What Waits Below

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Don Sharp

Writers

Freddie Francis, Robert Vincent O'Neil, Christy Marx

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom, United States of America

Release date

19 November 1984

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Robert Powell

  Rupert 'Wolf' Wolfsen

• 

  Timothy Bottoms

  Major Elbert Stevens

• 

  Lisa Blount

  Leslie Peterson

• 

  Anne Heywood

  Frieda Shelley

• 

  Richard Johnson

  Ben Gannon

• A.C. Weary

  Lt. George Barwell

• 

  Liam Sullivan

  Lemurian Elder

• 

  Jackson Bostwick

  Hunter Prime

• Richard Beauchamp

  Santos Arias

• 

  Gary Carlos Cervantes

  Hector Lopez

• 

  Dick Curtis

  Lemurian

• William Gribble

  Sgt. Neumann