What Lies Beneath is a great thriller. Tons of suspense. Lead character Claire starts to feel as though her and her husband's house is being haunted as a number of odd things start to happen: doors opening by themselves, the water running in the tub when no one had turned it on, a picture frame falling, etc. Additionally she keeps finding clues that unravel the mystery of the ghost she believes is there. As the movie goes on more is revealed about past events that further provoke her belief in the haunting being real and her desire to figure it out.
The first half of the movie is rather uneventful but lays the groundwork for the great mystery. The second half picks up pace and creates tons of suspense to an ultimately action-packed and hair-raising ending. Everything Claire discovers leads her closer towards the truth and you can't wait to see how it plays out. Most of this movie, including much of the ending, goes in a calmness-begets-suspense kind of way, and it works. Claire spends most of her time hanging around her house. The most action (except towards the end) is her going to a dinner party with her husband and some friends, and some cocktail party thrown by the school at which her husband works. But like I said, it works.
The acting was a little insipid at times and the first half could have been a little more interesting; otherwise this is a great and very suspenseful movie.
The first half of the movie is rather uneventful but lays the groundwork for the great mystery. The second half picks up pace and creates tons of suspense to an ultimately action-packed and hair-raising ending. Everything Claire discovers leads her closer towards the truth and you can't wait to see how it plays out. Most of this movie, including much of the ending, goes in a calmness-begets-suspense kind of way, and it works. Claire spends most of her time hanging around her house. The most action (except towards the end) is her going to a dinner party with her husband and some friends, and some cocktail party thrown by the school at which her husband works. But like I said, it works.
The acting was a little insipid at times and the first half could have been a little more interesting; otherwise this is a great and very suspenseful movie.