Wow! Such a good movie.

Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

OK, the sound and dialogue seem a bit... off... and the characters weren't as well rounded as I usually like them. It has a Lovecraftian feel to it, with occult references that one can actually fact check. They are not how the movie portrays them, but whoever wrote this did their homework.Viewers should be warned: there are graphic allusions to rape, but it is brief and does not single out women (there is male on male rape as well). That's probably why this movie is getting terrible reviews. It seems these kind of movies only get 10 star ratings when women are the only ones victimized in explicit rape scenes. The orgy of madness at the end was not gratuitous or pornified, it is a portrayal of the result of malignant magic cast long ago. There is some nudity, but did not distract from the storyline, nor was it used as a cheap plot device to make the movie seem better than it was. Some parts made me laugh, but whatever missteps were made didn't make me lose interest.Overall I enjoyed this movie. It is a unique story obviously inspired by Lovecraft. Not once was I tempted to open another browser window. I wouldn't go as far to say that it was genius, or recommend anyone spend a lot of money on it. I would say, though, that like Cthulhu 2007 it is quite unappreciated.The music was good, the acting was competent despite the dialogue/sound issue, the visuals were excellent. The female characters were written strongly enough that they were participants in the story. The ambiance was excellent. I felt like I was pulled into a diabolical underwater world filled with grotesqueries of decades past. It's not a blockbuster, and it is low budget, but it's not worthless either.

I do have a love/hate addiction with Brian Yuzna. The Re-animator flicks, From Beyond, I loved them, Dagon wasn't my thing. Beneath Still Waters isn't available over here so I had to pick it up in the States. It's so strange being made in Spain and the UK that it never was released in Europe. Again, I have mixed feelings with this flick. The story is typical Yuzna but the first half was really boring. It's at the final that gory shots (the policeman cutting of his own legs and arms) and horror comes in. Before that it's more about ghosts and legends. What tears this flick down is the amount of CGI. The scene at the woods did remind me of the evil possession and rape scene in Evil Dead and the flower going open did remind me, in fact a pure rip-off of Alien's eggs containing Facehuggers. The acting itself couldn't convince me and it lays in the fact that Spanish actors had to talk English and it shows. They had to put more energy into that then into the acting. Maybe the best acting was done by Charlotte Salt (Clara) and it shows moving further to major productions like Beowolf as Estrith.There's quite a amount of unexpected nudity in it, the first one you can see coming when you see her face, and yes, the blond one goes full frontal naked but it's again towards the end, the horror part, that a celebration turns out into a gang bang. Of course only juggs are shown. The effects were also departed into two camps, one the CGI for the water scene's and the real effects into the second part of the flick. You could easily see the CGI in for example the scene in the woods. There's also use of a miniature underwater city and that shows too. So okay at the end, cheap in the beginning. If it was played by English actors or Spanish actors it would worked out better and less use of CGI would have made it like Re-animator, sadly it didn't. Still one to see if you are into Yuzna flicksGore 2/5 Nudity 2/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

I'd heard nothing but bad things about this film; but decided to track it down anyway simply because it has so much promise. For a start it was directed by Brian Yuzna' part of the creative genius behind Re-Animator and director of horror masterpieces Society and Return of the Living Dead 3; and secondly, the plot; which is based on a book by Matthew Costello, sounded like a great base for a horror movie. I figured that with these two elements in place, things couldn't possibly be as bad as I'd heard. Well...to say things went wrong would be an understatement. The plot focuses on a Spanish village named Marienbad; a place where the locals are gradually succumbing to a Satanic cult lead by a man named Mordecai Salas. Someone or other has hatched a plan involving building a dam to flood the town and it's inhabitants; but the plan fails when a couple of no good kids end up freeing the cult leader before the town is engulfed in water. Fast forward forty years and the village of Desbaria stands in its place; though the cult leader is waiting for his revenge.The film gets off to a really good start as we watch a couple of kids traverse across a flooded town and into a brilliantly realised Satanic church where they are greeted by a group of bewitched locals. But once this is over and we move into the present day, things start to go downhill. The main problem with the film is that it's a mess. There are a handful of good ideas but they haven't been put together coherently which takes most of the credibility away from the film. The film also feels very cheap; the poor acting doesn't help in this respect, and neither does the turgid script which is littered with trite lines of dialogue. The film does feature some nice locations, which is nice, but that's really the only good thing I have to say about it. Anyone who has seen more than a few Brian Yuzna films will know that the director likes to let things descend into chaos so he can show a wave of graphic images; and that happens here, but it's not as good as it was in the likes of Society and really just caps off a very disappointing effort. I wouldn't hesitate to name this as Yuzna's worst alongside Faust: Love of the Damned, and only hardcore fans need apply.

BENEATH STILL WATERS suffers from a soggy script, poorly developed characters, situations that make no sense, and a story that becomes increasingly boring after a wonderfully creepy start.PATRICK GORDON is the restless demon at the bottom of a dam, seeking vengeance on the townspeople after decades of silence and the death of a small boy who was curious enough to free his binds. The story jumps from that '65 incident to the present, with another death in the water prompting a diver/journalist by the name of Quarry (MICHAEL McKELL) to start an investigation of his own.Located in Spain, the film uses a mostly Spanish cast with lackluster results. Between segments of story exposition there are a few graphic horror moments, but none of it really jells as a whole--in other words, the total effect is not as gripping as it ought to be in a tale of this sort. The make-up for some of the loathsome creatures are gruesome and malevolent enough, but there's a lack of real tension and no real build-up of suspense after an excellent start.The overall impression is simply a horror film that never lives up to its potential and provides only a few really chilling moments.