Feb 082002
A WWII submarine being hunted by a German ship picks up three survivors from a torpedoed hospital ship, one, a woman. The crew is on edge, the new captain too extreme, and voices and strange occurrences begin to haunt the boat.
Quick Review: With Pitch Black and Below, David Twohy has become the modern master of claustrophobia. There is no place to move in Below, either physically or psychologically, and it becomes unpleasant for everyone before it’s over, even the viewer. It is a tense film, with a number of scares, most cheap jump moments but a few routed deeper. As soon as I realized I was watching the standard ghost story hiding inside a military thriller, it was easy to predict everything that would happen, but that’s usually the case with movies about hauntings. This isn’t a film I’d suggest for repeat viewing, but for fans of supernatural suspense, Below is a must see.