'BELOW' Netflix Review: Josh Hartnett’s Mystery Had Me Hooked… Until It Didn’t

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Netflix’s BELOW had me hooked early on. Josh Hartnett. A remote Newfoundland fishing community. Something massive hiding beneath the water. An ancient iceberg. Local folklore. Strange behavior spreading through the town. And a creature mystery that initially gave me some serious JAWS meets coastal folk-horror vibes. But after watching all six episodes, I found myself in a very different place by the finale. In this episode of the Movie Files Podcast, I’m reviewing and breaking down Netflix’s BELOW, starring Josh Hartnett, Mackenzie Davis and Charlie Heaton. We start spoiler-free with the performances, Newfoundland setting, creature-feature atmosphere, Penney family drama, mythology and whether the series is worth watching. Then we get into FULL SPOILERS and discuss Species A, the iceberg, the contamination, Wade, the Old Hag mystery, Maggie, Little Pot Rock, Mudder, the Crocker conspiracy, the resettlement storyline and what ultimately happens in the finale. The biggest question for me became simple: What happens when the mystery is more interesting than the answers? Because BELOW starts with an eerie, restrained approach that really worked for me, but the more the series ex