Don't let he MTV logo on the box affect your decision to see this! I was surprised to see that there is a solid story here, characters with personalities, some great acting, and no cheesy nudity. A girl returns to the town she grew up in after a number of years away to attend a funeral. She had been sent away after her sister's funeral with a brother-in-law and niece as her onlt family left. She starts to have blackouts, visions through sketches, and people begin to die. It even has some dark and creepy elements. I recommend this and I would watch it again, even own it.
There is nothing "MTV" about this movie! :)
February 1, 2008 |  | BURIED DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN DEAD! |  |
this movie was something else. after i saw it, i was a bit in shock. all good things of course. very well thought out. plain and simple: it was very good. it's hard these days to bring something to the screen that kind of gets you a bit on edge, something a bit unnerving you know. and this did all that. it's not a big blockbuster movie, but it far from sux too. very mysterious and suspenseful. just when you think you got it all figured out, it isn't always so. take this chic who's coming back to her home town after years of struggling and trying to escape the painful memories of her sisters death, caused in part by her. the guilt is and has always been there, but so have visions of her sister and that unfortunate day. she ran from her past, but as always she must face it one day. somthing keeps telling her, that something is not right. visions, drawings, and dreams have followed her for years and make her want to uncover the truth. the truth that lies hidden beneath. just her and her young niece seem to be the only ones to believe that there is a dark thing, when everyone else thinks she's crazy. she has to do what she can to prove them wrong. in the end, it's more than even she thought it would be. very successful film in my eyes. the acting was quite good, the all around feeling you get when you watch this is an eerie one. nothing like good old fashion thrills to give you some good chills.
January 9, 2008 | | WHAT DOESN'T LIE BENEATH... | |
....is a coherent script. Even with that in mind, BENEATH, an MTV co-production with Paramount, holds your interest with a modicum of shrieks. HEROES' Nora Zehetner plays Christie, a young girl traumatized by the death of her sister, in an accident in which she was the driver. Although she survived the crash, Vanessa was burned severely and dies a year later. When people close to Vanessa start dying, Christie is convinced there's more to Vanessa's death than meets the eye.
One major problem I found is Christie's "visions" and her drawings of things and people she doesn't know...there is no real explanation for them, and when the script force feeds a reason, it doesn't make sense. Zehetner is good, as is Matthew Settle as her brother in law. Not bad, but no classic either.
October 21, 2007You know what would be great? How about an original idea instead of just rehashing the same old plots over and over again. How many times do we have to suffer through somebody dying or being injured in a car accident or a fire (here it was both) then watch the tortured survivor friend or relative deal with it later in life? This movie wasn't terrible, but there was absolutely nothing new in it anywhere that hasn't been done in dozens of other movies. There were pictures drawn of visions someone had (boy, that's original), a little kid viewing all the happenings (only for the hundreth time I think) and of course the cover up of the plot that gives us the same old twist at the end. A real twist would be that there is no twist at the end. I gave it 3 stars because the acting wasn't bad and had it been one of the first 10 or so movies I'd seen with this same theme I probably would have liked it more.
September 15, 2007A depressed young woman who has visions about an accident which eventually caused the death of her older sister returns home to visit her creepy brother-in-law and niece. While there, the niece's grandmother dies and she has a vision right before it happens. The niece confides that there is something 'inside the walls' which is responsible. Some kind of monster. During the course of the investigation, she discovers the house used to be an escape route for local minors and the house is riddled with mysterious hatches and bolt holes.
Initially I found this film suspenseful. But I grew bored waiting for the big reveal. The grandmother, and child, were excessively creepy, and I think it would've been more interesting if the characters were more normal even likeable. The house itself was interesting, but it was never explained why the miners felt the need to make *a house* into an escape hatch for the mines. It would make more sense if the house was part of the Underground Railway or something. Also the house was very dark and drab and in an obvious bid to make it look scary, I think they went to far. It was difficult for me to believe anyone would want to live there.
Overall, this was an okay film. If you like the type of film where no one believes the central character isn't crazy until the very end, this one is for you. I found myself unsatisfied with the ending and impatient towards the end for things to happen. The final scene rang hollow and was anti-climatic.
3 stars. Not the worst horror I've seen but not all that great either.
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