Fear Below

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Fear Below
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Directed by Matthew Holmes
Written by
  • Matthew Holmes
  • Gregory Moss
Produced by
  • Blake Northfield
  • Michael Favelle
Starring
CinematographyPeter Szilveszter
Music byAngela Little
Production
companies
Distributed by
Running time
95 minutes
CountryAustralia

Fear Below is an upcoming Australian action adventure horror film directed by Matthew Holmes, and starring Hermione Corfield, Jake Ryan, Jacob Junior Nayinggul, Arthur Angel, Josh McConville, Maximillian Johnson and Clayton Watson. Written by Matthew Holmes and Gregory Moss, it is a period-set thriller which follows a team of professional divers hired to locate a sunken van in a river in regional Australia, who are confronted by a bull shark.

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Plot

Set in 1946 Australia, a struggling team of divers from the Sea Dog Diving Company are hired to locate and retrieve a sunken car from a river. When their efforts are thwarted by a highly-aggressive female bull shark, the team soon discover they are working for a ruthless criminal gang attempting to recover their stolen gold bullion, who prove to be as treacherous as the beast lurking beneath the surface.

Cast

Production

Fear Below began as a spec script written by Matthew Holmes and Gregory Moss, who were passionate about creating a fresh spin on the shark thriller, as well as paying homage to classic adventure films like Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark. [1] In May 2022, Producer Michael Favelle and Odin's Eye Entertainment secured key territory pre-sales for the film, with Blake Northfield of Bronte Pictures coming onboard to produce. [2]

On August 2022, English actress Hermione Corfield was announced as the film's lead alongside Australian actors Jake Ryan, Josh McConville, Arthur Angel, Jacob Junior Nayinggul and Maximillian Johnson. [3] Principal photography for Fear Below began in October 2022 in Echuca and Moama on the border of Victoria and New South Wales. [4]

Locations included the historical Perricoota Station on the Murray River, which featured prominently in the 1983 Australian television miniseries All the Rivers Run. [5]

Production on Fear Below was shut down after several days due to severe floodwaters from the Murray River, which threatened the towns of Echuca and Moama where the production was based. [6] [7] With all filming locations flooded, the cast and crew were forced to evacuate. Filming was temporarily suspended until a new location could be found. [8]

In November 2022, the production was moved to the regional town of Goondiwindi on the Macintyre River, Queensland. A large lagoon on the Rainbow Reserve stood in for the film's central river location. [9] [10] Production then moved to the Screen Queensland Studios in Brisbane, where the filmmakers utilised extensive dry for wet filming techniques in order to stage the many underwater sequences with characters wearing standard diving dress equipment, also known as hard-hat or copper hat equipment. [11]

Practical effects were largely employed to create the sequences featuring the bull shark. [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Odin's Eye shark movie 'Fear Below' snaps up key territories". Screen Daily. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Hermione Corfield to front Matthew Holmes' 'Fear Below'". Inside Film. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
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