What Lies Beneath
What Lies Beneath is a 2000 American supernatural horror thriller film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer, with supporting performances from Diana Scarwid, Miranda Otto, James Remar, Joe Morton, and Amber Valletta. Its plot focuses on a woman who comes to suspect that the lakeside Vermont home she shares with her husband is haunted by a female ghost.
Plot
Former cellist Claire Spencer and her husband, Norman, a scientist and professor, live at their lakeside home in Vermont. Their relationship is strained, particularly after Claire's daughter and Norman's stepdaughter, Caitlin, leaves for college. Adding to the tension, it has been a year since Claire suffered a serious car accident.
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| author | Clark Gregg |
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| contentLocation | Vermont |
| director | Robert Zemeckis |
| editor | Arthur Schmidt |
| events | amnesia supernatural |
| genre | horror mystery thriller |
| keywords | anxiety car accident cellist cello drift drown frame ghost story halothane haunt haunted house house is haunted kill live at look-alike missing woman murder new neighbor newspaper article newspaper clipping possess read repressed memory séance shock speak spirit possession strike striking resemblance to her submerge trap unsettle vengeful ghost vengeful spirit |
| musicBy | Alan Silvestri |
| producer | Jack Rapke Robert Zemeckis Steve Starkey |
| productionCompany | ImageMovers |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox DreamWorks Pictures |
| recordedAt | Long Beach |
| theme | ghost memory mystery thriller psychological psychological thriller security and surveillance |