The Creature Below

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joe m It's always good to see Lovecraft based stories making it to the screen such as with "The Creature Below". But, this is a poorly executed film with little to no suspense or horror, so the Lovecraft basis does nothing to save this dreary, overwrought film. Only for you diehard Lovecraft fans, otherwise give it a pass. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Loved it, felt very Cthulhuian. Squid creature driving humans into madness. What's not to love??? Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member But still think it was worth a watch despite the somewhat bad acting. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Terrific squid action! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Amateurish garbage. The cover art has zero to do with the actual film or anyone or the 'creature' in it. Acting all round is pretty apauling. Story predictable, effects are school play level bad. The CGI smattered throughout the film is so bad it'll have you in stitches. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member When I saw the DVD cover for this film I was expecting a SyFy channel level production and whilst the opening 10 mins of CGI didn't convince me otherwise I was pleasantly surprised to find a very competently put together take on Lovecraftian horror. The film is certainly low budget and as the producers on the 'Making of' DVD bonus feature state, they worked with what they had, using their own houses as location. Any of these shortcomings are overcome by the great cast, all of whom I have not seen before but did a really good job with the script. Anna Dawson is very convincing as the lead character Olive, slowly loosing her mind to the creature which seems to have some kind of psychic control over her. The characters of Ellie & Matt are also well played and the chemistry between them seems very authentic. There are also some great supporting cast members in there like Doctor Fletcher and Olive's friend Dara. All of the cast play their roles with a straight face which I think was important considering the crazy script. Where the film truly shines is in the practical creature effects which are used sparingly but build up the mystery around the creature. There is plenty of blood and guts for gore fans but it isn't extreme in anyway so fans of more psychological horror films will also be satisfied. The ending of the film takes things to completely insane levels and also surprised me considering the small scope the film had shown thus far and there is potential for a sequel there. As I said before the film is slightly let down by the opening CGI which isn't very good but I don't think it lets it down too much there. For fans of H.P. Lovecraft this is a must see. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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