What Waits Below

What Waits Below

What Waits Below

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What Waits Below

"Underground, no-one can hear you die!"

1984

1h 28m

3.6(17 votes)

Horror

Adventure

Science Fiction

Overview

The US military is running a test for a special type of radio transmitter, to be used to communicate with submarines, in a deep system of underground caves in Central America. When the signal from one of the transmitters suddenly disappears, a team of soldiers led by Major Elbert Stevens and cave specialists led by Rupert 'Wolf' Wolfsen including scientist Leslie Peterson are sent in to find out what happened. Exploring deep underground, they stumble upon a tribe of albino cave-dwellers who have apparently been isolated from the rest of the world for thousands of years. The cave-dwellers are hurt by radio frequencies and are able to see in infra-red frequencies, tracking the explorers by their body heat.

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Acting

Robert Powell

Rupert 'Wolf' Wolfsen

Robert Powell

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Timothy Bottoms

Major Elbert Stevens

Timothy Bottoms

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Lisa Blount

Leslie Peterson

Lisa Blount

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Anne Heywood

Frieda Shelley

Anne Heywood

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Richard Johnson

Ben Gannon

Richard Johnson

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A.C. Weary

Lt. George Barwell

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Liam Sullivan

Lemurian Elder

Liam Sullivan

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Jackson Bostwick

Hunter Prime

Jackson Bostwick

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Richard Beauchamp

Santos Arias

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Gary Carlos Cervantes

Hector Lopez

Gary Carlos Cervantes

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Dick Curtis

Lemurian

Dick Curtis

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William Gribble

Sgt. Neumann

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Carl Spurlock

Major Castillo

Carl Spurlock

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Jason Laskay

Hunter Second

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Tim Powell

Jim White

Tim Powell

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David Avery

American Soldier

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Rick Davis

Mercenary

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Janine Stamler Jordan

Mercenary

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Kenny Moore

Lemurian

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Brian Stevens

American Soldier

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Ned Vaughn

American Soldier

Ned Vaughn

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Pamela Hallisey Hiss

Lemurian (uncredited)

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