After watching their best friend get murdered, a group of teens struggle to expose a local hero as the vicious killer and keep from becoming his next victims.
A bore sprinkled with hints of hilarity, soon to be buried like so many of its characters.
– William Goss,
Film.com,
13 Jan 2012
rotten:
You anticipate every scene before it happens and figure out every secret before it's revealed.
– Rex Reed,
New York Observer,
10 Jan 2012
rotten:
Dennis Quaid goes Psycho in dull Texas-set thriller.
– John DeFore,
Hollywood Reporter,
6 Jan 2012
rotten:
At times it seems the simple ineptitude of "Beneath the Darkness" surely must mask some undercurrent of deeper sophistication and intention on behalf of the filmmakers. Alas, as it turns out, such things never surface.
– Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan 2012
rotten:
Even Dennis Quaid's uncharacteristic hamming as a mad mortician in a small Texas town can't save this silly, scare-free horror film...