Format: Streaming video from Hoopla on my phone.
I don’t generally watch a lot of movies on my phone, but needs must. I spent Sunday through Wednesday with my brother in North Carolina tending our father, and time alone to watch a movie or two was essentially not available to me. So, knowing that I had a 90-minute or so flight on Wednesday, I downloaded Deep Fear (also called Bunker 717) on my phone for the flight home. You don’t need to pay for wifi if the movie is already loaded on the device. A horror movie seems like a weird choice for an airplane, but I figured I could watch it without anyone looking over at me, and the film was about the length of the flight, so it all worked out.
Deep Fear has similarities to a lot of other films. As Above, So Below, which also takes place in the Paris catacombs, is an obvious connection, but it feels like there are elements of Creep and a few others, too. This is a film that takes place far under the streets and under the Paris Metro, deep in the ancient catacombs. If you are at all a claustrophobe (and I very much am), there are going to be some parts of this that will be difficult for you to sit through. You’ve been warned.
