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It Came from Below
UK 2021
produced by Scott Jeffrey for Jagged Edge Productions
directed by Dan Allen
starring Megan Purvis, Tom Taplin, Jake Watkins, Georgie Banks, Howard J Davey, Becca Hirani, Stuart Packer, Tony Goodall, Kate Sandison, Tara MacGowran, Georgiana Neilson-Toy, Luke Bailey, Dan Allen, Dom Ellis, Chelsea Murphy, and as creature: Richard Lovell
story by Scott Jeffrey, Dan Allen, screenplay by Sam Ashurst, Dan Allen, music by Greg Birkumshaw, special effects makeup by Chelsea Murphy, creature design by David Foxley
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Jessie's (Megan Purvis) dad has died recently, and as a last tribute to
him, she wants to prove he was not just the weirdo conspiracy theorist
everybody took him for but has actually stumbled upon creatures from
another world in some caves - which is maybe also an effort to prove
herself he deserved her trust throughout. So she embarks on a trip to said
caves, but then her brother Sam (Jake Watkins) insists on tagging along,
and also brings his girlfriend Joanna (Georgie Banks) and Jessie's ex
Marty (Tom Taplin) along for the ride. The trip though seems to be under a
bad star from hour one, as Joanna's really that sympathetic to Jessie's
cause and can't quit complaining, and it might be that Marty has only
agreed to join out of sympathy rather than conviction. Thing is, once
they're deep enough in the system of tunnels, they have to realize there's
indeed someone or something in there with them, and whatever it is doesn't
enjoy the company. So suddenly our heroes find themselves on the run, and
more by mistake than by design Jessie's the only one who makes it out
alive and to the next ranger station - where she pretty much forces the
rangers (Howard J Davey, Becca Hirani) to take her back to the caves, to
save her friends - but also to prove her father right ...
Now the creature in a cave plot device isn't exactly
novel, and It Came from Below doesn't exactly try to reinvent the
genre trope - but within the confines of the tried and true formula the
film manages to tell a very tense and suspenseful story that's fueled not
so much by monster action as such but based around its characters,
fallible as they are. But that's not to say the the film isn't tight in
all the right places, and it really delivers in the horror department, not
so much by showing but by hinting at things, and leaving things (also
literally) in the dark instead of just explaining everything away - making
this a rather cool cave-bound thriller.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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Robots and rats,
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