The Evil Below is a 1989 horror film about an adventurer who goes hunting for treasure on a cursed shipwreck. Starring actors included Paul Siebert and June Chadwick. It is one of many underwater-themed movies released around 1989, including The Abyss, Leviathan, DeepStar Six, Lords of the Deep, and The Rift (Endless Descent).

The Evil Below
Region 2 DVD Release Cover
Directed byWayne Crawford
Jean-Claude Dubois
Written byArther Payne
Produced byBarrie Saint Clair
StarringWayne Crawford
June Chadwick
Paul Siebert
CinematographyKeith Dunkley
Music byJulian Laxton
Production
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Distributed byRaedon Home Video
Release date
  • July 0, 1989 (1989-07-00) (U.S. video)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States/South Africa
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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Max Cash is a down-on-his luck fisherman and charter boat captain living in the Bahamas when his life takes a turn when he meets Sarah Livingstone, a tourist who is seeking to find the treasure of accursed shipwreck, 'The El Diablo' which has been rumored to have sunk on an offshore reef near one of the many islands. Max and Sarah then team up to locate the wreck while dodging a local crime boss as well as a mysterious businessman who claims that the wreck is guarded by supernatural forces in form of a sea monster that no one claims to have ever seen and survived.

Cast

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Reception

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Creature Feature gave the movie two out of five stars.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Stanley, J (2000) Creature Feature: #rd Edition
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