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Beneath Still Waters (Spanish: Bajo aguas tranquilas) is a 2005 horror film directed by Brian Yuzna. It stars Michael McKell, Raquel Meroño and Charlotte Salt. It is based on a novel by Matthew Costello.




Plot


Studying under a disciple of Aleister Crowley, the leader of an upper class group invokes a supernatural force that slowly devours the village of Marienbad and its inhabitants, threatening to spread beyond its geographical limits. The mayor from the town nearby commissions the building of a dam which would flood the valley in 1965 and therefore submerge the village forever sealing the evil force under water after the leader and his followers were incapacitated to be kept from escaping. However, fate ensured the leader's freedom as he remained in the depths when the waters covered Marienbad. Now in 2005, 40 years later an array of disappearances and deaths in mysterious circumstances are threatening the town next to the reservoir that now covers Marienbad.




Cast


Michael McKell as Dan Quarry
Raquel Meroño as Teresa Borgia
Charlotte Salt as Clara Borgia
Patrick Gordon as Mordecai Salas
Manuel Manquiña as Luis
Omar Muñoz as 10-year-old Luis
Pilar Soto as Susana
Diana Peñalver as Mrs. Martín
Ricard Borràs as Mayor Luca
Damià Plensa as Antonio
David Meca as Diver Sargent Eduardo
Carlos Castañón as Police Captain Keller
Eve Karpf as Sophie
Josep Maria Pou as Julio Gambine
Additionally, Axelle Carolyn appears a partygoer. Javier Botet, in his film debut, portrays as a humanoid creature.




Production


It was produced in Catalonia. The film is the ninth and last film to be produced by Filmax's Fantastic Factory label. It is based on the novel Beneath Still Waters by Matthew J. Costello.




Release


The film premiered on 23 October 2005 as part of the San Sebastián Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, followed with Spain theatrical release on 26 May 2006. It was released on DVD in the US on 9 April 2007.




Reception


Steve Barton of Dread Central rated it 1/5 stars and called it a "poorly assembled, laughably bad, absolute waste of time". Annie Riordan of Brutal as Hell rated it 1/5 stars and wrote that the film does not live up to the potentially interesting premise. David Johnson of DVD Verdict wrote that it has good scenes but criticized the overreliance on poor CGI and tedious character development on unlikeable characters. At DVD Talk, Scott Weinberg rated it 2/5 stars, and Paul Mavis rated it 1.5/5 stars; both called it derivative of earlier horror films. Writing in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2, academic Peter Dendle said, "The human dimensions of the story don't connect well, but the underwater scenes are visually very appealing."




References






External links


Beneath Still Waters at IMDb

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