‘Fear is rising.’
The Thing Below is a 2004 sci-fi horror film directed by Jim Wynorski [as Jay Andrews] (Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre; CobraGator; Chopping Mall) from a screenplay written by Raul Inglis (Goblin; Ghoul; Sand Serpents; Cerberus) and Keith Shaw [as Lindsay James] (Avalanche Sharks; Ice Road Terror; Deep Evil). Also released as Sea Ghost.
The movie stars Billy Warlock, Kurt Max Runte and Catherine Lough Haggquist.
The film was also released in the UK as Ghost Rig 2: The Legend of the Sea Ghost to make it seem like a sequel to the British picture Ghost Rig (2003).
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Plot:
A top secret drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico raises a dormant alien creature from the depths. Once loose, the creature goes on a murderous rampage by telepathically exploiting the fears and desires of anyone to cross its path…
Choice dialogue:
“Shit’s going to blow like fireworks on the 4th of July!”
“Dammit, Colonel, listen. We’ve got five good troops on that boat and they have a snowball’s chance of finding a needle in a haystack. I know a stitch in time saves nine, but the buns are burning and the oven’s getting cold. We need an answer, and we need it now!”
“Looks like a set from a Peckinpah movie.”
Trailer:
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Cast and characters:
Billy Warlock as Captain Jack Griffin (Society; Halloween II)
Kurt Max Runte as Crank Wowchowski (The Unseen; Godzilla; The Tortured)
Catherine Lough Haggquist as Anna Davis (Puppet Killer; Godzilla)
Peter Graham-Gaudreau as Dean Rieser
Warren Christie as Cassidy
Kiara Hunter as Mel Rodgers
David Richmond-Peck as Bobby Gibbons
Colin Lawrence as Dixon
Jim Thorburn as Cole Griffin
Craig Bruhnanski as Captain Mark Stewart
John Reardon as Lance Taylor
Ari Solomon as Prouty
Julie Hill as Professor Glenda Marshall
Ken Kramer as Dr Edgar Pretorious
Darryl Scheelar as Peters
Jano Frandsen as Commander Korda
Michael Rogers as Mr. Paul
Eric Breker as Bob Davis
Glori-Anne Gilbert as Cindy Mayberry
Filming locations:
Vancouver and British Columbia, Canada
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