TV series

Under the Mountain
1981 · 1 season
A slow, eerie children's adventure with a creeping alien menace and earnest psychic wonder, dated but atmospheric and oddly unsettling.
- Created by
- Ken Catran
- Genres
- Sci-fi & fantasy, Family, Mystery
- Starring
- William Johnson, Roy Billing, Robert Bruce
- Overview
- Under the Mountain is an eight-part television series based on the novel of the same name written by Maurice Gee, first transmitted in 1981 and produced by Television New Zealand. Many of the minor roles in this series were played by people who were at the time well known performers in New Zealand.
- How it feels
- Eerie, tense, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Identity, family, survival, faith
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Ken Catran
- Genres
- Sci-fi & fantasy, Family, Mystery
- Starring
- William Johnson, Roy Billing, Robert Bruce



