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The Descent (Special Edition)
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Outstandingly Brilliant
Review date: 2008-07-16 Rating: 10 out of 10
The Descent is a piece a cinematic genius, slowly building up the tension using the dark, the monsters and the main characters journey through madness to create a masterpiece of modern horror.
One year after losing her husband and daughter in a car crash, Sarah is persuaded by her friends Juno, Beth, Sam, Rebecca and Holly to go on a caving trip with them. When they enter the cave, a rock falls and blocks the exit, to make things worse for the girls, the cave is home to canabalistic creatures that have just found their next meal!
The acting in The Descent is amazing with a special mention going to the emotionally tramatized Sarah played by Shauna McDonald and Beth, Sarah's best friend, played by Alex Reid. Yes, the film is very gorey but the set gore pieces are few and far apart.
Dog Soldiers (the films have the same director) was a great film but The Descent is miles better, so if you liked Dog Soldiers, you'll love The Descent.
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Reviews
Very creepy
Review date: 2006-06-05 Rating: 10 out of 10
Some people seem to have missed the point of this film, complaining about the horror. It is a horror film but is done so well that when the gore finally arrives you're nerves are already shredded. The build up is tense and the creepy moments really do make you jump in your seat. Far from being empty, the characters are largely rounded, although not all are sympathetic.
Think i saw a different film to every one else
Review date: 2006-05-21 Rating: 4 out of 10
I actually saw this film last year on a plane back from mexico. i had wanted to see it at the cinema, but have no friends who hold the same interest in films as me. I was quite excited in getting to see it any way. but was wholey disappointed. The build up began well, and i liked the completely unexpected car accident scene. But i didnt grow to care for any of the characters at all, in fact was quite pleased when they began to die. Im all for gore and enjoy scarey films, but am almost always disappointed. and this film was no exception. The films gore was so over the top that it became laughable and lost the initial scareyness you got from the claustrophobic tightness of the tunnels. I've given the film 2 stars purely for the fact that the ideas were good, and if not completely for the car accident scene. If your looking for a film thats a no brainer and a bit of a giggle, then this is the film for you. If you want a seriously scarey film then i would look else where as you will be disappointed by this film.
Mountain Pick Chicks in the Cannibal Cave of Death
Review date: 2006-05-04 Rating: 8 out of 10
Neill Marshal gave British horror flicks a bite in the arm with his funny and thrilling Zulu-with-werewolves flick Dog Soldiers, but he ain't joking in The Descent. Unlike overhyped, undernourished recent local efforts like glorified TV pilot 28 Days Later, this is a real movie made by someone who knows exactly what he's doing, and who does it well. More importantly, he's not afraid to take his time to ground the story and the characters before getting to the main course. There are a couple of hokey false alarms before his heroines find themselves trapped in an unexplored cave system, but the first two thirds are a pretty good survival story in their own right, making you wonder if he really needs to give the gals company down there: big mistake, because when they finally do meet the locals, the film shifts into high gear that makes Cameron and Sigourney look like wimps. Aside from some terrific action scenes, Marshall even manages to subvert the expected it's-not-really-the-ending ending, turning it from the usually schlocky cliché into something that is genuinely haunting. Which is a shame for those of you Stateside, because that's not the ending you'll be seeing when the film opens there late Summer (apparently it's only the last minute that's been cut, but that's enough to leave you with the standard one-size-fits-all horror movie ending). Still, I suppose we should be grateful at least that Lion's Gate haven't retitled it Mountain-Pick Chicks in the Cannibal Cave of Death. Yet...
"Love Every Day" - Ho Ho Ho !
Review date: 2006-04-27 Rating: 2 out of 10
"The Descent" is one of the most disgusting "horror" movies that I have ever seen. It is a lavish gore and splatter fest as a group of tough,foul mouthed , but attractive Amazonian women (yawn, can we have our demure, kind ones back again please ?), slug it out with demonic fiends in an underground cave network in the Appalachian mountains. I don't know which film came first, this one or "The Cave" , but they're both essentially the same and both are equally bad .If you want to see nasty young women drenched in blood , chopping up monsters with knives and axes and gouging out their eyes with their bare hands, then "The Descent" is the film for you. I thought that it was a revolting film, but I reckon that there will be many young women who will watch this trash together on a "girlie night in" with their pizzas and bottles of Chardonnay. Sad. Watch a "Bollywood" film instead.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Natalie Jackson Mendoza
MyAnna Buring
Craig Conway
Creators:
MyAnna Buring (Primary Contributor)
Craig Conway (Primary Contributor)
Director(s):
Recording label: Pathe Distribution
Manufacturer: Pathe Distribution
EAN: 5060002834855
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 2
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, PAL, Special Edition,
Release date: 2006-03-06
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Audience rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 95 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)