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What Waits Below

What Waits Below

Underground, no-one can hear you die!

19843.91h 28mPG

Overview

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.

Directed by Don Sharp
Written by Freddie Francis, Robert Vincent O'Neil, Christy Marx
Produced by Sandy Howard, Robert D. Bailey
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Top 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

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A.C. Weary

Lt. George Barwell

Liam Sullivan

Liam Sullivan

Lemurian Elder

Jackson Bostwick

Jackson Bostwick

Hunter Prime

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Richard Beauchamp

Santos Arias

Gary Carlos Cervantes

Gary Carlos Cervantes

Hector Lopez

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Themes & Keywords

alabamacavesubterraneanalbinolost race

About What Waits Below

What Waits Below is a horror, adventure, science fiction film released in 1984 exploring themes of alabama, cave, subterranean, albino, lost race. Directed by Don Sharp, it stars Robert Powell, Timothy Bottoms, Lisa Blount. 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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