the evil below starts on the straits of san sebastian 1683 as the 17th century treasure ship the el diablo sinks in a violent thunderstorm. jump to the straits of san sebastian present day where two divers are exploring the beautiful underwater coral reefs that are rich in wildlife and the come across the sunken wreck of the el diablo and explore it but are attacked and killed by something that looks like a vicious eel. captain max cash (wayne crawford) owns and runs a boat for hire named the vagrant viking which caters for tourists who want to fish and dive and generally explore the islands. sarah livingstone (june chadwick) is an art teacher who dives for treasure as a hobby (well we all have to do something to pass the time right. ) and she hires max and his scantily clad assistant tracy (sheri able) so she can try to locate the el diablo and get rich. talk of sunken treasure excites some of the more unscrupulous members of the local community and as they dodge the criminals and thugs it is brought to max and sarah attention that the el diablo has a sinister past and a past that supposedly still leaves it supernatural legacy behind even now. directed by jean claude dubois and according to the imdb with a little help from star crawford although the version i saw only listed dubois and i thought the evil below had some potential and is a bit different but unfortunately that not enough to save it from sinking to the bottom of the sea like a stone. the script by arthur payne starts off ok with the two divers being killed by some sort of sea creature but this opening is never referred to again and the creature is never seen again and there are no more supernatural killings. the evil below then suffers from a serious and terminal case of identity crisis and it doesn not seem to know what it wants to be as it chucks bits and pieces of various genres in there from underwater adventure and horror and action and thriller and crime and it even has time to throw in a little murder mystery and religious nonsense as well. as a result the evil below feels very bitty and fragmented and since the best scene in the entire film is the opening sequence i found myself sat there becoming more and more frustrated at the lack of any consistent horror as it went downhill rapidly and the fact we never see the sea creature thing again. the evil below is dull and slow and uneventful and predictable and silly and lacks any sort of charm or intelligence and in short the evil below doesn not do anything right that a good film should. director dubois fails to liven things up although he obviously shot plenty of underwater wildlife material as at times i thought i was watching a national geographic documentary with all the shots of fish and coral and the wildlife in general. forget about any gore and some blood stained water and blood coughing is about as gory as it gets i am afraid. technically the evil below is very basic and it bland and totally forgettable apart from nice underwater photography of fish. this is point and shoot stuff and as a whole the production values are very low and even the place where this was shot doesn not look very sunny or appealing. the acting is poor and but then again did you expect anything else. the evil below is a poor film and it basic story is all over the place and it can not decide what it wants to be and as a result it ends up being a mess. add that to the low production values and the fact there no gore here and absolutely minimal horror content you have a film that is probably best avoided unless your absolutely desperate and even then surely there are better ways to spend 90 plus minutes of your life. 
the evil below starts on the straits of san sebastian 1683 as the 17th century treasure ship the el diablo sinks in a violent thunderstorm. jump to the straits of san sebastian present day where two divers are exploring the beautiful underwater coral reefs that are rich in wildlife and the come across the sunken wreck of the el diablo and explore it but are attacked and killed by something that looks like a vicious eel. captain max cash (wayne crawford) owns and runs a boat for hire named the vagrant viking which caters for tourists who want to fish and dive and generally explore the islands. sarah livingstone (june chadwick) is an art teacher who dives for treasure as a hobby (well we all have to do something to pass the time right. ) and she hires max and his scantily clad assistant tracy (sheri able) so she can try to locate the el diablo and get rich. talk of sunken treasure excites some of the more unscrupulous members of the local community and as they dodge the criminals and thugs it is brought to max and sarah attention that the el diablo has a sinister past and a past that supposedly still leaves it supernatural legacy behind even now. directed by jean claude dubois and according to the imdb with a little help from star crawford although the version i saw only listed dubois and i thought the evil below had some potential and is a bit different but unfortunately that not enough to save it from sinking to the bottom of the sea like a stone. the script by arthur payne starts off ok with the two divers being killed by some sort of sea creature but this opening is never referred to again and the creature is never seen again and there are no more supernatural killings. the evil below then suffers from a serious and terminal case of identity crisis and it doesn not seem to know what it wants to be as it chucks bits and pieces of various genres in there from underwater adventure and horror and action and thriller and crime and it even has time to throw in a little murder mystery and religious nonsense as well. as a result the evil below feels very bitty and fragmented and since the best scene in the entire film is the opening sequence i found myself sat there becoming more and more frustrated at the lack of any consistent horror as it went downhill rapidly and the fact we never see the sea creature thing again. the evil below is dull and slow and uneventful and predictable and silly and lacks any sort of charm or intelligence and in short the evil below doesn not do anything right that a good film should. director dubois fails to liven things up although he obviously shot plenty of underwater wildlife material as at times i thought i was watching a national geographic documentary with all the shots of fish and coral and the wildlife in general. forget about any gore and some blood stained water and blood coughing is about as gory as it gets i am afraid. technically the evil below is very basic and it bland and totally forgettable apart from nice underwater photography of fish. this is point and shoot stuff and as a whole the production values are very low and even the place where this was shot doesn not look very sunny or appealing. the acting is poor and but then again did you expect anything else. the evil below is a poor film and it basic story is all over the place and it can not decide what it wants to be and as a result it ends up being a mess. add that to the low production values and the fact there no gore here and absolutely minimal horror content you have a film that is probably best avoided unless your absolutely desperate and even then surely there are better ways to spend 90 plus minutes of your life. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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