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The trailer wasn't bad but the movie sucked. If Will Patton wasn't in it I never would of watched it. All this movie consists of is people running around in the darkness. There was also no clear explanation on what the monsters were. And they never show you a clear shot of what they look like. All you get from whatever these creatures are is a bunch of annoying moaning & groaning. Movie was a waste of time. 4 stars.

As soon as I saw that the main character is a supermodel European giving tours of redneck America I knew it was gonna be bad. Not to mention they try to make her seem tough as nails, but she looks like she's never gone a day without a spa treatment. The movie isn't much better, but the main character tips the hand as to how bad this is.

It might have been a good film but I will never know, it was filmed in stygian darkness, who was doing what to who and why will remain a mystery, as I could not make out what was going on, and why did they not call in the US Army to deal with whatever it was? filming great parts of films in darkness seems to be a trend lately, does it save money on sets? or Lighting? I don't know but it is tiresome.

This was awful. I fell asleep twice! Too dark, unlikable characters, incoherent plot. My biggest question: why did they decide to give the male lead, who is Mexican American, a British accent? It was terrible and unconvincing.

The movie was almost decent until the creatures appeared.

The creatures and plot are nonsense. There are plenty of movies that do this better.

Impossible to watch, as the picture is dark af!

WTH, man?! I can understand that the night time/inside caves scenes would be dark, but this film somehow manages to make an outside daytime scene, (with the sun fully blazing), look dark! I had to switch to YouTube to make sure that my TV wasn't broken.

It's like watching with 3 pairs of sunglasses on.

And turning up the brightness on your TV set won't help! All that does is put a horrible white mist over something that's already unwatchable.

20 minutes of squinting and guessing what I was looking at is all I could take.

Apologies to the filmmakers, but I say what I see...or in this case 'don't see' *pause for laughter*

This is not a perfect movie. It is also nowhere near the worst of all time. It is a low budget horror movie, and not a bad one. Hollywood dumps worse than this in theaters every January and late August.

Everything about this movie is awful. Writing, direction, cinematography, acting. It was just bad and a waste of time.

The town of Shookum Hills in the Appalachian Mountains was wiped off the map following a mining disaster in the 1970s... at least that is the official story. Now a group of explorers are determined to discover the truth. As they arrive in the area locals claim not to have heard of Shookum Hills much less know where it is. The group manages to find it anyway; hidden behind an electric fence. It is clear that somebody wants the mine sealed... but is that to keep people out or keep something in? The group are about to find out and when they do they will be in real danger.

I thought this was a decent enough low budget horror film. Sure the creatures are of the 'men in rubber suits' variety familiar to anybody who watched 'Doctor Who' in the '70s but that doesn't matter to much as for most of the time they are hidden in darkness. The dark and confined setting creates a good atmosphere much like that in 'The Decent', an admittedly superior film. The characters are the usual mixed bag; most of whom we know won't survive till the end. The acting is decent enough for a film of this type. One does have to suspend ones disbelief more than a little; given the danger it is unlikely more wouldn't have been done to eradicate it or at least ensure it couldn't be released by curious explorers! Overall though it didn't bother me, after all the true test of any horror film is whether or not it is scary and for me it was; more so than many horror films I've seen. Give it a go... even if you think it is terrible you'll only waste ninety minutes.

This is way better than half the movies on Netflix. I cannot believe all the "too dark" comments. Turn the lights off like you should for any real home viewing. Good sci-fi and at least an overall B+ movie.

Absolute mess of a story that has non consistency or direction.

Wow someone got paid actual money to make this film. Ok so you cant afford special effects but at least have a script that wasnt wrtten by a 12 year old. What a terrible film, bad acting, bad dialogue, bad story bad everything, bad, bad, bad.

Too dark and not in a good way, even in daytime setting I couldn't see a thing, I've no idea what was going on as the screen just seemed to be in total darkness. I can understand most of these things happen at night but even the daytime stuff seemed to be dark, I thought at first there was a Shaddow on my screen.

