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4.5/10
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After watching their best friend get murdered, a group of teens struggle to expose a local hero as the vicious killer and keep from becoming his next victims.After watching their best friend get murdered, a group of teens struggle to expose a local hero as the vicious killer and keep from becoming his next victims.After watching their best friend get murdered, a group of teens struggle to expose a local hero as the vicious killer and keep from becoming his next victims.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Stephen Ford
- Brian
- (as Stephen Lunsford)
Dahlia Waingort Guigui
- Sylvia Moore
- (as Dahlia Waingort)
Cam Banfield
- Collin
- (as Cameron Banfield)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBruce Wilkinson (the writer) first met Director Martin Guigui in Austin, Texas at the Austin Film Featival back in 2005 at a screening of Guigui's Swing (2003). Little did they know they would find themselves filming "Beneath The Darkness" 5 years later right in the Austin area.
- GoofsPart of Ely's preparation of Danny before the funeral includes adding cosmetics and presumably embalming. During a Jewish funeral, there is a closed casket, which is customary, but it would not have been okay for Ely to add makeup or embalm Danny.
- Quotes
Abby: We know what you did, Ely.
Vaughn Ely: Abby? Be careful.
Travis: Man, that guy creeps me out.
Abby: He's more than just a creep.
- ConnectionsReferences Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
- SoundtracksLove Me
Performed and written by Tony Oller
Featured review
Scooby-Doo, but serious and without Scooby
Dennis Quaid plays a creepy mortician in a central Texas town. A group of teens decide to trespass his abode for thrills and everything goes awry.
Quaid and cutie Aimee Teegarden head the cast, but it's Tony Oller who shines here as the troubled protagonist. He's reminiscent of Robby Benson.
As noted in my title blurb, the story is akin to a Scooby-Doo yarn, but realistic and without the dog. Although Quaid is over-the-top and somewhat campy as the villain the rest of the cast play it straight. I was surprised by the dramatic score and a few really touching scenes.
Some complain that the subplot of a dead sister and a ghost sighting goes nowhere, but it's there for a reason, just think about it.
Although there's some realistic cussing there's zero raunch.
I was pleasantly surprised by this little film. It's classy, sometimes moving, mysterious and thrilling.
The film runs 1 hour, 36 minutes, and shot in Bastrop & Smithville, Texas.
GRADE: B+/A-
Quaid and cutie Aimee Teegarden head the cast, but it's Tony Oller who shines here as the troubled protagonist. He's reminiscent of Robby Benson.
As noted in my title blurb, the story is akin to a Scooby-Doo yarn, but realistic and without the dog. Although Quaid is over-the-top and somewhat campy as the villain the rest of the cast play it straight. I was surprised by the dramatic score and a few really touching scenes.
Some complain that the subplot of a dead sister and a ghost sighting goes nowhere, but it's there for a reason, just think about it.
Although there's some realistic cussing there's zero raunch.
I was pleasantly surprised by this little film. It's classy, sometimes moving, mysterious and thrilling.
The film runs 1 hour, 36 minutes, and shot in Bastrop & Smithville, Texas.
GRADE: B+/A-
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- Also known as
- Sát Nhân Nhà Tang Lễ
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- Budget
- $7,300,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $23,998
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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