𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙈𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙨:

Title

Dead Sea (2024)

Genre

Horror · Supernatural Thriller · Mystery

Runtime

1h 44min

Directed by

David F. Sandberg (Lights Out, Annabelle: Creation)

Studio

Blumhouse Productions · Universal Pictures

Plot Summary

A team of international researchers ventures into the depths of the Dead Sea to investigate a bizarre phenomenon: an ancient ruin rising from beneath the seabed, accompanied by a sudden spike in seismic activity and disappearances in the nearby village.

Led by marine archaeologist Dr. Lena Mirek (Rebecca Ferguson), the team soon discovers that the site is not a ruin—it’s a sealed prison built thousands of years ago to contain a primordial entity, a godlike parasite worshiped and feared by forgotten civilizations.

When the seal is broken, the team unleashes something not of this world—a creature that thrives in silence, salt, and suffering. As it begins to infect the sea, the land, and the minds of the crew, they must fight to contain the evil—or risk it spreading beyond the water’s edge.

Themes

• Ancient curses vs modern science

• Isolation, infection, and paranoia

• Nature’s forgotten horrors

• Humanity’s hunger for forbidden knowledge

Main Cast

• Rebecca Ferguson as Dr. Lena Mirek – Determined to prove her theory, but haunted by personal trauma.

• Oscar Isaac as Dr. Khalid Rami – A local scientist with ancestral ties to the myth surrounding the Dead Sea.

• Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Logan Quinn – The head diver with a dark secret and a death wish.

• Rami Malek as Elias Voss – An eccentric historian obsessed with ancient Mesopotamian gods.

• Shohreh Aghdashloo as Mother Miriam – A mysterious woman from the nearby village who knows the old prophecies.

Visual Style

• Muted, eerie color palette dominated by underwater greens, midnight blues, and desert gold.

• Claustrophobic underwater cinematography and long, quiet sequences to build dread.

• H.R. Giger-style creature design with ancient symbology and parasitic movements.

Tagline Ideas

“Some gods were buried for a reason.”
“Beneath the silence… it waits.”
“The Dead Sea was never dead.”