Pirullinen pimeys

Original title: What Waits Below

1984
PG
1h 28m

IMDb RATING

4.7/10

686

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Action Horror

An army experiment in submarine communications falls foul of the deadly secret hidden deep within the cave system housing their transmitter.An army experiment in submarine communications falls foul of the deadly secret hidden deep within the cave system housing their transmitter.An army experiment in submarine communications falls foul of the deadly secret hidden deep within the cave system housing their transmitter.

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IMDb RATING

4.7/10

686

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Richard Beauchamp in Pirullinen pimeys (1984)

Timothy Bottoms and Robert Powell in Pirullinen pimeys (1984)

Robert Powell in Pirullinen pimeys (1984)

Anne Heywood in Pirullinen pimeys (1984)

Richard Johnson in Pirullinen pimeys (1984)

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Trivia
The computer shown in use for the army's transmitter was actually an 80s home computer, manufactured by Commodore. It's either the C64 or VC20. They shared an almost identical casing design in the early 80s. The branding of the device used in the movie was taped over.

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Featured review

6/10

Rescued by good acting

I found the basic story incredible. However, when it comes to horror, stories generally are incredible; and I can think of many horror plots that are worse than this.

The plot to begin with is a bit muddled. It is not clear why these soldiers are in the jungle, and who the enemy at the beginning is, and it might have been a better idea to have the two factions slugging it out in the caves as well as having to deal with the rockman.

Nevertheless, the cast overcome the script, and Robert Powell shows that if you can play Jesus Christ you can play anything.

I am glad that the rockmen never got to talk. It would have been too much if they started speaking American English like the extra-terrestrials do on Star Trek.

All in all, this film is watchable.

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