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Movie poster: What Waits Below (1984)
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What Waits Below

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1984 · 88 min Horror Adventure Science Fiction
3.9 / 10 · TMDB

The US military is running a test for a special type of radio transmitter, to be used to communicate with submarines, in a deep system of underground caves in Central America. When the signal from one of the transmitters suddenly disappears, a team of soldiers led by Major Elbert Stevens and cave specialists led by Rupert 'Wolf' Wolfsen including scientist Leslie Peterson are sent in to find out what happened. Exploring deep underground, they stumble upon a tribe of albino cave-dwellers who have apparently been isolated from the rest of the world for thousands of years. The cave-dwellers are hurt by radio frequencies and are able to see in infra-red frequencies, tracking the explorers by their body heat.

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Year 1984
Country United Kingdom, United States of America
Genre Horror, Adventure, Science Fiction
Director Don Sharp
Runtime 88 min.
Rating TMDB: 3.9/10 (19 votes)

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The film constructs its dread from the clash between military technology and a primordial ecosystem, relying on the visceral fear of absolute darkness. It explores a clever premise where the very tool for communication becomes a source of lethal aggression.

What lingers after the credits is a sense of human vulnerability when stripped of its sensory dominance. The true horror lies not in the creatures, but in the disorienting loss of a world you understand. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Don Sharp

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