THE EVIL BELOW

[Machine Translation] Gold slumbering on the ocean floor awakens a cursed nightmare! A maritime treasure horror story that stains the Caribbean paradise with blood! / Max, a down-on-his-luck captain, and Sarah, a mysterious beauty, set out in pursuit of the sunken ship El Diabolo." This unique maritime treasure horror film weaves together a quest for gold with the supernatural forces lurking in the depths and the conspiracies of those who rule the island. / The dazzling Caribbean sun and the dark sunken ship lying beneath the surface. Packed with diving footage, the film vividly transforms the beautiful tropical scenery into a suffocating, inescapable underwater suspense thriller. / The lust for treasure, legends etched into the sea, and formless terror. This adventure film about the search for hidden treasure layers in the presence of curses and monsters, luring viewers down to the ocean floor with an unsettling atmosphere and a taste for the macabre that keeps its true nature hidden until the very end. / Released in 1989, a year that saw a succession of maritime films such as *The Abyss*, *Leviathan*, and *The Depths*. Produced in South Africa, the footage captured by two underwater cinematographers lends the film a unique, visceral realism. The Caribbean island of San Sebastian. Max Cash, who ekes out a living running a charter boat for tourists, is commissioned by Sarah, a British woman, to search for the sunken ship El Diablo," which lies on the seafloor offshore. It is said to be laden with a vast treasure from the 17th century and guarded by a divine curse and an unidentified entity. Divers had already gone missing in those waters, and fishing boats had hauled up ominous flotsam. Skeptical but determined, Max and his crew set out to sea and, seeking shelter from a storm, land on an eerie island. Soon, a series of inexplicable deaths and attacks begin to occur around them, and local power brokers and a mysterious man also begin to make their moves, all with their sights set on the treasure. Amidst a tangle of greed and legend, the two dive deeper and deeper into the dark depths of the ocean.

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海底に眠る黄金が、呪われた悪夢を呼び覚ます! カリブの楽園を血に染める、海洋秘宝ホラー! ■落ちぶれた船長マックスと、沈没船「エル・ディアボロ」を追う謎めいた美女サラ。黄金探しの冒険に、海に潜む怪異と島を支配する者たちの陰謀が絡み合う、異色の海洋秘宝ホラー。■陽光まぶしいカリブの海と、その水面下に広がる暗い沈没船。ダイビング映像をふんだんに盛り込み、美しい南国の風景を、息苦しく逃げ場のない水中サスペンスへ鮮やかに反転させる。■財宝への欲望、海に刻まれた伝説、そして姿なき恐怖。秘宝探しの冒険活劇に、呪いと怪物の気配を重ね、最後まで正体を明かさぬ不穏さと怪奇趣味で観る者を海底へ誘い込む。■「アビス」「リバイアサン」「ザ・デプス」など海洋映画が相次いだ1989年に登場。南アフリカで製作され、二名の水中撮影スタッフが捉えた映像が独特の生々しさを生む。──カリブ海の島サン・セバスチャン。観光客相手のチャーター船で糊口をしのぐマックス・キャッシュは、英国人女性サラから、沖合の海底に眠る沈没船「エル・ディアボロ」の捜索を依頼される。そこには17世紀の莫大な財宝が積まれ、神の呪いと正体不明の何かに守られているという。その海域では、すでにダイバーたちが消息を絶ち、漁船には不吉な漂流物が引き揚げられていた。半信半疑のまま海へ出たマックスたちは、嵐を避けて不気味な島へ上陸。やがて周囲では不可解な死と襲撃が相次ぎ、地元の有力者や謎めいた男も財宝を狙って動き始める。欲望と伝説が交錯するなか、二人はさらに深く、暗い海底へ潜っていく。