Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

David Roggenkamp What starts out as simple exploration of underwater ruins quickly turns into the release of an evil once thought sealed nearly forty years before. One woman is haunted by visions of being the daughter of a child molester, in addition to her mother that is always away on location for work. Not much is given to the opening introduction of two boys playing knights, until much later in the film. All havoc breaks loose once the evil comes back to haunt everyone. The movie is unusually hard to follow and it feels fragmented between scenes; if there is a lot going on here, there seems to be more emphasis placed on action than actual plot – the plot is just that, a plot device and nothing more. I do not recommend this movie.Originally posted to Orion Age (http://www.orionphysics.com/?p=4977).

ma-cortes The picture packs thrills, chills , terror and lots of blood and gore . Horror and fantasy based on a novel "Beneath Still Waters" by Matthew Costello with screenplay by Angel Sala , though partially inspired by the master H.P. Lovecraft . A forgotten legend lives again , half a century ago they thought they had buried this horror forever. But you can't kill what was never really alive . And the massive stone walls of the Dam must soon burst and what was an incredible myth, will become a deadly reality . Everyone's been evacuated - just the church, the homes, the abandoned shops remain . Only the eerie buildings...still hiding secrets that no one suspects . The two boys walk through the doomed ghost town . But the boys discover that the town isn't quite deserted . Time passes, and the whispered secrets of the town have been long forgotten. But now, fifty years after vanishing, the sunken town comes alive again. A boy vanishes swimming on a moonlit night while his girlfriend Susana (Pilar Soto) and their friend Clara (Charlotte Salt) looks on . Meanwhile , a cameraman diver Dan Quarry (Michael McKell) is shooting the submerged Marienbad and a TV reporter (Raquel Meroño) discovers ancient secrets . "Beneath Still Waters¨ tells an incredible story of terror , monster killers and including fantastic touches . B-entertainment with a fairly suspenseful and horrifying story about an old fanatic cult , an evil being and his followers . As it packs horror , suspense , plot-twists , tension , chills , guts , thrills with sensationalistic scenes . This tale about a journalist mother and daughter of the builder of the dam played by Raquel Meroño , her daughter performed by Charlotte Salt and a diver acted by Michael McKell , all of them are involved into a twisted as well as terrifying intrigue begins well and grows more and more until a downbeat finale . Spanish secondary cast is pretty good but frankly wasted playing ridiculous roles , there appears notorious actors , such as Manuel Manquiña , Jose Maria Pou and Diana Peñalver who starred the Peter Jackson classic titled ¨Braindead¨. The film contains tension , thriller , drama , mystery , twists and shocks , including decent scares with tense sequences especially in its final part , in a unexpected denouement . There is a homage to Jacinto Molina when in the city of Marienbad before it floods , the boys throw rocks at posters for ¨Creature from the Black Lagoon¨ or ¨La Mujer y Monstruo¨ and "El Rostro de la Bestia," which has credits for Paul Naschy and Brian Yuzna ; there is no such movie, but Yuzna did direct Naschy in 'Rottweiler (2004)'. The flick was finely produced by the chairman of Filmax and Castelao Productions , Julio Fernandez who along with his brother Carlos Fernandez are two successful producers and experts on Horror genre , producers of hits as ¨The machinist¨ ,¨ Fragiles¨, ¨Darkness¨, ¨Rec 1¨, ¨Rec 2¨ , ¨Rec 3¨ and many others . Good makeup on the freakish half-human creatures . Passable images about the sunk village and dam explosion , both of them are made by means of computer generator . Colorful cinematography by Johnny Yebra filmed on location in Boadilla del Monte, Navas del Rey and Pelayos De la Presa, Madrid, Spain . The motion picture was regularly directed by Brian Yuzna ,a gore and guts expert director (Faust, Dentist 1,2 , Society, Bride Reanimator). Often uses harsh, bright lighting and soft blue hues in his movies . Brian Yuzna along with Stuart Gordon are important American filmmakers expert on terror cinema , both of whom working for Castelao , Fantastic Factory or Filmax . Rating : Average but some moment entertaining.

LeeRoss1 Yuzna is a genius and one of the two or three directors of the last few decades to be recognized as a true artist in the medium of film. Anyone unfamiliar with his body of work has been deprived of some of the most beautifully realized masterpieces in the history of motion pictures. With Yuzna's move to Spain, his incredible talent has set the screen ablaze with some of the most astonishingly original works ever filmed. Spain has offered him an environment in which to fulfill his vision in ways which even surpass his past artistic triumphs. With "Beneath Still Waters", Yuzna has created a unique and fantastic world unlike anything attempted by lesser directors (although Benicio del Toro has perhaps come closest with his failure, "Pan's Labyrinth"). One hesitates to go into much detail regarding specific technique, story aspects, or other delights that should be left as gifts to be shared following the initial screen experience. Let it simply be said that Yuzna not only works his magic with imagery, but directs actors to performances of stunning power. The result is a kind of "realism of the fantastical" that distinguishes the director's touch and illuminates his genius. Once one has become immersed in the towering experience that is "Beneath Still Waters", only the feast available in the remaining Yuzna body of work will satisfy. These films are not for the casual viewer looking for superficial entertainment. They are strictly for the lifetime student of film who appreciates the work of an artist that understands completely the medium within which he works and has mastered its full potential. For those prepared to be truly moved, spiritually overwhelmed, and artistically engorged, the longtime Yuzna scholar envies you your discovery of the treasures that await you. Your journey with one of the world's truly gifted directors will leave you forever changed.

Vomitron_G Hell no, damn it! Okay, this very well might not be a very good movie. For one thing, the acting certainly is below par. Another thing is that the story-line has a lot of loose ends and the screenplay just rattles. But this really is a typical Yuzna-production, featuring all his well-known ingredients and, to round it up: he knows how to deliver the goods. The special effects are pretty good considering the obvious low budget. There's gore. Gratuitous nudity. An orgy-scene. A little kid gets his face completely torn in half. A cop hacks off is own limbs and enjoys it. And the main villain is creepy and scary, very reminiscent of PHANTASM's The Tall Man. Why the hell should anybody nag about an incoherent story or bad acting if you got all of the above? I for one know what to expect from a Brian Yuzna-movie, and this time he delivers. So maybe, yes, this movie doesn't really deserve 7/10, because, well, it's not as good as THE NUN, to name another Fantastic Factory production. But it still is fun and I'm rating this on an enjoyment level solely. I'd say: if you enjoyed FAUST: LOVE OF THE DAMNED, then you'll probably like BENEATH STILL WATERS too. It's just more of that lovable Yuzna-madness. And if you don't dig it, then you probably didn't like much about his other films either. Or maybe you've just outgrown his stuff. I say it's about time he directed another movie.