What Lies Beneath |  | Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer, Katharine Towne, Miranda Otto, James Remar
Studio: Dreamworks Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  390 reviews
Sales Rank: 29883
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Anamorphic, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 130 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 7904312
UPC: 032429043122
EAN: 0032429043122
ASIN: B001AGNMJ4
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Release Date: September 9, 2008
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A good old-fashioned thriller that wears its Alfred Hitchcock pedigree proudly on its sleeve, What Lies Beneath stars Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer as picture-perfect married couple Norman and Claire Spencer, who seem happy and content with a fabulous house, college-age daughter and still-active libidos. When said daughter heads off to college, Claire starts obsessing about her new neighbors, and becomes convinced that the moody husband killed the neurotic wife, and that the wife's ghost has a desperately important message for her. Yes, it's true, there is a ghost, and there is a message, but it has decidedly more personal--and life-threatening--implications for Claire and Norman. Suddenly, that car crash last year that Claire can barely remember and the circumstances surrounding it start falling into place, and Claire begins to realize Norman may have a secret. Director Robert Zemeckis loads the first half of What Lies Beneath with humorous cheap thrills (the suddenly ringing phone, etc.) that poke fun at Claire's dilemma while simultaneously making you tense beyond belief. Between each goofy thrill, though, is one true one that will make you jump out of your seat, including a bathtub that keeps filling itself. And all the while, Zemeckis subtly telegraphs the fissures in the Spencers' marriage, slowly revealing that all is not well between these two. Yes, it's a blatant Hitchcock homage to movies such as Rear Window and Suspicion, but it's sleekly made, entertaining and engrossing. Ford does his stoic thing well (and looks great doing it), and Diana Scarwid provides a refreshingly lighthearted turn as Claire's best pal, but it's pretty much Pfeiffer's movie all the way, and she carries the film on her not-so-fragile shoulders. And the third act is a suspense tour de force, complete with a breathtaking sequence featuring Pfeiffer and that menacing bathtub. In a time of obvious horror films, What Lies Beneath is an intelligent, fun thrill ride that will leave you breathless. --Mark Englehart
Product Description
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 9-SEP-2008
Media Type: DVD
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SLOW MOVING THRILLER March 10, 2010
C. Chandler (Whitesboro, Texas USA)
....."Does for bathtubs what Psycho did for showers" ...that was the promo for this picture ...to compare this picture to Psycho is borderline sacrilege ...
.....Ford and Pfeiffer turn in good workmen-like performance but the flaw in this movie is in its slow moving plodding direction. It is mysterious and spooky but spine tingling edge-of-the-seat suspenseful it is not.
.....Until the final scenes where Ford is exposed as a killer with a murder in his past does the movie exhibit any real tension but it takes a long time getting there and if you haven't fallen asleep by then you might enjoy this over hyped movie.
 What Lies Beneath January 12, 2010
Linda M. Moscovitch (Horse Creek, CA)
This is a good old-fashioned ghost story. You will jump several times and maybe even scream! Makes some popcorn, turn off the lights, and snuggle up for a great movie. This one's not a "hack-em up bloody" gruesome movie, its one suitable for the whole family (12 and up), or a good one for a "date night." Michelle Pheiffer and Harrison Ford at their best...
What Lies Beneath January 7, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It had been a year since Dr. Norman Spencer betrayed his beautiful wife Claire. But with Claire oblivious to the truth and the affair over, Norman's life and marriage seem perfect--so perfect that when Claire tells him of hearing mysterious voices and seeing a young woman's wraithlike image in their home, he dismisses her mounting terror as delusion. However, as Claire moves closer to the truth, it becomes clear that this apparition will not be dismissed, and has come back for Dr. Norman Spencer... and his beautiful wife. This movie is a jump-in-your-seat scary tightly wound psychological and supernatural mystery.
Chiller January 3, 2010
Reginald Kenneth Dwight
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie still gives me the chills everytime I watch it. One of the greatest American ghost stories ever produced. This movie is comparable to Peter Straub's "Ghost Story". This movie will not bore you. Rent it today!
Two Stars Show How it is Done October 24, 2009
drkhimxz (Freehold, NJ, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just a note to indicate that the years intervening since this film appeared have done nothing to dull the luster of this thriller nor of the two stars who, singly and together, pretty much hold the stage throughout the performance. Credit should be given to everyone concerned with the film but it is the actors we get to see. The transition from joy- to terror- filled days is done well while the twists and turns make dramatic logical sense. Recommended for anyone who takes pleasure in the suspenseful.
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