By: MrDisgusting

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Director Jonathan King returns once again to the Toronto International Film Festival with Under the Mountain. The director of the hilarious and fun Black Sheep takes this tale into a more serious tone. Starring Sam Neill (In the Mouth of Madness, Daybreakers, Omen 3, Event Horizon), we've got our hands on the first trailer for the film, along with 14 images! Check out all of the goodies inside.

Teenage twins Rachel and Theo travel to Auckland to stay with relatives following the sudden death of their mother. Where there was once a psychic bond between them, now there is a rift as Theo, particularly, refuses to confront his grief. Rachel reaches out to him, but is rebuffed.

Staying with their Aunt Kay and Uncle Cliff on Lake Pupuke, the twins are fascinated by the volcanic lake and the smell that seems to come from creepy old Wilberforce house around the shore. They visit Mt Eden, where Theo sees Mr Jones, a strange old man from whose hands fire seems to glow. When it seems the twins are being watched – and that the Wilberforces can smell them – Theo resolves to investigate the Wilberforce house. Inside, he and Rachel find what can only be an alien environment.

They overhear Mr Wilberforce talking about something stirring beneath the ground. He says he will kill the twins if they find “the fire-raiser”. Rachel is alarmed and reaches out to Theo but, terrified of getting close to anyone since his mother’s death, pushes her away and sets out alone to find the fireraiser – the man he saw on the mountain top...

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maynardmorrissey 1:13pm, August 24, 2009 sounds pretty interesting

milkieboy 1:21pm, August 24, 2009 Hum.

TheDeadMayTasteBad 1:21pm, August 24, 2009 Boy, that looks cheesy. I love Sam Neil, but this looks like it could be some weird splicing of Dragon Ball: Evolution and The Gate. Not really digging it. I'll wait for Daybreakers to get my Neil fix.

flesheater123 1:40pm, August 24, 2009 Is this a King story, because it has those cheese elements to it. And isn't this like then 2nd one after in the mouth of madness.

WrongUturn 1:54pm, August 24, 2009 this looks more like an adventure type of movie with a little horror element thrown in, still looks good though! ill see it.

HorrorFan101 2:53pm, August 24, 2009 I don't know if this is really a horror movie, it looked like maybe a Fantasy movie for pre teens or something.

Max Power 3:47pm, August 24, 2009 Looks like an episode of " Round The Twist ". For those who dont know, youtube it just for the greatest opening song for a show ever.

MrDisgusting 5:03pm, August 24, 2009 Yeah, not sure how I feel about that trailer.

aus10 5:14pm, August 24, 2009 I'll wait for the DVD.

Avigrus 5:46pm, August 24, 2009 It doesn't look like a professionally produced movie... it has that "round the twist" feel to it.

Wounds 6:41pm, August 24, 2009 Looks like something that would be on WGN

gorypass 8:28pm, August 24, 2009 It looks like for teenagers to me.

Remember Slithis? 9:30pm, August 24, 2009 Looks original but doesen't mean that it's good.Black Sheep is a classic so I'll give it a home viewing on dvd.

Maelstrom 3:37pm, August 25, 2009 Enh.. It had me right up until about half way through the trailer then i died a little inside.. :( I expected more from the director of Black Sheep.

Gerry_Zombie 5:13pm, August 25, 2009 hahaha, aliens in the wild wild west 2... but with sam niel

ripdsawyer 1:26pm, August 26, 2009 i'm confused

gorehunter 2:09am, September 3, 2009 This looks sort of like a Disney flick like Return to Witch Mountain. After it come out, everyone will forget about it.

Jwalker 6:43pm, September 7, 2009 Sounds pretty good, looks pretty cheesy! Kind of low budget, bad acting, bad effects. A renter at best.

twisted 7:41pm, September 8, 2009 Looks like another crappy Syfy movie.

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