Latest reviews about The Descent

AnimeMovieMan says "All around fun and scary" about The Descent

AnimeMovieMan — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:28:04 GMT

This movie reminded me a lot of "Wolf Creek" It starts very conventional and boring in the beginning (aside from the death in the beginning) but then starts building up adrenaline as it progress. This film is far, far better (and has more surprises) than some of the lackluster flicks like "Hills Have Eyes", and "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning". The man who directed it Neil Marshall hadn't directed a film in three years prior to this but, he showed no rust here.

One thing that does stand out this flick from the other garbage (When A Stranger Calls another trash flick) is the fact that this is an all female cast. Think about that for a sec, there haven't been that many horror flicks with an all female cast, well at least ones that haven't been this good to me.

Reading some of Neil Marshall's interview on the film and his directing is also interesting. While he had planned to make the movie after "Dog Soldiers", nothing really happened. That might actually have been a good thing because...

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jazzybean01 says "The Descent is a disturbing bloodfest" about The Descent

jazzybean01 — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:26:14 GMT

Shauna Macdonald and Natalie Jackson Mendoza play in The Descent.

Plot: Six women go to a remote area to explore a cave deep in the woods. What they find is beyond their worst nightmare and very real.

What I thought: Many words come to mind when describing The Descent, but one sticks out in my mind; "Ew!". Then of course there's gross, disturbing and creepy. The Descent is not so much scary as just plain gross. What starts out as an exciting outing in the beautiful Appalachians, turns into a gory blood bath. This was a film made for and by the special effects crew. Not much directing or writing was needed for this film.
You definitely don't want to watch The Descent at night, by yourself, or out in the boonies. Lock your door and don't watch with anyone asleep in the next room as they may wake up and scare the begeezes out of you.

The Descent Snack Attack: None. The bloodiness of this movie will truly shock you into a stupor until long after the movie is over....

SallyScooter says "This was a very edgy film even though it seemed it was done with" about The Descent

SallyScooter — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:02:55 GMT

strobe lights. It was a very edge of the seat-type of movie...