What Waits Below
| What Waits Below | |
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| File:Secrets of the Phantom Caverns movie poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster using film's original title
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| Directed by | Don Sharp |
| Produced by | Robert D. Bailey Sandy Howard Don Levin Mel Pearl Jeffrey M. Sneller |
| Written by | Ken Barnett Christy Marx Robert Vincent O'Neill |
| Starring | Robert Powell Timothy Bottoms Lisa Blount Richard Johnson Anne Heywood |
| Music by | Denny Jaeger Michel Rubini |
| Cinematography | Virgil L. Harper |
| Edited by | John R. Bowey |
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Release dates
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1985 |
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Running time
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88 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
What Waits Below is a science-fiction adventure film (initially released under the title Secrets of the Phantom Caverns) released in 1985. Directed by Don Sharp, produced by the Adams Apple Film Company, the film runs for 88 minutes and starred Robert Powell, Timothy Bottoms, and Lisa Blount.[1] The tagline for the video release of the film was "Underground, no-one can hear you die".
Plot summary
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 (Bottoms) and cave specialists led by Rupert 'Wolf' Wolfsen (Powell) including scientist Leslie Peterson (Blount) 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.
Production
Principal photography for the movie took place in a former limestone quarry and in natural caves in Alabama and Cumberland Caverns in Tennessee starting in August 1983.[2][3] Production was briefly halted in late August when carbon monoxide produced by generators in the Cathedral Caverns location sent at least 17 people to the hospital.[3] Production wrapped in late October 1983.[4]
Release
The film was released on VHS in the United States in November 1985.[1]
References
External links
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