What Lies Beneath (2001, DVD)

We decided to rent a movie yesterday and ended up getting about 4 of them. Anyway I have been wanting to see WHAT LIES BENEATH with Michelle Pheiffer and Harrison Ford. This movie should have been rated an R instead of PG-13 but on to the good stuff.

Ford, is the Dr. Norman Spencer who is a genetic researcher. He is always working at home on the computer. He has a lot of experience at the local college. His wife is played by Pheiffer, her name is Claire. Claire is a former musician. She met her husband after playing one night and miraculously 3 months later they were married. Claire (Pheiffer) was previously married and has a toddler at this time.

But as the story begins Claire is sending her daughter off to college, and is very upset at the thought of not having her around daily. She has sort of the "empty nest" feeling. Her mother and daughter bond is drifting apart. She proceeds to let her go on to college and then comes back to a strange situation.

Claire had been in a horrible car wreck a year before and hit a tree going about 80 mph. The wreck left her friends very worried about her. There is one in particular, Jody, who checks on her a lot through out the movie. Claire has strange visions and weird things start happening to her soon after leaving her daughter at school.

Claire started to meet the new neighbors who always seem to be having martial problems. They stand out side and scream at one another till one of them gets angry and heads inside. Then the next minute they are very intimate. Claire begins to suspect her husband of hurting her. She begins to watch out of her bedroom windows with binoculars. She thinks that he has hurt Mary. Mary disappears for awhile and Claire presumes her as dead.

The strange things that are happening to Claire she just thinks that they are Mary trying to contact her. Claire felt horrible for not helping her out and now she is paying her back. The strange things that were happening were the front door would open before Claire even touched it, a picture of Doc Spencer and some of his colleagues would fall over and shatter the glass (this would happen several times through the movie), the bath tub would fill up with water, strange sayings would appear on the mirror and computer screen that said MEF.

After all the strange things occurring Claire became very determined on finding out what was behind all these ghostly appearances. She begin to see a girl with green eyes and blond hair in several places through out the house and water reflections. She didn t know this woman but thought it was Mary. She hadn t really ever seem Mary except through the fence the day she was having trouble.

The saga continues with the Ghost throughout the whole movie. During the rest of the movie you will find out who this "ghost" actually is. I will not tell you the rest so that you can find out the ending. Ford plays a really strange character in this movie. You will be amazed at the ending.

I think that the movie was wonderful and keeps you on the edge of your seat. You never really know what is going to happen. The movie is suspenseful, full of terror, violence, and excitement all tied into one. As you watch the movie make sure you keep in mind all the strange and odd noises in the house. These will help you throughout the movie.