Didn't keep me interested enough to watch it all the way through, boring story, boring cast and I couldn't see what was going on.

Something is down there in the ground, and with dishonest causes for being there where the ground smokes and the mud is warm, really rams this group of five.

but as in every 3rd monster movie the monster is barely visible, a blurry outline and a flysnappersflowers mouth piece is the only you can see.and apart from loads of groans and growels, and dissapearing mighty men that should have a CO detector instead of a CO2 detector. the guiding ''lola'' caracter seems like and sound like a toomb raider caracter, and the continous darkness keeps the secrets very well hidden till you cant figure out whats what. so productionwise it has many glitches, and a very troublesome daylight logistic nightmare. the darkfilming is so bad, so what is in the dark stays secretly there in the dark forever.

so go out and find yourself an abandoned coal mine pit and make a copycat outta this.you just have to be cruel and sinister and dumbfoundly curious in the acts, its really nothing more.

it started of with a 6, ended up with a weak 4 thinks the grumpy old man. its a shallow story, poor caracter development and the filming is a nightmare

1) No real plot 2) No real character development 3) Really dark and blurry 4) Makes no sense.

So why didn't they just contact the government?

And if they went all out to protect this place, why no CCTV at the gate area to see intruders?

They put electricity on the hole covers, but didn't simply put up a warning sign telling people not to remove the covers?

These guys were some sort of miners? Don't they have a lot of explosives to blow up the whole cavern network and collapse it?

And what are these things anyways? Ant people? And if they couldn't get out, what do they eat? While we're at it, what do these miners eat? I don't see them growing any vegetables or raising livestock.

But perhaps most asinine is that the scientists knew there were something down there and after they climbed back up, they didn't bother to cover up the hole again and put the electricity back on? Even if they didn't, I mean it is pretty common sense to cover the hole and leave everything back to the way they found it.

No matter the large amount of negative reviews this film has garnered adds to my theory of what most general movie watchers expect from horror films. They must be shown the monsters in bright light because the darkness hides them from view. To these people I say the darkness gives more of a fear of dread. An educated movie viewer will tell you what you DON'T see is much more terrifying than anything that can be shown. This film, you get numerous, very clear views of the creatures and what they do. The acting was appropriate for this type of movie without giving away who will die first. The creatures reason for existing was unique. So if you want a movie where you can see the creatures all the time, how scary will it be? Not. Keeping them under darkness keeps the feeling of dread much longer. A good reviewer even if they don't a movie, can respect it. But don't go by these amateur reviews that put down this film. It was well written,well acted with a high tension count. I recommend this movie as better than 90% of the new films I've watched in 2021.

There is nothing redeeming about this film. Cast is unlikeable, silly plot and most of it's shot in darkness. A real stinker.

'The Devil Below' is also known as 'Shookum Hills'. Like many other horror films, this one starts off interesting and mysterious, and then plummets to all too familiar, cliched ground.

The sub-standard visual effects makes it hard to believe 'The Devil Below' was made in 2021. Even some 80's films incorporating demons or devils have better monster effects. The film's first half was eerie and ominous, but I must admit I never really cared about any of the stereotypical characters. Alicia Sanz tried so hard to act all macho as the film's heroin Arianne, but I didn't really buy it. And as for Schuttmann (Will Patton) who saves the day, this character was only there when he was needed. He didn't really contribute much to the film, despite him harboring a grudge against the creatures.

The film gave me a sense of 'Silent Hill' vs 'The Descent', only not nearly as good as any of these. The last few minutes are also too weird, and badly photographed.

Would I watch it again? No.

I wanted to like this movie, but it was just ok. The acting is solid and some great atmospheric moments. The story is not all too original but still intriguing. Where the movie fails for me is in two spots. First, yes I know it is mostly at night, but parts are just too dark for the human eye. Second, the whole film is based around the monsters that we hardly get to see enough of. Worth a watch but keep your expectations low.