What Lies Beneath
by Robert Zemeckis
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Actor: Diana Scarwid, Harrison Ford, James Remar, Joe Morton, Michelle PfeifferDirector: Robert Zemeckis
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
Producer: Robert Zemeckis
Producer: Cherylanne Martin
Producer: Jack Rapke
Producer: Joan Bradshaw
Producer: Mark Johnson
Writer: Clark Gregg
Writer: Sarah Kernochan
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), DTS 5.1
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 130 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-01-30
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Movie Reviews of What Lies Beneath
Movie Review: No one is perfect . . . not even your husband.
Summary: 5 Stars
I had the chance to watch this film back in 2000, when I was thirteen I think. And it's no surprise that I had trouble walking into dark rooms for a few days because of it. What Lies Beneath is one of the scariest films I've ever seen; the jump scenes actually work (there are some you don't even expect in the least). The minimal music also helps with the creepy atmosphere (except for the jump scenes, of course). The plot may be a bit thin, but it didn't matter to me when I was watching it. The ghost in this film was as scary as the ones in all of those Asian horror films. And it's good to see some adults in this sort of horror flick, instead of stupid teenagers who do nothing but whine and scream. Zemeckis, Pheiffer, and Ford have done an extraordinary job with this film. And I hope we get to see more horror films that have a silent atmosphere and have no annoying little kids whatsoever.
Summary of What Lies Beneath
In this exciting supernatural thriller, Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer play a seemingly happily married couple who uncover a terrible secret.a secret so disturbing it threatens to destroy them.When Claire Spencer begins seeing ghostly images and hearing mysterious voices in their home, her husband Norman suspects it's just her imagination - until the images turn real. Now, together they must uncover the truth, confront their worst fears and find "what lies beneath".with twisting and terrifying results.
A good old-fashioned thriller that wears its Alfred Hitchcock pedigree proudly on its sleeve, What Lies Beneath stars Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer as picture-perfect married couple Norman and Claire Spencer, who seem happy and content with a fabulous house, college-age daughter and still-active libidos. When said daughter heads off to college, Claire starts obsessing about her new neighbors, and becomes convinced that the moody husband killed the neurotic wife, and that the wife's ghost has a desperately important message for her. Yes, it's true, there is a ghost, and there is a message, but it has decidedly more personal--and life-threatening--implications for Claire and Norman. Suddenly, that car crash last year that Claire can barely remember and the circumstances surrounding it start falling into place, and Claire begins to realize Norman may have a secret.
Director Robert Zemeckis loads the first half of What Lies Beneath with humorous cheap thrills (the suddenly ringing phone, etc.) that poke fun at Claire's dilemma while simultaneously making you tense beyond belief. Between each goofy thrill, though, is one true one that will make you jump out of your seat, including a bathtub that keeps filling itself. And all the while, Zemeckis subtly telegraphs the fissures in the Spencers' marriage, slowly revealing that all is not well between these two. Yes, it's a blatant Hitchcock homage to movies such as Rear Window and Suspicion, but it's sleekly made, entertaining and engrossing. Ford does his stoic thing well (and looks great doing it), and Diana Scarwid provides a refreshingly lighthearted turn as Claire's best pal, but it's pretty much Pfeiffer's movie all the way, and she carries the film on her not-so-fragile shoulders. And the third act is a suspense tour de force, complete with a breathtaking sequence featuring Pfeiffer and that menacing bathtub. In a time of obvious horror films, What Lies Beneath is an intelligent, fun thrill ride that will leave you breathless. --Mark Englehart
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