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

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 explained its mythology, the less invested I became. We’ll talk about where that shift happens, why some of the family drama never fully landed for me, what I did like about the ending, and whether the six-episode series ultimately delivers on its potential. BELOW is now streaming on Netflix. What did you think of the series? Did the creature mythology and finale work for you, or were you more interested in the mystery before everything was explained? Follow Movie Files TikTok: @moviefiles\_Instagram: @moviefilesX / Twitter: @MovieFilesLiveLetterboxd: MovieFilesFacebook: MovieFilesLiveYouTube: Movie Files YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MovieFiles TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moviefiles\_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moviefiles X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/MovieFilesLive Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/moviefiles/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MovieFilesLive Subscribe to the Movie Files Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts for movie reviews, TV reviews, spoiler discussions, ending breakdowns and more. Below Netflix, Below Netflix review, Below review, Below series review, Below ending explained, Below spoiler review, Below full series breakdown, Josh Hartnett Below, Josh Hartnett Netflix, Mackenzie Davis Below, Charlie Heaton Below, Below Netflix series, Below 2026, Netflix Below 2026, Below finale, Below ending, Below creature explained, Below Species A, Below Mudder, Below iceberg, Below Old Hag, Below Maggie, Below Little Pot Rock, Below Penney family, Below Newfoundland, Below creature mystery, Netflix thriller series, Netflix mystery series, Netflix creature feature, Jaws Netflix series, Josh Hartnett series, Movie Files Podcast, Movie Files review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices