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Beneath The Darkness (2012) has not been reviewed by Broad National Press
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: POOR "There is not an original thought in this story, written by Bruce Wilkinson, or in the way it is directed by Martin Guigui. That makes for few genuine scares and, by the end, some unintended laughter as the proceedings grow too silly to bear." (Read the full review...) 184 words, 01/06/12 Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: POOR (cg) "...a dumb thriller starring Dennis Quaid as a weirdo mortician taunted by high school kids into revealing what he did with his wife and her lover years before... [Quaid] needs to resist hamming it up in Z-movies which are beneath him and pretty much everyone else." (Read the full review...) 450 words, 01/06/12 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: POOR "At times it seems the simple ineptitude of 'Beneath the Darkness' surely must mask some undercurrent of deeper sophistication and intention on behalf of the filmmakers. Alas, as it turns out, such things never surface." (Read the full review...) 288 words, 01/06/12 Lou Lumenick, New York Post: POOR (cg) "It's sad to see Quaid in sloppily directed (by Martin Guigui) dreck like 'Beneath the Darkness' less than a decade after the performance of his career as a closeted married man in 'Far From Heaven.' " (Read the full review...) 213 words, 01/06/12 Tim Grierson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: POOR "Dennis Quaid's usual aw-shucks decency gets subverted in his role as Ely Vaughn.... Unfortunately for Quaid, director Martin Guigui's pathetic thriller doesn't even have the pulse-pounding excitement of a second-tier 'Scooby-Doo' mystery." (Read the full review...) 226 words, 01/04/12
Stephen Whitty, New Jersey Star-Ledger: MODERATE (cg) "...has a bit of the feel of one of those last-gasp '90s slice-and-dice movies, like 'Dr. Giggles' or 'Ice Cream Man.' Unfortunately, unlike those films - which were occasionally so-bad-they're-good - this one is just so-so." (Read the full review...) 358 words, 01/06/12
Tim Grierson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: POOR "Dennis Quaid's usual aw-shucks decency gets subverted in his role as Ely Vaughn.... Unfortunately for Quaid, director Martin Guigui's pathetic thriller doesn't even have the pulse-pounding excitement of a second-tier 'Scooby-Doo' mystery." (Read the full review...) 226 words, 01/04/12 Andrew Schenker, Slant: POOR (cg) "As a suspenser, 'Beneath the Darkness' is pretty much nil... As a psychological thriller, it's even less effective, because the two subjects of mental portraiture are presented in terms either underthought or overdetermined." (Read the full review...) 455 words, 01/01/12
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: POOR "There is not an original thought in this story, written by Bruce Wilkinson, or in the way it is directed by Martin Guigui. That makes for few genuine scares and, by the end, some unintended laughter as the proceedings grow too silly to bear." (Read the full review...) 184 words, 01/06/12 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: POOR "At times it seems the simple ineptitude of 'Beneath the Darkness' surely must mask some undercurrent of deeper sophistication and intention on behalf of the filmmakers. Alas, as it turns out, such things never surface." (Read the full review...) 288 words, 01/06/12
John Anderson, Daily Variety: WEAK "...a malformed, would-be horror shocker with a deliriously deranged performance by Dennis Quaid, who unfortunately seems to be the only one onboard who thinks he's in a comedy.... Only the pulse of the hardcore genre fan will quicken..." (Read the full review...) 522 words, 01/05/12 John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: POOR "...a teens-in-trouble thriller with barely enough momentum to make it to the end credits. Performances and script are made-for-cable grade.... What might have been pulpy fun goes limp when it's clear nobody in the production has any interest in following Quaid's campy lead." (Read the full review...) 272 words, 01/06/12 Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: POOR "At times it seems the simple ineptitude of 'Beneath the Darkness' surely must mask some undercurrent of deeper sophistication and intention on behalf of the filmmakers. Alas, as it turns out, such things never surface." (Read the full review...) 288 words, 01/06/12 Neil Genzlinger, New York Times: POOR "There is not an original thought in this story, written by Bruce Wilkinson, or in the way it is directed by Martin Guigui. That makes for few genuine scares and, by the end, some unintended laughter as the proceedings grow too silly to bear." (Read the full review...) 184 words, 01/06/12
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