30 Days of Night: Dark Days writer/director/producer and Bloomfield Hills native Ben Ketai is back with a new scary movie, this one inspired by actual events.

At a coal mine in a blue-collar town it’s the last day of work for veteran miner George Marsh (Jeff Fahey). His daughter Samantha (Kelly Noonan), a feisty environmental lawyer whose politics are bitterly opposed by her father, celebrates the occasion by accompanying him underground. She’s escorted by old flame Randy Bennings (Joey Kern); no sooner do they descend to the coal face, however, than a drilling machine malfunctions and punches through a supporting wall. A cave-in kills several workers and several others go missing. The crew foreman, Mundy (Brent Briscoe), is grievously injured.

The shocked survivors retreat to a claustrophobic rescue chamber. While they wait for surface workers to reach them they hear terrifying, almost-human sounds from the bowels of the mine. After arguing among themselves, they leave the chamber to discover the noises’ source. Their frenzied efforts find nothing—except evidence of a similar disaster more than 90 years ago.

Meanwhile: Samantha begins experiencing horrific visions. Several of the men panic, are separated from the group, and murdered- gruesomely—by unseen assailants. As the air runs out and the death count rises, those who remain fight to separate their worst fears from reality.

Beneath
Horror, suspense – NR – 89 min – Get tickets online
Friday, August 15: 9:30 p.m.
Sat, August 16: 9:30 p.m.
Sun, August 17: 7:30 p.m.
Mon, August 18: 9:30 p.m.
Tues, August 19: 7:30 p.m.
Wed, August 20: 7:30 p.m.
Thurs, August 21: 9:30 p.m.