I thought I had already seen the most boring movie, but then I came across "From Beneath". I stand corrected. This movie was so boring and uneventful that it was a struggle to stay awake through it from start till end.
The story in "From Beneath" is about a young couple who are out somewhere in the middle of nowhere, apparently, as they have no coverage for their mobile phones. A strange creature latches onto Jason and starts taking over his mind and body.
Sure, the story was good enough in theory, but it just didn't offer anything new to the genre, nor did it at any point turn out to be anywhere remotely near scary or thrilling. The story was slow-moving and uneventful. And the horrible dialogue and staggering acting didn't really help the movie along in any way.
There were so many things in the movie that just makes you stop and wonder in amazement, why someone would do such a thing in the given situation. There was a lot of moments in the movie that was just not making much sense.
What I found most fun about "From Beneath" was the undefinable sources of bright light that was present in the middle of the dark woods at night. That was just hilarious. And as for creature effects, well don't expect to actually see anything aside from the odd tentacles emerging out of the water.
If you enjoy thrillers and this particular genre of movies, then there are far better movies available. "From Beneath" is unfathomably boring on every account.
I was thoroughly 'bored from beneath'.
From Beneath
2012
Action / Thriller
Plot summary
It's growing inside of you! Sticky and hot from the long drive to visit a relative at their newly acquired, remote, rural farmhouse, Sam and Jason, a young couple on vacation, decide to swim in a pond they find at the end of a freshly cut path. While swimming, Jason is bitten by a strange leech-like organism. When he attempts to remove the creature, part of it rips off and crawls inside his leg. Back at the house, Sam's sister and her family have yet to return. As time progresses, the injury on Jason's leg worsens into a rapidly spreading infection, and strange clues begin to reveal that there may be more to their host's absence than it previously appeared. It soon becomes a race against time to discover what happened to Sam's sister and her family and what lies in store for Jason, faced with his physical and emotional disintegration.
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It will put you to sleep...
Stomp on it quickly
OK, the last few films I've seen were pretty bad indeed, but the ineptitude of this little movie about parasites that burrow under the skin of the male half of a couple who take an impromptu dip into a lake takes it up a notch (or is down a notch the correct terminology) in the bad movie spectrum.
Everything about this screams awfulness. Whether it be the horribly stilted dialog, the forced unbelievable relationship strife, or even the uninspired musical score, it all adds up to one unwatchable mess of a movie.
Where I saw it: Redbox Innstant
Not a bad indie movie
I enjoyed this movie, it's a Canadian Indie Horror/Drama. A young couple (Sam and Jason) drive to visit some of Sam's family who have moved out to the sticks next to a lake. When they get there they find her family are not there. Thinking the family must have nipped to the shops Sam and Jason decide to explore. They find the lake and decide to go for a swim (not the best of decisions by the look of the lake). When they get out Sam has a leech-like creature on her back and they see something moving under the skin of Jason's leg.
Although a little boring at times the film managed to keep my interest all the way through. The acting is not 100% but it's pretty good. The dialogue is good, the relationship between Jason and Sam is believable. They are pretty likable characters.
If you are a big horror movie fan of all budgets then give it a go, I never expect to much so as not to be disappointed.
There's some gore which is quite gross at times with is pretty cool.