DVD of the Day #264 - Something Beneath
Ah another crappy horror film I was curious to see but unwilling to spend money on. Go Netflix!
This was an odd little film about a hotel built on some weird ground. It’s not an Indian Burial Ground or some undead curse. Rather it’s a strange new life form that attacks the guests in a hotel because they built the hotel upon it’s home and it’s just defending its territory. The creature secrets a powerful hallucinogen that causes people to experience their worst fears and die from fright because they think it is real. Interesting concept, and I’ve always liked the haunted hotel idea, but there are a few problems.
First off is you know you are in trouble when crazy Neo conservative Kevin Sorbo is your star character. Here he plays a priest who is leading an environmental summit. Kevin Sorbo as both a hippie liberal and as a priest in the same role? That’s some strecthing here. Sorbo does the best he can with his complete and utter ability to act, but thankfully the rest of the cast, whicha re pretty much unknown do a better job…but it’s still B-Movie quality. Natalie Brown does a good job as the female lead, and she continues the trend of Canadian Women generally being foxier than American.
The rest of the characters are greedy land developer, middle management schmoe who will do what ever it takes to get higher up the corporate ladder, Whiny spoiled celebrity debutante, crazy scientist who wants to hug the creature, and crooked cop looking to make good. Eventually the monster is not killed or even defeated. The good humans point out that they respect and like the monster and it decides to leave them alone. It still goes after the bad evil humans who put money over safety or the environment though. Man, i can’t believe Sorbo did this knowing his extreme political views. His Hercules money must have run out.
Is It Worth Keeping? No
Rating: 4/10
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