The Thing Below

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The Thing Below

"Fear is rising"

2004

1h 34m

3.5(42 votes)

Horror

Science Fiction

Thriller

Overview

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Billy Warlock

Captain Jack Griffin

Kurt Max Runte

Crank Wowchowski

Catherine Lough Haggquist

Anna Davis

Peter Graham-Gaudreau

Dean Rieser

Warren Christie

Cassidy

Kiara Hunter

Mel Rodgers

David Richmond-Peck

Bobby Gibbons

Colin Lawrence

Dixon

Jim Thorburn

Cole Griffin

Craig Bruhnanski

Captain Mark Stewart

Creative team

Directed by: Jim Wynorski
Written by: Raul Sanchez Inglis
Keith Shaw
Produced by: James Shavick
Kirk Shaw

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