Listen,the acting in this movie is painful. But the cinematography is great. I just read they made this movie for 13 grand! The production value seems way higher than that. And I read this was their first feature. If they had better actors and a little bit better script...there was some plot holes... this movie could have been insanely good. Very interested to see what Doucette does next. For now I would say watch From Beneath for yourself. It is a little hard to sit through at times... Like I said the acting is so bad but kind of funny because its so bad. But its worth the watch. Indie film is always interested when you take a look at what they were able to do with so little.

I love a good bad movie, if you know what I mean.Cheesy plots, poor acting, bad special effects and lame music usually make my night.I also love really good movies, where all the elements are seamlessly directed and molded into a fine masterpiece.THIS movie, unfortunately, falls right in the middle, which is much like being friend-zoned by the girl you love. The words "almost," "lukewarm," "medium," and even "common" fit this movie more than any other words I can think of.The acting is good overall, with one major flaw: The director allows too much space between each line, giving the flow of the dialogue a halting, plodding effect. This is not the fault of the actors, it's the fault of the director and even the editor. It ultimately did not feel natural at all. The actors never even successfully interrupted each other. They just kept waiting patiently for the other person to finish their line. It felt hesitant.The music, on the other hand, was absolutely sub par in every respect. The entire "soundtrack," if you'd care to bless it with such a prestigious title, was entirely made of one guy (maybe two, I don't know) playing his bass guitar and doing some other guitar work over the top from time to time, with scary sound effects mixed in. It was much too simple, and was played way too loudly at the "scary" parts of the film, quite literally drowning out the action! And there was one, and ONLY one, musical theme, consisting of three notes, doh may ray, played over and over and over and over and over and over again to the point of absolute annoyance. Don't you think that even an amateur musician could come up with something slightly more.. long-ish? I kept thinking of a hippy smoking weed in his garage, playing the same three notes on his bass and saying to himself, "Oh maaaan dude! Maaaaaaan. This would make such a great soundtrack."Other than that, I quite enjoyed the film. The setting was nicely done, being filmed in a wet, lush environment that left you feeling that warm, dry creatures like human beings didn't really belong in it, and were less than welcome. It was good usage of the terrain and gave the film an adequately creepy feel. The actual shooting of the footage was nicely handled as well.And the reactions of the protagonists to their situation, while somewhat unoriginal, were believable enough. Though I must admit, there was not really any surprises in this movie. You sort of see everything coming.Overall, I just feel that this film was good, but didn't deliver the way it could have.

I read some of the awful reviews of the film and then decided to watch it anyway, I like B movies.The other reviews comment on the film itself so I'll limit my thoughts on that to the following.The film itself is not great, acting was painful at times and the music seemed to be trying to overcompensate for other flaws but on the plus side the camera work was good.I'm giving it a 4 because it's a useful film for would be movie makers.I'd be interested to know what the actual budget was and how long it took to film but it is clearly a very constrained budget film if you managed to stay watching until the end credits they were all covered in around one page with less than 10 people involved, in many movies these days you have 10 minutes of credits.For 90% of the film it was two characters in a single setting and they have put together a watchable feature length film with their own original take on soundtrack that whilst it's definitely not for everyone, many people will watch it, some will enjoy it and cable channels will probably snap it up.

Besides the first scene, the fifteen minutes or so after that are a little slow as the characters are being developed. After that the movie is a slow burn as the intensity ramps up. The last 20 minutes alone make the movie worth the watch. From Beneath is also visually really stunning, especially the night scenes and the blood scenes. Not to mention the fact that this is a low budget indie so the fact that the cinematography was pretty well done is even more of an accomplishment. Im interested to see what David Doucette does next. With a tighter script and a bigger budget his next film could be unstoppable. Also the simple roughness of the score through out the movie is awesome, it really makes you feel the doom that awaits.