Below Ground

Stars,Write,Directed by: William Victor Schotten.

So,WWMM let me look at BELOW GROUND and it has a lot of neat touches that fascinated this reviewer.

This is from the filmmaker who made the documentary,THE BRASS RING,and it's the journey re-taken of all micro-budget rookies in OHIO,Trying to recreate their own little Hollyweird.

So,The wife has me watching THE STRAIN & LAST SHIP TV series and so the plague and virus as a villain is going around currently for fans.

BELOW GROUND is similar to those shows and yet has a micro-budget tinge that includes a 'found footage' angle and zombies,Even some tributes to 'Night Of The Living Dead' spread through out production.

(Title is an apposite quote from the absurdly long drinking sequence that makes up 90% of the runtime)

This film is... bad. The core plot is that demons or something are attaching a small suburban town (I believe in Ohio) this is introduced by a long, boring, and discursive monologue delivered in a monotone by the protagonist, a horror film director in the same small town. I didn't listen to it because honestly it was far too boring.

Then some people show up and engage in drinking and dialogue which has the character of 12-year-olds doing improv without direction except that they're drinking and cursing.

This is a complete waste of time, it's not even enjoyable in a so bad it's good way, it's not even really bad in the same way that a video of a family picnic isn't even really bad, it's just nothing that anyone not directly involved in the production would ever have a reason to watch (unless somehow it becomes critical evidence in a murder trial).

Catering by the Coolest Guy Ever Thanks to Amanda Baker for letting us use your house.