They Crawl Beneath

No pun intended - the movie is .. well you have to cut it quite some slack. You have to be a fan of horror movies too. Michael Pare is I reckon a known name, but it is someone else who is the main character here - Pare is only there to add some name recognition I suppose.

The real star are the special effects anyway - which are not bad considering this is a low budget movie. Still the question is, can you dig (no pun intended) being closed off, being a "prisoner" in a close space and just let the absurdity of the movie rule over you and the running time? I don't judge any actor or rather their acting abilities just based on this movie - you probably shouldn't either ... they don't act ... naturally ... again no pun intended.

Not any good? Well, I had a laugh alright, when I started watching this movie, because it was so utterly terrible, that I actually thought this might be a parody, a conscious attempt to make a terrible horror movie that was meant to evoke laughter instead of horror. But ofcourse this wasnt the case!

The bad: this is NOT horror. This is NOT thrilling for one second.

What is it then? Amateur hour. We get to see a guy laying trapped under a car for an hour long. Well, you might think, isnt that dramatic? NOPE. The "actors" starring in this product are C-listed actors, who usually only would get roles in tv commercials or tv soap series, wherein any acting capabilities are not important.

Very low budget, so one has to evaluate it based on what they did on a low budget. Practical effects, and having most of the movie take place in one area saves money. The acting wasn't great, nor was it as if random people were hired who never did any acting before, so most of it was not mere reading a script. The Danny character is a bit of a puzzle. When he finally gets a phone call, on a phone that is at very low battery level, he decides to go off on a tangent rather then making sure he gets help before the phone dies. That can be looked upon as wasted screen time, or padding to make sure the film was as long as promised. In the biology lab, the only science books on the counter were physics books, which would have been out of place so that is a bit sloppy for the props people. The film probably delivered what they wanted it to deliver, but it still is a very forgettable film. It is not so over the top that it is a parody, nor is there any reason for the creatures being what they were. It is a dull movie, as Danny is a dull person. It is interesting as the pistol he has is referenced to Jose Wales. In that movie's background info, that civil war pistol was as likely to kill the shooter as kill the enemy! It was prone to misfire.

A boring type of stuck in one position movie. I don't have of enough words to explain my disdain for this movie. First the dialogue is poor. The plot is worse. Being trapped is not new to any movie genre but being trapped and being generally annoying is new. I don't know what the budget was but it had to be low. If it's a horror movie you are looking for, skip past this one and find something else. But if you want your fill from subterranean creatures that don't have an origin then this may be the movie for you. Unfortunately my taste is for better actors better scripts and better movies but hey to each their own.

When I was reading the description of the movie, I thought this could be interesting, but the acting was terrible.

You just couldn't get going on the movie because the acting was bad. It's not like Sharknado where the acting is bad that it becomes funny. This movie is like I'm attending a high school play.

At the end of the day this was a budget movie, and I guess that pretty much sums it up. Don't get me wrong, there are a few moments where it was actually not bad, and it actually reminded me that it was a horror movie. However, those moments are few and far.

I'll give them credit for trying but my suggestion would be to skip this one.