What Lies Below

The denouement when it comes is meant to be shriek of pure sci-fi horror; but really, you'd find better entertainment - and more energetic acting - watching a fish tank.

What Lies Below mostly coasts on its never-fully exploited main scenario: what would you do if an attractive eccentric tried to be your stepfather?

Disturbing but probably not entirely in the way they were aiming for.

The awkward storytelling and dialogue don't feel meaningful or deliberate, and the ending isn't tantalizing so much as mishandled.

...the eerie ride becomes bad camp...

This film features a somewhat interesting setup, but the lack of any sort of payoff keeps it from thriving.

For a dumb genre pic, "What Lies Below" is as goofy and fun as it is wet and...weird.

Small scale mystery horror with big ideas. It may not look like much at first, but the payoff is worthwhile.

Has echoes of both Species and Sleepwalkers, told as if it were a forgotten Goosebumps story.

What Lies Below may be rough around the edges but it certainly has a lot of fun parts to sink into.