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The Thing Below (2004) -- A top secret drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico raises a dormant alien creature from the depths. Once loose, the creature goes on a murderous rampage.

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2.4/10   440 votes
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Director:

Jim Wynorski

Writers:

Raul Inglis (writer)
Keith Shaw (writer)
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Release Date:

7 January 2004 (USA) more

Genre:

Horror | Thriller more

Tagline:

Fear is Rising.

Plot:

A top secret drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico raises a dormant alien creature from the depths. Once loose, the creature goes on a murderous rampage. | add synopsis

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Billy Warlock ... Capt. Jack Griffin

Kurt Max Runte ... Crank Wowchowski

Catherine Lough Haggquist ... Anna Davis

Peter Graham-Gaudreau ... Dean Rieser
Warren Christie ... Cassidy
Kiara Hunter ... Mel Rogers

David Richmond-Peck ... Bobby Gibbons

Colin Lawrence ... Dixon

Jim Thorburn ... Cole Griffin
Craig Bruhnanski ... Captain Mark Stewart (as Craig Brunanski)

John Reardon ... 1st Officer Taylor

Jake D. Smith ... Taylor Rogers (as Jake Smith)

Julie Hill ... Prof. Glenda Marshall
Ken Kramer ... Dr. Edgar Pretorious

Darryl Scheelar ... Peters
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Sea Ghost (Canada: English title) (cable TV title) (UK) (TV title)
Ghost Rig 2: The Legend of the Sea Ghost (UK) (DVD title)
It Waits Below (Canada: English title) (working title)
The Thing Below (USA) (video title)
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MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and sexuality.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada more


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Why?, 12 February 2006
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Author: pensivepoetbabblingbard from Nomadic

One of the most horrible movies I've ever seen, if not the single most horrible. I have no idea why it was made.

The plot, possibly the best part of the film, was awful. It switched on and off between two extremes: either it was bizarre and confusing, or it was dull and predictable.

The acting would have made William Shatner sick to his stomach. The dialogue was written trite and cliché, and the delivery certainly didn't help. It was all strained, and in the rare case where there was emotion in a line, it was fake-sounding, and sometimes even the wrong emotion. It seemed like they were reading lines off the script for the first time. And the directing was just as bad. None of the motions that anybody made were natural-looking. Just a tip for the 'actors' in this film: if the camera is moving to try to (poorly) replicate the feel of a tossing boat, it's best not to just stand still, but to actually be tossed around. Especially if there's one actor who's moving around (albeit awkwardly) as if he's being tossed by the boat in the same room with you, at the same time that you're standing still! And the CGI was horrible. 'Nuff said there.

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