Beneath the Darkness

DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:

I thought this was a decent horror thriller made very interesting by the excellent Dennis Quaid. Don’t know if you’ve noticed, but horror movies are for the most part a backwater of the industry. It’s a great place for directors and actors to get a little exposure, and quite a few of our A-listers have started there. Every once in a while you’ll get a vehicle that really gets some Hollywood money and stars–13 ghosts, Flatliners, Poltergeist, series like Saw and Scream…but for the most part horror is indie horror.
For a while back there in the 80s, Dennis Quaid was sort of an A lister, and then, for reasons I don’t understand, America fell very much out of love with him. That’s a shame but also a blessing, because in the world of horror and sci-fi, out of range of most people’s radar, he’s doing some of his best work. Here he portrays a man who’s juuuuuuuuuuuust teetering on the edge. And he makes e-cigarettes look genuinely scary.
I thought the acting from the rest of the cast was pretty good, but where this movie really falls down is plotting. It hinges too much on the main characters and the police making dumb, dumb choices. That’s okay for your tongue-in-cheek slasher movie, but if you want it to be taken as seriously as the tone of this movie suggests, you really have to think it out a little better.-Binky Chottorrhœhia

Okay, this is a really strange movie. Starts out really weird, not really clear at first why the character of Dennis Quaid did what he did. When it is clear, well, he is a really weird character, obviously very disturbed but the only ones wise to him are the kids in the movie and only after they catch him in the act. The guy is a real piece of work, hometown hero and respected businessman. The kids in the story add suspense. This is not a great movie, the story is just a bit fuzzy at times, it has potential but a little something missing. Worth it for Dennis Quaid’s roll, he is just crazy odd. That is why the 3 stars, weirdly good movie. Did I say weird? I mean I enjoyed it, the movie is just a bit, yeah, weird.-Gloria J. Sanders

I think the acting was really good. I’m impressed with how well the young actors conveyed the intensity of the story. Aimee is just gorgeous and how can you not love her? She won me over in this movie. Dennis was excellent as a crazy villain in an un-characteristic role for the all-American actor. I understand how this scary story could really happen in a small town.- JG (Highflyer)

DVD Wholesale Main Features:

Actors: Dennis Quaid, Tony Oller, Aimee Teegarden, Devon Werkheisser, Brett Cullen
Directors: Martin Guigui
Format: Multiple Formats, AC-3, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number of discs: 1
Studio: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
DVD Release Date: February 28, 2012
Run Time: 96 minutes