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What Waits Below

What Waits Below

Underground, no-one can hear you die!

1984•1h 28m•3.9/10
HorrorAdventureScience Fiction

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3.9/10(20)

The US military is running a test for a special type of radio transmitter, to be used to communicate with submarines, in a deep system of underground caves in Central America. When the signal from one of the transmitters suddenly disappears, a team of soldiers led by Major Elbert Stevens and cave specialists led by Rupert 'Wolf' Wolfsen including scientist Leslie Peterson are sent in to find out what happened. Exploring deep underground, they stumble upon a tribe of albino cave-dwellers who have apparently been isolated from the rest of the world for thousands of years. The cave-dwellers are hurt by radio frequencies and are able to see in infra-red frequencies, tracking the explorers by their body heat.

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Adams Apple Film Company

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Robert Powell

Robert Powell

Rupert 'Wolf' Wolfsen

Timothy Bottoms

Timothy Bottoms

Major Elbert Stevens

Lisa Blount

Lisa Blount

Leslie Peterson

Anne Heywood

Anne Heywood

Frieda Shelley

Richard Johnson

Richard Johnson

Ben Gannon

A.C. Weary

Lt. George Barwell

Liam Sullivan

Liam Sullivan

Lemurian Elder

Jackson Bostwick

Jackson Bostwick

Hunter Prime

Richard Beauchamp

Santos Arias

Gary Carlos Cervantes

Gary Carlos Cervantes

Hector Lopez

Dick Curtis

Dick Curtis

Lemurian

William Gribble

Sgt. Neumann

Carl Spurlock

Carl Spurlock

Major Castillo

Jason Laskay

Hunter Second

Tim Powell

Tim Powell

Jim White

David Avery

American Soldier

Rick Davis

Mercenary

Janine Stamler Jordan

Mercenary

Kenny Moore

Lemurian

Brian Stevens

American Soldier

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