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  • Summary: The terrifying secrets of a small town hero are exposed when a teenaged prank turns deadly. Ely Vaughn is a pillar of the community in tiny Smithville, Texas. The town’s mortician, Ely has been revered since his days as the high school’s star quarterback. But since the tragic death of his wife two years earlier, Ely has withdrawn from his neighbors, while local teens spread stories of supernatural goings on at Ely’s mansion—which is also the funeral home. When high school friends Travis, Abby, Brian and Danny decide to check out the rumors, they are shocked to see the supposedly grieving widower dancing with a mysterious woman behind the curtains of his bedroom window. Their curiosity aroused, the four teens wait for Ely to leave the house before breaking in to investigate. But instead of finding clues to the woman’s identity, they stumble on a grotesque, long-hidden secret. Before they can flee the scene, Ely returns and surprises them in the act. Travis watches in horror as the supposedly upstanding citizen brutally murders Danny and later convinces the police it was an accident. (Image Entertainment)… Expand

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  1. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    Jan 5, 2012
    40
    Beneath the Darkness has nada on Don Coscarelli's epic "Phantasm" saga or, for that matter, Norman Bates' clear-eyed if psychotic shenanigans. It's strictly a guilty pleasure.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: John DeFore
    Jan 6, 2012
    30
    A teens-in-trouble thriller with barely enough momentum to make it to the end credits. Performances and script are made-for-cable grade.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mark Olsen
    Jan 6, 2012
    30
    Yet that deeply strange and agitated performance by Quaid is the only thing that makes the film remotely bearable.

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  1. moviegrabbag
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    You want to talk about a movie that doesn't take much thought. Within the first ten minutes of the movie it is clear exactly where this is going and what is going to happen. This movie just isn't worth the time to watch it unless you like to sit and make fun of movies. If you like to make fun of movies then this movie has plenty to make fun of.… Expand
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