‘Below’ series review: What lies beneath… is pure thrills
The review discusses the thriller series 'Below,' which follows a family in Newfoundland dealing with mysterious occurrences and a potential monster in the sea. The plot centers on a man struggling with past trauma while facing modern challenges like climate change and community relocation.
Why it matters
It reflects how contemporary entertainment integrates environmental anxieties, such as global warming and resource scarcity, into genre-based storytelling.
A show featuring a personable marine biologist saying with complete seriousness, “it is connected to the arrival of a lethally aggressive cephalopod,” translates to instant fun. There is Boiúna in the Amazon and a cephalopod in the remote island of Snook’s Arm in Newfoundland giving us monstrous thrills.
The show opens in 1986, when the Penney family move out of their home from Little Pot Rock to Snook’s Arm under the Newfoundland Resettlement Program. Like quite a few families did, the Penneys also move their house on a raft, towing it behind their boat. When something bumps the house from below, 10-year-old Calvin’s father goes into the house to look.
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