The Creature Below

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B P @Bradster69 Sep 22, 2026 Not Bad, but Not My Favorite See more Feb 12, 2019 Loved it, felt very Cthulhuian. Squid creature driving humans into madness. What's not to love??? See more Oct 22, 2018 But still think it was worth a watch despite the somewhat bad acting. See more Jun 12, 2017 Terrific squid action! See more Mar 17, 2017 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. See more Mar 6, 2017 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. See more Read all reviews

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