What Lies Below
Film202087 min

What Lies Below

Taste attributes: horrormysteryscience fictionthrillerdramafresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatesurrealenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems

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"Fear comes to the surface."

Boxlist takeInventive and serious: an intricate horror film, heightened rather than true to life. Best if you like depth over escapism.

Taste details

Quality rating

5.2 /10

TMDB · 88 votes

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What lines up

  • Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
  • Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
  • Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

Liberty, a socially awkward 16-year-old, returns from two months at camp to a blindsided introduction of her mother’s fiancé, John Smith, whose charm, intelligence, and beauty paint the picture of a man too perfect to be human.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

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Details

Genre
Horror
Year
2020
Runtime
87 min
Status
Released
Studio
DRF Productions
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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