What Lies Beneath
2000 · Movie · PG-13 · 130 min · ★ 6.4 · 50% critics
Norman and Claire Spencer seem happily married, until their lakeside home starts revealing a terrible secret. What begins as unsettling ghostly activity escalates into a mystery that threatens their relationship and everything they thought they knew about their lives.
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Details
- Years
- 2000
- Release date
- 2000-07-21
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Critic score
- 50/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (2,026 votes)
- Box office
- $291,400,000
About
If you want a glossy, suspense-driven haunted-house thriller with unsettling unease, What Lies Beneath delivers chills—Not for you if you dislike slow-burn mysteries or jump-scare-heavy horror like The Exorcism of Emily Rose or The Others.
Pros: creepy mystery; strong leads; suspenseful momentum | Cons: slow middle; confusing pacing; underwhelming close
Themes
- lake
- therapist
- haunted house
- haunting
- suspicion
- ouija board
- car accident
- new neighbor
- vermont
- missing child
- ghost
- séance
- +13 more
Cast & crew
Michelle Pfeiffer
as Claire Spencer
Harrison Ford
as Norman Spencer
Diana Scarwid
as Jody
James Remar
as Warren Feur
Miranda Otto
as Mary Feur
Ray Baker
as Dr. Stan Powell
Wendy Crewson
as Elena
Amber Valletta
as Madison Elizabeth Frank
Katharine Towne
as Caitlin Spencer
Victoria Bidewell
as Beatrice
Directed by Robert Zemeckis