Beneath the Darkness

A bore sprinkled with hints of hilarity, soon to be buried like so many of its characters.

You anticipate every scene before it happens and figure out every secret before it's revealed.

Dennis Quaid goes Psycho in dull Texas-set thriller.

At times it seems the simple ineptitude of "Beneath the Darkness" surely must mask some undercurrent of deeper sophistication and intention on behalf of the filmmakers. Alas, as it turns out, such things never surface.

When it comes to creepy old buildings, overly attentive owners, and prying outsiders, Beneath the Darkness has nada on Don Coscarelli's epic Phantasm saga or, for that matter, Norman Bates' clear-eyed if psychotic shenanigans.

... the film leave much to be desired. [Full review in Spanish]

...a pervasively underwhelming thriller that wears out its welcome almost immediately.

Steer clear of Beneath the Darkness if you've grown tired of the paint-by-number thrillers that seem to be plaguing the genre lately

There's nothing in Beneath the Darkness you haven't seen before, better, and recently.