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Beneath the Darkness

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Dennis Quaid

Tony Oller

Aimee Teegarden

Stephen Ford

Devon Werkheiser

Brett Cullen

Dahlia Waingort

Wilbur Penn

Amber Bartlett

David Christopher

Sydney Barrosse

Melody Chase

Conrad Gonzales

Gabriel Folse

Cam Banfield

Richard Dillard

Timothy Fall

Steve Larkin

Davi Jay

Cheryl Chin

Esther Guigui

Helen Ingham

Bruce Wilkinson

Martin Guigui

Kevin Kaska

Bruce Alan Greene

Maria Norman

Charlie Parrish

Jeff Schwan

Eric Potter

Donald Paul Pemrick

Massimo Zeri

Geoff Zanelli

Elliott Kahn

Christopher Stull

Danny Wayne

Jordan Strassner

Ronnie D. Clemmer

John Duffy

Dean E. Fronk

Janie Wilkinson

Scott Mednick

Bart Brown

Rustam Branaman

Pete Wooster

Jenny Wilkinson

Amy Maner

Jill Stokesberry

_**Scooby-Doo, but serious and without Scooby**_

Dennis Quaid plays a creepy mortician in a central Texas town. A group of teens decide to trespass his abode for thrills and everything goes awry.

Quaid and cutie Aimee Teegarden head the cast, but it's Tony Oller who shines here as the troubled protagonist. He's reminiscent of Robby Benson.

As noted in my title blurb, the story is akin to a Scooby-Doo yarn, but realistic and without the dog. Although Quaid is over-the-top and somewhat campy as the villain the rest of the cast play it straight. I was surprised by the dramatic score and a few really touching scenes.

Some complain that the subplot of a dead sister and a ghost sighting goes nowhere, but it's there for a reason, just think about it.

Although there's some realistic cussing there's zero raunch.

I was pleasantly surprised by this little film. It's classy, sometimes moving, mysterious and thrilling. 

The film runs 1 hour, 36 minutes, and shot in Bastrop & Smithville, Texas.

GRADE: B+/A-

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