Manthast Absolutely amazing

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

bkoganbing You always like to see people enjoying their work. Especially actors who with a good director have to channel their emotions properly so as to get the most effective amount of emotion and the right emotion per scene as the dialog dictates.But all players love to have at least one role in which they can just let it all hang out. Such a film came to Dennis Quaid with Beneath The Darkness where the respected mortician of this small Texas town has an interesting sideline with some of the bodies he has. Those that he's personally made dead.Quaid was a small town football player in Texas and that guarantees you respectability right away in that state. But four teens, Tony Oller, Aimee Teagarden, Devon Workhiser, and Stephen Ford discover his past time. One of them dies for it. Still they're the ones in the jackpot.I usually give these films short shrift. But I always maintain that these slasher films are great because overacting is a requirement and players just have a ball with these parts.Dennis really lets it rip in Beneath The Darkness. Fans of his should love it.

Tss5078 It is great to finally see Dennis Quaid play a character with personality again! Lately, it seems like he plays the same scarred, emotionless character, over and over again. It's hard to remember that it's his charisma that made him a star and you can really see it in Beneath The Darkness. Dennis Quaid plays Vaughn Ely, a mortician who is crazy. To the town, Ely is this great guy who gives back to the community, but only one person can see him for what he really is. Travis (Tony Oller) is a local teenager who works odd jobs for Ely and has always had suspicions about the man, but never did anything about it. One night, the subject comes up while with his friends and they decide to bust into Ely's home to find out what he's really hiding. The story starts out very slowly and I wasn't expecting it to get any better, but it really does. I already mentioned how good Quaid is, but the star of this film is Tony Oller. I've heard him sing, but I've never seen him act, and to say I was impressed is an understatement. Between Quaid's outlandish behavior and Oller's teenage angst, I didn't need much of a story to follow in order to be entertained. Beneath The Darkness is strange and not everyone is going to like it, but it's one of these films that you keep watching, because you want to know what's going to happen. What happens is that it actually turns into a pretty entertaining and respectable film, that features a star in the making.

Z-Rider Where do I begin?? The main reason for me watching this movie is that I am a big fan of Dennis Quaid but his performance in this flick leaves a lot to be desired! Quaid plays the role of the town's mortician and the audience is quickly introduced to the dark side of his character when he takes his first victim within the first few minutes. It is from this point that the movie takes a nose dive! There was absolutely no suspense and if failed in every aspect to put me on the edge of my seat.The majority of the other characters were simply pointless and most of there scenes bared no relevance to the plot. This movie quickly went nowhere and the final minutes (especially the final words from Quaid's character) were simply ridiculous.If you have nothing better to do......still give this a miss!!

misterzook I made the mistake of watching this movie on Netflix. Horrible movie. Not only was it was just not believable in regards to the characters but I do not to want to write a spoiler. I do agree with another review that most of the scenes were simply literally too dark, I could not see what was going on, the lighting was terrible! Even if you like Dennis Quaid (which I do), even he did not make this movie worthwhile. I seriously wish I had come and the reviews and most assuredly would not have wasted my time.I am not sure about most viewer but it seems it is really difficult to come across any really well-done thrillers these days.