The Thing Below (Video 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.

Director:

Jim Wynorski

Writers:

Raul Inglis, Keith Shaw,

Stars:

Billy Warlock, Kurt Max Runte, Catherine Lough Haggquist

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Billy Warlock	...	Captain Jack Griffin
Kurt Max Runte	...	Crank Wowchowski
Catherine Lough Haggquist	...	Anna Davis
Peter Graham-Gaudreau	...	Dean Rieser (as Peter Graham Gaudreau)
Warren Christie	...	Cassidy
Kiara Hunter	...	Mel Rodgers
David Richmond-Peck	...	Bobby Gibbons
Colin Lawrence	...	Dixon
Jim Thorburn	...	Cole Griffin
Craig Bruhnanski	...	Captain Mark Stewart (as Craig Brunanski)
John Reardon	...	Lance Taylor
Ari Solomon	...	Prouty
Julie Hill	...	Professor Glenda Marshall
Ken Kramer	...	Dr. Edgar Pretorious
Darryl Scheelar	...	Peters

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

alien | drilling platform | female nudity | showdown | military | 

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Taglines:

Fear is Rising.

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and sexuality

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 January 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sea Ghost

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$1,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hellfire Productions, Insight Film Studios, Movie Central Network

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Edited from Steel Sharks (1997)

User Reviews

Don't waste your time.

This film's plot is a rehash of Alien. Only here the evil critter is not found in outer space but fifteen miles under the Earth. Of course the US Government wants this thing, and wants to keep it hush hush, God knows why. Of course it gets loose on the oil platform where it was pulled out of the ground from and mayhem ensues.

One of the many problems is, the group of characters boarding the oil rig is straight out of the movie cliché handbook. The haunted leader, the bald black man, the inexplicable hot blonde chick, and the eccentric guy, who in this case thinks he's Butch Cassidy (including hat and six shooter).

Another is, this was made in Canada and many of the actors portraying Americans speak with a Doug and Bob MacKenzie accent, kinda weird eh? On the plus side, there is a far too long strip tease sequence performed by what looked to be an up and coming porn star (this accounts for my second star).

They obviously had some money to spend but the lousy acting, hokey cartoon alien and woeful, annoying "on the nose" dialogue drag this thing deeper than the underwater tomb their monster allegedly came from.