Arriving at a new hotel, a group working to prepare for an upcoming seminar find a strange black goo popping up around the hotel and when it's revealed that the goo can turn victim's fears against them, they all try to get the remaining guests out before it gets them all.This one here is a really decent film overall. One of the better elements featured here is the fact that this here has a unique creature which is a rather strong plus. This is an amorphous blob that travels along sewer paths that will kill others based on hallucinations derived from their darkest fears is really nice and displays an interesting gimmick that allows for some great fun. There are some rather nice ones, including the completely unnerving and really creepy bathroom hallucinations of the old woman attacking her in the mirrors, the assault in the basement becomes ultra-creepy once the dog becomes involved chasing her around the facility and the highlight is the series of encounters down in the sewers where all sorts of fears are brought out as this one ups the action as well as being completely suspenseful. The evacuation of the hotel and everything that results from it are really fun, where there's everything from the lengthy suspenseful stalking scene in the sewer systems to a major action scene inside the compound where they get to confront the creature inside the middle of the facility to the race to get out, this is full of fantastic moments that really work, giving this one a stellar pace which is quite impressive overall. These here are the film's good points as this one here doesn't have a whole lot of flaws. Those are all based around the film's titular creature as this is one of the most non-threatening creatures around in no way should inspire fear. Barely touching it starts a hallucination that will kill a person by their greatest fear, but that isn't done by having the creature lay a physical hand on the victim, and they still can be saved even after touching the creature physically. That the creature has to lure victims down into the basement, despite a size given in the film to be of considerable mass, since it can't really move but expand outward as it's rooted in a particular spot, makes this yet another strike against the creature. That is it's biggest strike, and with all these here against the creature in it the film would've been a whole lot better had this been fixed into a more threatening creature. The film's other minor issue is the heavy-handed environmental message that gets hammered home here, tending to be forced into the proceedings with the subtlety of a sledgehammer which doesn't make for an enjoyable time here. These are what hold this one back.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Language.

Each time I see a Sci-Fi Original TV movie in the listings I groan. That's because I know I have to watch it, not because I want to, but because the irritating sense of completeness I have pushes me to see all the films they show. Perhaps it's because watching these Z-flicks helps me appreciate other B-movies better. Whatever the cause, I'm a glutton for punishment and SOMETHING BENEATH is another disappointing rip-off in a long line of them.The story is about some kind of black oil that spills out of the earth and causes people who touch it to have hallucinations in which they witness their worst fears. Therefore a young Paris Hilton-alike witnesses herself as an old hag in the mirror and commits suicide as a result. Another guy who's seen too many horror movies thinks that some cheesy zombies are shambling after him. It's all so predictable, and to be honest, vapid. There's no sense of pace or dread here and the black goo stuff seems to have been stolen from a sub-plot of THE X-FILES. The characters wander around, some die, some live, and you don't care about a single one of them.The film does win a couple of points at the beginning, as some workmen are killed in slasher-movie ways. But then we're stuck in the doldrums for an hour before things culminate with a sub-Lovecraft monster rising out of the depths. Poor CGI is a given with these movies, but the plot, which can't decide whether it wants to be serious or whether it wants to be a spoof, is absolutely foul. Kevin Sorbo, he of HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS fame, is the actor getting dragged through the mud here, although the worst actor of all is Brendan Beiser as the utterly irritating 'professor' helping to track down the creature. At least Natalie Brown, as the heroine, is pretty, although that's not enough to make this mess entertaining. SOMETHING BENEATH is bottom-of-the-barrel trash with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

I saw Something Beneath because while dubious(for obvious reasons) the concept was interesting, far-fetched perhaps but actually seemed as though SyFy were trying to do something different. The movie itself conversely doesn't live up to this concept. The film is not badly edited and Natalie Brown is quite good considering her clichéd character. However, while the concept promised much the delivery didn't live up to it, not much is done with the whole monster/hallucinations angle and these scenes come off as silly instead. The story sadly comes across as dull and unimaginative too, the overall tone feels no more different from the other SyFy creature movies. The script is often too talky and is so cheesy even the most hungry mouse wouldn't be able to finish it. The monster looks ridiculous and is not very imposing at all, while Something Beneath has annoying stereotypes for characters and bad acting even from Kevin Sorbo who always tries to save bad movies but not this time. The ending also falls flat, with no sense of tension and even worse the monster is defeated all too easily. Overall, pretty poor, but I have seen far worse. 3/10 Bethany Cox

Wow. So bad, that my heart hurts for Canadian cinema... Honestly, I've not seen worse acting/directing in a VERY long time. Why would such a complete piece of garbage ever get made? Who would ever care for it to fill even the least watched time slot on TV???? The writing was completely 2D, the concept beyond a watered down rip off of every thriller that has come before this bomb, such as Tremors, Poltergeist, "It"and so on. The last scene - did they really think that awful kiss was a good take??? For god's sake, all you have to say is "let's try it one more time". Was the director blind? I think this may be the worst movie I have ever seen... The ONLY reason I saw it is because I'm sick with a terrible case of strep and couldn't even reach the converter. Plus, it was so horrible, that it was almost compelling.