Nikki Schiller	...	Dirty Princess
Axelle Carolyn	...	Partygoer (uncredited)

Directed by
Brian Yuzna

Writing credits
Matthew Costello		(novel "Beneath Still Waters")
Mike Hostench		(screenplay) &
Ángel Sala		(screenplay)

Produced by
Kwesi Dickson	....	co-producer
Carlos Fernández	....	executive producer
Julio Fernández	....	executive producer
Julio Fernández	....	producer
Teresa Gefaell	....	line producer
José Luis Jiménez	....	line producer
Stephen Margolis	....	co-executive producer
Antonia Nava	....	co-executive producer
Brian Yuzna	....	creative producer
Brian Yuzna	....	producer

Original Music by
Zacarías M. de la Riva

Cinematography by
Johnny Yebra

Film Editing by
Nicolas Chaudeurge

Casting by
Pep Armengol

Production Design by
Balter Gallart

Art Direction by
Balter Gallart

Makeup Department
Almudena Fonseca	....	makeup artist
Esther Ponte	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Mariano Liwski	....	post-production supervisor
Jesús L. Pérez Villar	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Luis Cordero	....	third assistant director
Mariano Liwski	....	second unit director
Txarly Llorente	....	first assistant director

Art Department
D.H. Covey	....	storyboard artist
Jorge de Soto	....	props
Boris Fernández	....	props
Daniel Izar de la Fuente	....	props

Sound Department
Justine Angus	....	sound effects editor
Adele Fletcher	....	sound effects editor
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist
Alex Hudd	....	sound consultant: dolby
Blair Jollands	....	sound designer
Álvaro López-Arregui	....	sound recordist
Peter Maxwell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Daniel Peña	....	boom operator
Kath Pollard	....	sound re-recording mixer
Simon Price	....	dialogue supervisor
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer
Robert Thompson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lauren Ana Walker	....	sound supervisor

Special Effects by
Óscar Aparicio	....	special effects
Pedro Raúl de Diego	....	special effects makeup
José Ramón Molina Jr.	....	special effects technician
Juan Ramón Molina	....	special effects coordinator
Juan Ramón Molina	....	special effects
Raúl Romanillos	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Ramón Cervera	....	digital compositor
Pilar Cienfuegos	....	digital compositor
Daniel de Madrid	....	digital compositor
David Fernández Girón	....	cgi operator
Gabriel García	....	digital compositor
Iñaki Gil	....	visual effects artist
Ezequiel Larrú	....	digital effects artist
Mariano Liwski	....	visual effects supervisor
Marcos Onaindia	....	visual effects supervisor
Miguel Pablo	....	digital compositor
Saúl Rodríguez	....	digital compositor
Gabriel G. Roy	....	digital compositor
Telson S.L.	....	post-production visual effects

Stunts
Pablo Casillas	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Luismi Fernández Aparicio	....	second assistant camera
Torquil Fleming-Boyd	....	Steadicam operator
Torquil Fleming-Boyd	....	camera operator
José Manuel Herrero	....	underwater camera operator
Francisco Izaguirre	....	lighting technician
Saúl Oliveira	....	second assistant camera
Anselmo Villalba	....	key grip

Animation Department
David de Winter	....	title sequence animator

Casting Department
Steve Daly	....	casting: UK
Luci Lenox	....	casting: UK

Editorial Department
Chema Alba	....	scanning and film recording
Eva Alonso	....	post-production coordinator
Alex Fenn	....	assistant editor: avid
Elsa Fernández	....	assistant editor
Noelia Gorrón	....	post-production director
Enrique Jiménez	....	colorist
Nuria López	....	scanning and film recording
María Martín	....	post-production coordinator
Michael Nollet	....	additional editor
Verónica Pérez	....	scanning and film recording
Francisco Román	....	post-production coordinator
Silvia Torralba	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Claudio Ianni	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Eduardo Albaladejo	....	management of rights: Filmax Entertainment
Moresco Alessandra	....	production coordinator
Ramón Alonso	....	production assistant
Carlos Cabero	....	assistant director
David de Winter	....	title designer
Rubén Gómez	....	production assistant
Helena Moreno Núñez	....	development executive
Alessandra Moresco	....	production coordinator
Anna Oms	....	documentation
Richard Raaphorst	....	title designer
Mathieu Robinet	....	assistant production coordinator
Martin Samper	....	making-of
Elena Serra	....	development executive
Ursi Van der Herten	....	assistant: Brian Yuzna

Thanks
Axelle Carolyn	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Fantastic Factory (Filmax)

Distributors

• Divisa Home Video (2011) (Spain) (DVD)
• Filmax (2005) (Spain) (all media)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films (2004) (Canada) (DVD)
• Lionsgate
• MRA Entertainment Group (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• SBP (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• SBP (2007) (Argentina) (VHS)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2007) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Telson (post-production facilities)

Also Known As:

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 | Portugal:M/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)'.

Goofs:

Continuity: One of the creatures trapped in the sunken city has its hand melted onto its face. In some shots it's the right hand, in others it's the left.

Quotes:

[last lines]
David:I hate them!

Movie Connections:

References The Nun (2005)

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.