What Lies Below

What Lies Below

Fear comes to the surface.

Directed by Braden R. Duemmler

Produced by DRF Productions

202088 min5.3 / 10

A paranoid, body-horror-tinged thriller about a teenager's growing dread as her mother's charming new fiancé reveals something inhuman beneath his attractive surface.

A socially awkward teenager is blindsided when her mother introduces her to her new fiancée. At first, his charm, intelligence, and beauty seem too good to be true, and after a series of strange occurrences, the teenage daughter realizes that this new member of their family is not exactly who he seems.

Questions people ask

  • Is What Lies Below scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Does What Lies Below end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is What Lies Below easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is What Lies Below sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is What Lies Below violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

23/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity79

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise11

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Everything like What Lies Below, and what each one shares →

Like What Lies Below

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as What Lies Below

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like What Lies Below, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like What Lies Below, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like What Lies Below, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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