beneath still water start in northern spain 1965 a two young boy teo and luis trespass in a town that be be flood by the creation of a dam and they run wild throughout it streets but hear scream come from the local church and upon investigation they find several people in the basement chain up include the evil dabbler in black magic mordecai salas ( patrick gordon ) whom teo unwisely set free a teo be kill by salas but luis run off . jump forward 40 year later and photojournalist dan quarry ( michael mckell ) want to do a story on the now completely submerge town and the upcoming celebration by the town that be build nearby in place of it and however the preparation for the celebration aren not go too well a a boy name antonio drowns in the lake create by the dam . there be something alive and evil under the water still live in the submerged town and it come back to claim the living . this spanish production be produce and direct by brian yuzna who be once a great maker of genre film but he have definitely lose his touch with his last two spanish film and this and the equally disappointing rottweiler ( 2004 ) . the script by mike hostench and angel sala be base on a novel by matthew costello and one have to say it a bit of a mess which be a shame because the basic story of a ghostly underwater town be something different and have lot of potential but sadly this be what we end up with . the character be dull and clichéd and a journalist and a bratty teenage kid and a tv news reporter and the guy who know everything and try to warn everyone but no one will believe him and the police captain with a bad attitude and the local mayor who doesn not care about an impending disaster but only about his town celebration and a dull villain who get to walk around in a black suit and look menacing yet without actually do much . the thing which happen almost seem at random and zombie start to pop up everywhere but there no real explanation of how or why and then there this black slimy stuff which be mention on a couple of occasion but no more and then there the villain lame motif and as far a i could gather all he want be to take the new town a his own which hardly get the pulse racing . the story go nowhere and it all a bit slow and a bit fragmented and it felt like a collection of idea that be haphazardly throw into one script without much regard for narrative or continuity . one more thing and what be up with the dude who have the slug crawl down his forehead and a goldfish bowl full of maggot . dirctor yuzna be lose it and beneath still water feel like a dour make for tv film at time with dull cinematography and bland spanish location . then there the annoying accent and i be sorry but it difficult to understand what some of these people be say . the cgi computer effect be poor and the miniature model shot be poor although the special make up effect fare much well . there some decent gore here and there some really cool look rot zombie and there be decapitate head and sever limb and the main villain like to rip people head in half and someone chest burst open and someone saw their own leg and hand off and there be also various other minor bit of blood and gore throughout although the murder of luis seem cut a there be noticeable jump in the audio and too many reaction shot of teresa and dan even though seemingly nothing have happen . technically the film be alright but nothing special and it look ok but doesn not really have any style or atmosphere and it definitely not scary . the act isn not great . beneath still water be a pretty poor film and it have potential and an original and intriguing premise but it make nothing of it . another disappointment from yuzna and be it any surprise or coincidence he hasn not direct a film since this and rottweiler .