Something Beneath

"Evil Lurks In The Most Unlikely Of Places"

2007 1h 30m EN

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★3.5TMDB · 36

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Synopsis

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When a mysterious black slime oozes up from the plumbing to infiltrate a new conference center, it causes attendees at an environmental convention who come in contact with it to have horrific hallucinations and nightmarish visions of past tragedies. Environmentalist priest Father Douglas Middleton must team up with conference coordinator Khali Spence to stop the slime -- or die trying.

“Evil Lurks In The Most Unlikely Of Places”

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Cast

Kevin Sorbo
Father Douglas Middleton
Peter MacNeill
Deadmarsh
Natalie Brown
Khali Spence
Brendan Beiser
Dr. Connolly
Frank Adamson
Lowell Kent
Gordon Tanner
Symes
Brittany Scobie
Mikaela Strovsky
Brett Donahue
Tony

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Winning
Writers: Ethlie Ann Vare, Mark Mullin
Languages: English
Countries: Canada, United States of America

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Canada, United States of America.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Maneater Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Winning, shot by Brenton Spencer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michael Richard Plowman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Mark Sanders shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Kevin Sorbo and Peter MacNeill and Natalie Brown carry the top of the cast.

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The take

David Winning directs. Brenton Spencer behind the camera. Michael Richard Plowman scores. Mark Sanders cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 19 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: Canada, United States of America.
4Part of the "Maneater Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by David Winning, shot by Brenton Spencer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Michael Richard Plowman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Mark Sanders shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Kevin Sorbo and Peter MacNeill and Natalie Brown carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Evil Lurks In The Most Unlikely Of Places".
10IMDB entry: tt0896040 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 36 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Brenton Spencer
Original score: Michael Richard Plowman
Editing: Mark Sanders
Production design: Réjean Labrie
Costume design: Maureen Petkau
Makeup / hair: Brenda Magalas
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Something Beneath (2007)

Part of

Maneater Collection

Maneater Series is the name, logo and line look given to a series of made-for-television natural horror films on DVD produced by RHI Entertainment for the Syfy Channel, and distributed by Vivendi Entertainment. The Maneater Series logo and line look were created under the direction of Danny Tubbs, the executive director of creative services of Vivendi Entertainment. The deal, made in October 2006, stipulated that the first ten films would premiere on the US-based channel in 2007, but due to a pre-licensing agreement, the first six actually premiered in Canada on the video on demand channel Movie Central on Demand. Most of the early films in the series were filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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Wuchak2020-08-24
★ 6/10
Decent creature feature with Kevin Sorbo, similar to “Phantoms” An Episcopalian priest (Kevin Sorbo) leads an ecological conference at a new mountain resort, but some kind of mysterious black oil infects the people, causing hallucinations and death. What’s the source of this substance and will any of them survive? Natalie Brown plays the event coordinator, Brendan Beiser a nutty scientist and Peter MacNeill the head of security. "Something Beneath" (2007) is a creature feature that combines elements of Star Trek’s “The Naked Time” (1966), “Phantoms” (1998) and the black oil episodes of The X-Files that started with "Piper Maru" (1996), which played a pivotal role in the series, including the first X-Files movie “Fight the Future” (1998). Although this had a direct-to-video budget, and it’s obvious, it has defined characters, an inventive plot and a relatively entertaining story. Sorbo has his usual charisma as the amiable minister and the subplot of his relationship with Khali (Brown) is well done. Brittany Scobie is on hand as an amusingly haughty “celebrity” while Paige Bannister plays Khali’s cute assistant. The film runs 1 hour, 30 minutes, and was filmed in Winnipeg with the mountain exterior shots obviously done in the Canadian Rockies. GRADE: B-/C+

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