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Sometimes critics are just wrong.
Embarrassingly, obviously wrong.
Unconvincing, theLos AngelesTimesclaimed of Robert Zemeckiss thriller.
A morass of absurdity, saidRoger Ebert.
A second question: Has there ever been another movie quite like it?
But thats not exactly right.
Theres something chaste about its marital tensions as opposed to theBound-style movies.
Such a description would conjure a movie likeThe OthersorThe Haunting,when it isnt that at all.
But that classification too feels amiss.
Maybe it has ghosts, but its notaboutghosts.
But scattered amid his filmography are other titles, likeDream Houseand the classicDont Look Now.
(Truly, the subgenre could alternately be referred to as adults dealing with shit.)
Twenty years on,What Lies Beneathstill reigns supreme in this category.
And adult contemporary horror is the perfect subtype in which Serious Actors can play.
Deploy a well-placed, aggrieved spirit.
Make it feel like a scintillating paperback come to life.
