Beneath (2013)

A crew of coal miners becomes trapped 600 feet below ground after a disastrous collapse. As the air grows more toxic and time runs out, they slowly descend into madness and begin to turn on one another.

Director:

Ben Ketai

Writers:

Patrick Doody, Chris Valenziano

Stars:

Brent Briscoe, Kurt Caceres, Eric Etebari

6 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Brent Briscoe	...	Mundy
Kurt Caceres	...	Torres
Eric Etebari	...	Masek
Jeff Fahey	...	George Marsh
Lauren Gores	...	Reporter
Molly Hagan	...	Judith Marsh
Joey Kern	...	Randy
Ashway Lawver	...	Shannon
Jason Masek	...	Rescue Worker
Lawrence Moran	...	County Sheriff (as Larry Moran)
Kelly Noonan	...	Samantha Marsh
Rene Rivera	...	Strode
David Shackelford	...	Van Horn
Mark L. Young	...	Grubbs

Storyline

Samantha "Sam" Marsh is in a bar during her father's retirement party. After growing up in a small town coal mining community, she's decided to study environmental law instead of following in her father's footsteps. Her father has been struck with an illness related to his many years of mining coal and he can no longer work without risking his life. When the miners in the bar declare that Sam's whole life is painting her nails and checking Facebook, and that she could never be a coal miner, Sam decides to prove them wrong and go down below with them. Unfortunately while down beneath the ground, the mine shaft collapses and she, her father and the other miners are trapped below, some killed instantly and others injured. Those left alive start to slowly go crazy as the oxygen runs out, and they worry that they'll suffer the same fate as the urban legendary 19, nineteen miners buried alive and left for dead in the 1920's.

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Plot Keywords:

mining | insanity | ambiguous ending | mine cave in | mine disaster | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Horror

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 July 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

A föld mélyén

Company Credits

Production Co:

Elevative Entertainment, Revolver Picture Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the scene where the 1920's mine shaft is discovered, a rusty cage with a bird skeleton is visible briefly. In the early days of mining coal, canaries were lowered down to test whether or not there were toxic gasses in the air. If the canary died, it would mean that there was a dangerous substance in the air. Since this method of testing is considered extremely cruel to the canary in this day and age, modern automatic digital/electronic testers are used. Some of these testers are even yellow and shaped like canaries as a joke.

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Goofs

In the opening scene, the rescuer is wearing a respirator with no filters.

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Quotes

George Marsh: All they had back in the 1920's was donkeys and pickaxes to dig 'em out, so...
Judith Marsh: [horrified] so what, they just left them down here?
George Marsh: ...That's just the way it was.

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Connections

References Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

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Soundtracks

Three Little Girls from Virginia
Written by Mike Williamson
Performed by The Paper Hearts

User Reviews

Good story, good execution.

So much better than expected, cause lets face it, we have a horror about a group of miners that get trapped under some rocks and when the terror stars no monsters are involved. It is about the horror of the situation, of how people react there, what they do, how they see things, therefore, this one feels quite natural.

Beneath is one of the best ones on this subject and even tho people compare it with The Descent or even The Cave, I personally think it has a lot more to do with Haute Tension. If you saw that one and you'll get to watch this one too, you'll make the connection trust me. Is it that predictable? Well, at least for half of movie you'll get a few scratches on your head but indeed eventually it kinda becomes obvious where this one is heading, but it won't ruin it for you. You'll still find yourself there, waiting to see more, how it ends, maybe even hoping for a more decent conclusion.

Anyway I gladly recommend this one, I had a lot of fun watching it and I am very excited that I got to put an eye on Beneath. Lovely execution, very good acting and a few good scares.

Cheers!