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What Lies Beneath

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• Fantasy
• Thriller

• 2000
• Robert Zemeckis
• 124 mins
• 15

Summary

Supernatural thriller starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer. When Claire Spencer starts to hear voices and experience strange phenomena at her remote lakeside home, her husband begins to suspect that she is suffering a breakdown. But is there a more sinister explanation?

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Alan Jones

Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer star in this formulaic but highly enjoyable supernatural thriller from director Robert Zemeckis. Scientist Ford (in distinctly non-heroic mode) and his wife (Pfeiffer) have renovated their idyllic Vermont lakeside house, but their domestic bliss is disturbed when Pfeiffer starts seeing and hearing ghostly apparitions. After suspecting their strange neighbour of foul play - a subplot that echoes Rear Window - it soon becomes obvious that an event in the past has returned to haunt them. A creaking cocktail of light suspense and implausible plotting that pushes every tried-and-tested scare button, this mass-market shocker is illuminated by Pfeiffer's wholly believable performance as the traumatised wife. While Zemeckis is no Hitchcock, this is an efficient retread of territory already claimed by Stir of Echoes, The Sixth Sense and even Fatal Attraction. You know what to expect!

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6.6/10

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Credits

Cast

rolenameNorman SpencerHarrison FordClaire SpencerMichelle PfeifferJodyDiana ScarwidDr DraytonJoe MortonWarren FeurJames RemarMary FeurMiranda OttoMadison Elizabeth FrankAmber Valletta

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rolenameDirectorRobert Zemeckis

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Theatrical distributor

20th Century Fox

Released on

2000-10-20

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence and swearing.

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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