The Thing Below (2004) (V)

Director:

Jim Wynorski

Writers:

Raul Inglis (writer)
Keith Shaw (writer)

Release Date:

7 January 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Drilling Platform | Alien | Government Coverup | Dead Child | Military

Cast

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

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)

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

Company:

Hellfire Productions

Bad, Bad movie

I am writing this review to warm others about this film. This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Do not waste your time. As a friend of IMDb and my fellow movie commentators, I am sure that if this ever made it to the cinema, it flopped and the makers got rich from the 'bad movie' insurance because the box office receipts could not have exceeded fifty bucks. I am surprised the makers weren't picketed. The CG was just plain awful. There are scarier monsters in Super Mario from Nintendo. Don't even try to put this junk in the league with Leviathon, Deep Star Six, Deep Rising etc. which I would rate as pretty good 'B' films. It just may be worse than 'Plan 9 from Outer Space'. If I mentioned any details, I may be accused of adding a spoiler, but I won't even waste my and your time 'cause this flick is not spoiled, it is rotten to the core. The concept, even though played so many times and to a much higher level of sophistication, may have been OK with much improved CG, dropping the nudie scene, and a script re-write.

Don't even waste your time unless you just want to take a peek for curiosity sake. If you do more than peek and hang to the end, I hate to say it, but you gotta get out more.