The Creature Below (2016 film)
The Creature Below" (2016), AKA The Dark Below
Summary
A young scientist discovers a malevolent entity which sets her on a bloody descent into the jaws of insanity.
Details
- Release Date: 2016
- Country/Language: UK, English
- Genres/Technical: Horror, Sci-Fi
- Setting: Modern (2000s) Atlantic Ocean
- Runtime: 1 hr 23 min
- Starring: Anna Dawson, Michaela Longden, Daniel Thrace
- Director: Stewart Sparke
- Writer: Paul Butler, Stewart Sparke (story)
- Producer/Production Co: Dark Rift Films
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- IMDB: (link)
Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: (not rated) (expect the equivalent of a PG-13 or R for Violence, Profanity, Adult Content, etc.)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)
At least there are tentacles.... The film-makers' descriptions of the film hint at "Lovecraftian" influence with references to "Eldritch Horror", etc.
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
Reviews
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Synopsis
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During a traumatic accident whilst on a deep-sea dive in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, Olive, a gifted, young marine-biologist discovers an unearthly creature. Loosing her dream job, Olive smuggles the creature home, intent on studying it in her basement, unbeknownst to her devoted boyfriend Matt. Whilst struggling to re-adjust to landlocked life and recover from her recent trauma, Olive begins to realize that she and the creature share a symbiotic bond that drives her to carry out its sinister will. Plagued by gruesome nightmares, her fractured memories of what happened during the accident in the depths of the ocean begin to unravel and reveal an eldritch horror far older and malevolent than she could ever imagine, one which she has unwittingly set free. Olive's obsession leads to madness as her discovery consumes her entire humanity, with deadly results for those around her.
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Associated Mythos Elements
- TO DO
- Tentacle Monster
