"The Deep Dark" had a promising concept and looked like it would be right up my alley. I'm a horror movie fan and I especially love Creature-Features and also movies that are set underground. In this French production a group of underground miners and a professor are stuck inside of a mine with an ancient evil. Our main protagonist is sort of a deadbeat Arab guy who is new to the mines at first but his character quickly growths. His colleagues are mostly mean and selfish apart from a few decent guys. After we are introduced to the characters they head down towards a new system of the mine which has never been explored by them before. The professor is sure that there is something historically rich hidden down there. And after they blow up a new part of the mine, they discover countless bones and some sort of casket which is later revealed to be more of a prison. After a landslide prevents them from going back up and the horse they brought down there with them runs away, the group starts splitting up and the greed of some of the miners becomes their doom. It takes quite a while before something relevant happens however the movie manages to keep you interested and entertained. The actors do a great job and the overall production value looks pretty great and convincing. Once the real terror begins, the movie is full of suspense and tension. Some of the effects towards the third act look a little wonky which would be my only minor complaint about the movie. Other than that I had a really great time with this flick and I would love if more studios would have the balls to put money in these kinds of flicks. [7,5/10]
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