TL;DR – While there was a lot of promise with this scenario, you can tell that there were factors like the budget that held it back.

Post-Credit Scene – There is no post-credit scene.

Disclosure – I was sent a screener of this film

Warning – Contains scenes that may cause distress.

Beneath Us All Review –

Today, we dive back into the world of Vampires, a world of shadows and screams. I have quite liked vampire films in the past because they are this blend of bloody action with profound lore. There are many versions of vampires, and I am interested to see where we will land in today’s film.

So, to set the scene, it is Scandinavia back in 912 AD when a child is ripped apart by a monster that appeared from the woods. The Monster (Yan Birch) was captured, but they could not kill him, so he was buried in a coffin, taken across the seas and then dumped in Vinland. In the modern day, Vinland is now North America and is full of rural Americans. Some of them are Todd (Sean Whalen) and Janelle Gibbs (Maria Olsen), who foster several kids and are not the nicest people in the world. But one day, their foster daughter Julie (Angelina Danielle Cama) is walking in the woods when a perceived noise impacts her head after she touches an amulet, which leads her to something buried in the ground.    

Conceptionally, there is quite a bit I like about Beneath Us All. What would you do if you were in an awful situation and were trying to protect those around you, and then you stumbled across a monster you thought could help? What if Little Shop of Horrors was a vampire? That is a solid concept for a film. Add that extra layer of it being a teenager who found the monster, someone in a challenging place and time in her life, and you can imagine how this scenario could happen and how it will be exploited. We also get some interesting framing at times, including a very uncomfortable dinner scene.

However, while there is a good framework here, you could tell that several forces held it back. The first is the script, which wasn’t quite there with its dialogue, which often felt like people were talking at each other rather than to each other. Then, there were elements where you can clearly see that the film was held back by its budget. They did a lot with what they were working with. However, there are moments where the film needed to lean into that horror element, but we get a bunch of awkward cuts. These moments just pull you out of the film right at the moments when you need it to engage.      

In the end, do we recommend Beneath Us All? Unfortunately, not. There is a lot of promise here. It just never connected with me. If you liked Beneath Us All, we would recommend to you Abigail.

By Brian MacNamara: You can follow Brian on Twitter Here, when he’s not chatting about Movies and TV, he’ll be talking about International Relations, or the Solar System.

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Credits – All images were created by the cast, crew, and production companies of Beneath Us All
Directed by – Harley Wallen
Written by – Bret Miller
Music by – Firoze Patel & Kaizad Patel
Cinematography by – Alex Gasparetto
Edited by – Johnny Flynn
Production/Distribution Companies – Painted Creek Productions, Westside Warrior Films & Cama Productions
Starring – Sean Whalen, Yan Birch, Maria Olsen, Angelina Danielle Cama, Malachi Myles & Kaiti Wallen
Rating – Around an Australian – Australia: M