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Claire Spencer is sending her daughter Caitlin off to college.  Although her husband Dr. Norman Spencer, a professor, is supportive of his wife he is often busy doing his research.  Norman expects Claire to have a tough time with being alone in the house and with missing her daughter, his step-daugther.  Claire hasn't been totally right since her car accident a year earlier.  New people move into the house next door and it looks like Claire might have a new friend to relieve the loneliness.  That is not to be because the new people frequently volley back and forth between have loud sex and loud arguments.  Soon Claire hears and sees things that maybe she shouldn't reguarding the neighbours.  Then when the woman next door goes missing Claire begins to find her own house suddenly haunted.  The hauntings begin to affect Claire's sanity and Norman begins to seriously worry about his wife.  From there the story builds even further.

What Lies Beneath is one of those slowly accelerating, atmospheric, dawningly creepy films.  The direction is excellent.  The pacing is good for a film with little to no "action".  The acting is top notch overall.  The film draws the audience into it with fairly deep and complex characters.  The film also has its share of mystery to it.  The note of the unknown carries the creeps and thrills along and maintains a solid and expanding mood of fear.  The special effects in the film while few are of excellent quality.  The haunting aspects are handled deftly both technically and with respect to the story and the direction.  The musical score is excellent and put to use just perfectly.  The interior sets and the external locations were chosen well.  The weather and times of day for shooting added a lot of depth to the film and was integral to maintaining the feelings of each scene.  What Lies Beneath is a good creepy movie.

( Thank you for reading my review.
Bob Male)

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