The Descent

[christine]

wow at last I'm allowed to make a review!

I'm not sure when the US are going to get The Descent but suffice to say if you've seen Dog Soldiers and liked it then you know you're going to get some quality from the next Neil Marshall film.

I'm not going to spoiler this review, so you can read on safely. Six Brit/Irish women go on a caving expedition in the Appalachian mountains - only a few of them are given any depth of background but the group hang together as a unit so you do believe in them.

When they get into the caves, well, you're gonna know they get lost but you can't imagine what happens next.

Excellently filmed, through various mediums as obviously it's dark, so we have flares, fire, torches and phosphorescent rocks all giving a different perspective on the scene.

Is you have any kind of real claustrophobia its probably better you give this film a miss, but if like me you're just a little uncomfortable about being in confined spaces then believe me after seeing this you'll never ever go caving. I virtually ran out of the cinema at the end to get some fresh air!

Look out for this film and see it - I guarantee your heart will beat faster with fright!

[Sinny McGuffins]

I'm definitely going to see this soon, the reviews have been great.

[christine]

I forgot to say if you're expecting Dog Soldier type witticisms, forget it - this is a full on straightforward horror

[Tacitus]

Nice one Chris. :)

I've just been watching Dog Soldiers too. ;)

[jrs]

Thanks Christine for that. I am looking forward to seeing The Descent. It looks sweet. :cool:

[nebbit]

Thanks for the review, will see this one when it come here. :D

[Strummer521]

good review. I'm definitley going to see that and dog soldiers.

[Pyro Tramp]

Waiting for some time of to see this, it's taken priority over War of the Worlds

[Pyro Tramp]

Well, pretty darn good. Best horror this year, intense and bold. Bit slow perhaps but a lot of fun. I felt the claustrphobic aspect was kinda downplayed after time, i thought the scariset part was when she was simply stuck in the crawl space. See it just because most the cast were fit, or see it because it's a pretty good horror, even though i think the 'crawlers' were just left over Orcs from LOTR it's still 8/10

[SamsoniteDelilah]

I read an endorsement of this elsewhere that said it made the watcher jump so hard she hit herself in the face. Now that's good horror! :up: Can't wait to see it.

[Pyro Tramp]

Tbh, it's not hard to make someone jump, that's what most teen horrors do, they don't actually scare you. Unfortunately, i felt this played to far into the 'boo there's a monster' arena. As i mentioned, there are some genuinely tense and scary moments, the it creates a good atmosphere but doesn't sustain it. Once they encounter the monsters the fact they're lost and in caves becomes almost irrelevant, they just run any where, which in a way removes the movies clausrophobic selling point, if you what i mean.
That said, the jump moments are good and there's adeqaute gore, much better than most the fodder out there. It really should be seen at the cinema, the closed frames are much more effective on big screens.

[christine]

yeah i def agree it has to be seen at the cinema. Nothing can make you feel so silly as gasping aloud with fright in a public space ;)

And my brother liked it too, and for us to agree that a film is good is almost unheard of

[Tacitus]

Saturday night for me, probably. ;)

[Tacitus]

Saturday night for me, probably. ;)

Maybe I saw you there? :D

I saw The Descent earlier this evening and it's pretty good at what it does - make you jump. Marshall's made a completely different movie to Dog Soldiers, more mature but just as much fun.

Was it just my eyes playing tricks or did I see a "Let's Go Off Road" sticker on the girls' 4x4?

[The Sarge]

Sweet movie, absoluteley loved it.......

especially the dream sequence at the end... genius how it makes you think the film is over.

Will definetely be buying it on dvd when it comes out.

[Pyro Tramp]

OMG, have you seen this (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402901/board/nest/22875078). RIP OFF. It's a 12A, looks bone.

[Tacitus]

bone

Been watching a little too much Dog Soldiers there, PT. ;)

[Pyro Tramp]

Hoped somebody would pick up on my little 'in-joke'.

[SpoOkY]

nice review Christine, I'm not much of a horror fan. I like the classic horror movies though like Hitchcock's ones. Plus I'm a bit claustrophobic...........not sure if I'll see it, but at least I know a bit about it now thanks :)