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The Deep Dark

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Miners are forced to bring a professor underground to take samples for his measurements. After a landslide prevents them from going back up, they discover a crypt from another time and awaken a bloodthirsty creature.
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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas AWFJ.org 10/23/2023
A taut genre exercise in fear and tension, The Deep Dark in its best moments leaves us as breathless as it does its motley collection of desperate, trapped miners. Go to Full Review
Julian Singleton Cinapse 07/11/2025
Mathieu Turi’s period horror film is a lean, mean creature feature that manages to evoke a wide range of Francophone frights, including claustrophobic suspense and dread, buckets of gore, and plenty of cosmic terrors for knowing fans of weird tales. Go to Full Review
Jorge Loser Espinof 10/09/2024
4/5
Alain Duplantier shows a crystalline contrast between illuminated characters, darkness, and shadow, which ensures that you see only what you have to see. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Jennie Kermode Eye for Film 03/11/2024
3.5/5
It’s in [its] understanding of working life that the film really excels, and it’s refreshing to see working class characters given centre stage in a story like this. Go to Full Review
Kat Hughes THN 03/08/2024
3/5
The Deep Dark is a must-watch for fans of practical effects and nightmarish monsters as the creature is a stunningly realised bloodthirsty beast. Go to Full Review
Rob Hunter Film School Rejects 02/09/2024
A low budget keeps its ambition from tipping over into greatness, but it still delivers chills and a solid creature feature down in the dark. Go to Full Review
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Justin V @jvieth30 Aug 25 The monsters effects are so bad that it can be distracting but other than that it’s a pretty good subterranean horror flick. Fairly spooky and good shots. However the main monster dude is comically bad. Almost like a prop at a spirit Halloween or something. See more Scott D @RT83553242 Aug 24 Do Not watch. Not in English See more Leonard E @RT22414378 Aug 6 Its pretty good, it has good pacing, good storyline, doesnt drag, and keeps your attention throughout the movie unlike most horror movies where they have dull moments and you stop paying attention cause its so boring. The only reason why I dont give this a higher rating is because the monster doesnt show up until the last 45 minutes of the movie, which means the first hour is just somewhat irrelevant. They couldve easily shaved off 30 minutes of the first hour and it would be a lot better. One good thing about this movie is they didnt rely on CGI for the monster, which makes it much better than horror movies that use CGI on the monsters. See more Jade W @giveemsomethingto_jade Jul 30 I love horror films, in the dark, trapped in caves. See more Christian C @RT19561793 Jul 19 Lmfao. Negative reviews from some of these losers who can barely operate Tubi is to be expected - after all, the movie is in French. That means it’s *bad,* people… So many horror movies boil down to background noise for two-digit IQ anxious autistics anyway that there’s little point in listening to their recommendations in the first place. See more Dark D @RT65718715 Jul 18 The scenes at the top of the mine were spectacular.The handmade Halloween costume monster was awesome. The rest of the film was cheesy and dragged on with contrived dialog. The tomb's walls looked like foam. I was very perplexed that the miners did not alternate head lamps, instead burning them all at once. Pretty lame. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Miners are forced to bring a professor underground to take samples for his measurements. After a landslide prevents them from going back up, they discover a crypt from another time and awaken a bloodthirsty creature.
Director
Mathieu Turi
Producer
Eric Gendarme, Thomas Lubeau
Screenwriter
Mathieu Turi
Distributor
Alliance Entertainment
Production Co
Fulltime Studio, Marcel Films
Genre
Adventure, Horror
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 24, 2026
Runtime
1h 43m
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