[1] Beneath stars Daniel Zovatto, Bonnie Dennison, and Chris Conroy as teenagers who must fight for their lives against a man-eating catfish.
[2] The comic, also titled Beneath, explores the backstory behind the catfish and details another group that the giant fish attacked in the 1960s.
In desperation, they throw Deb's body overboard to distract the fish, but this fails, leaving the group stranded on the lake.
Hysterical and desperate, Zeke is thrown overboard by an enraged Matt after accusing Kitty of sleeping with both brothers.
Kitty, Matt and Simon throw Johnny's body into the water as a distraction, but surprisingly, the fish refuses to eat him.
The trio argue about Zeke's earlier insinuations regarding Kitty, and Matt angrily throws her into the lake.
Plans for Beneath were first officially announced in 2012, with Daniel Zovatto named as one of the film's lead roles.
[4] He also greatly revised the script, removing several flashback scenes, in an attempt to "keep the drama within the claustrophobic boat".
[5] Critical reception for Beneath was predominantly negative,[6] and Film School Rejects remarked that the movie was "what happens when indie directors have bills to pay".
[7] Dread Central compared Beneath to the 2003 movie The Room, saying that "both are seemingly oblivious in their outright terribleness".