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The Deep Dark

Play trailer Poster for The Deep Dark 2023,  1h 43m,  Adventure/ Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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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 Oct 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 Jul 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 Oct 9, 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 Mar 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 Mar 8, 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 Feb 9, 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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Cast & Crew

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Mathieu Turi

Director

Samuel Le Bihan

Roland

Amir El Kacem

Amir

Thomas Solivéres

Louis

Jean-Hugues Anglade

Berthier

Diego Martín

Miguel

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The Deep Dark

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Movie Info

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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