The Deep House (2021)
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While diving in a remote French lake, a couple of YouTubers who specialise in underwater exploration videos discover a house submerged in the deep waters. What was initially a unique finding soon turns into a nightmare when they discover that the house was the scene of atrocious crimes. Trapped, with their oxygen reserves falling dangerously, they realise the worst is yet to come: they are not alone in the house.

Haven’t seen a movie nail underwater anguish so well before.

I’m shaking from the experience to be honest, and I don’t think watching it in a movie theater would do it justice with the usage of silence in sound design.

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  • latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Late to this, I agree. It does cover some familiar tropes, but the context in which they unfold is, no pun intended, suffocating.

    As for the use of silence, honestly, I think it would’ve been even more effective without any spoken lines after they jump in. The underwater ambiance and pensive, subdued soundtrack underline the tension very well.

    Be mindful if you suffer from thalassophobia, though. Mine is somewhere on the moderate side and I still got full-blown anxiety during several sequences.