Haunters of the Deep
Sci-Fi & Horror • Horror, Kids and Family, UR
Shot on location around the lonely, windswept coasts of Cornwall, this is an impressively ghostly adventure from the Children's Film Foundation. It remains a cautionary tale for profit-hungry modern miners, and the fine underground camera work effectively conveys all the creepy claustrophobia of the haunted 'Devil's Mine'.
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