Review – Below

Submarines and horror. I guess I’m honor-bound by disposition to love this movie. The submarine part of it works pretty well. The horror part strays a bit too far into the ghost story, which rarely ends up working for me. Even so, it does have its moments. The production values and special effects aren’t bad at all for a low-budget production. Even the acting’s not the end of the world. The script tends to meander a bit in the middle, not clearly moving from one point to the next. I’m also a little disappointed they left out a couple of the deleted scenes (if nothing else, I thought the alternate ending actually worked better, though the difference between the two wasn’t just real drastic). I can’t say much about the story without giving away the suspense the production relies heavily upon. So suffice it to say that as haunted ship movies go this is one of the better examples of the genre. Mildly amusing