The Descent (DVD)

SIX GIRLS, A BIG HOLE, CANNABILISTIC HUMANOID UNDERGROUND DWELLERS, AWESOME. IF YOU HAVE A FEAR OF a.THE DARK b.ENCLOSED SPACES c.MONSTERS DO NOT WATCH THIS FILM. A REFRESHING TWIST ON THE 'BUDDY' HORROR GENRE, SIX YOUNG LADETTES WITH THE ODD ISSUE/SECRET GET LOST POTHOLING AND ENCOUNTER NASTIES IN THE DARKNESS. A COUPLE OF REAL JUMPY BITS AND ALWAYS A SENSE OF FEAR KEEP THIS MOVING ALONG NICELY - AND THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE ONLY FILM TO HAVE BOTH 'ALTERNATE' ENDINGS WOVEN INTO THE FILM. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

This is basically a caving expedition goes horribly wrong movie, the explorers become trapped and lost and are ultimately pursued by a freaky bunch of predators. I LOVED this film, watched it at a friends and then went out to buy it! Which says a lot for me as once I've watched a film either at the cinema or at mates houses' etc. I don't normally go on to buy it unless I'm very impressed. Lots of 'hide behind the cushion' moments and a good story which is usually what's missing from horror movie nowadays. I would HIGHLY recommend this film, may not be everyone's cup of tea but it certainly hit the spot with me.

Story:
A group of girls seek adventure on a caving expedition. Deep inside underground caves they find themselves cut off from the world and off the map. Battling to get back to the surface they realize that they are being hunted by an unknown cannibalistic force. Now they must pull together and fight for their very survival.

Comments:
I first thought that this was going to be some sort of '' The Blair Witch Project '' as you seen in the previews & on the DVD menu, but thankfully ( didn't like '' the blair witch project '' ) that wasn't the case.

The beginning is a bit boring when a mom looses her husband & daughter in a car-accident, but as soon as they start to '' descent '' into the cave, the movie hits off like a bullet!

Great creature/monster effects from prehistoric neantherthalmen who have evolved into a sort of man/bat human being who see present day-humans just as food and eager for a meal!

Really gory parts just like in '' Land Of the dead '' where they start eating you alive, terrific action shots when they start to explore the never-before ( except for 1 human, about 100 years ago ) cave and all women, now who wants more then that :)

Very realistically shot, with modern clothes, actors/actresses, not really famous ones, so you get more of a realistic feeling in the movie, as if you are watching a home-video or something.

The end rather suxed in my opinion, 1 girl manages to escape after deliberately disabling a friend of hers, then awakes as if she had a dream and still is MILES underground.

There was 1 shot where i yelled out loud '' wow, what a mega-bitch! ( as in positive sense ) '' where she was killing all those creatures with a climbers-axe.

Definately Recommendable, A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Never fancied doing any cave exploring and having watched this film definetly a No No... First see it at the pictures, thought it so brilliant decided to buy it and share with others. I can honestly say it really had the desired effect on them and still managed to shock me 3rd time round. Excellent for horror addicts. Excellent visually and sound track matches where it should for full impact. Well worth watching.

I am a MASSIVE horror movie fan, the cheesier, gorier and more over the top the better. But it is not often i watch a film that actually scares me. This film starts off with a group of women going caving. Unusual in itself because normally in horror films women are only good for falling over, hurting their ankles and getting munched on by something. They could have actually in my opinion made a whole film revolved around this because the sense of claustrophobia and panic the director manages to portray are quite terrifying. It is lit using only the casts head torches so it is very dark and eerie. It is after things start to majorly wrong for the women that they realise they are not alone in the dark...
avsolutely brilliant performances from all involved and i would recommend this film to anyone who loves a good scare! 5 stars and two big thumbs up!

Quite simply one of the best scary movies you can get. There are bits that you find hard to beleive in, the finger tip climbing upside etc, but as the film builds it becomes VERY tense and makes you jump. On a par with the Grudge, Shining and Blair Witch for tension and making you jump. Its starts with a bang and has a completley unexpected ending. A must for scary movie lovers. The sequal comes out next year, which is also rumoured to be as good as this one.
Its now in my top 10 for horror flicks.

this is a realy good film that does make u jump when you least exspect 1 of my favourites reccomended

Brilliantly scary!
This film can be watched time and time again and it will still scare you!
Highly recommended !

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price was great, postage was cheap and fast, with an accurate description. what more could you want?

Very slow start nothing happens until 53 minutes into the film then not alot of 'horror' action for the remaining 30 mins, unless you count gollum like creatures running around in a cave climbing walls. Did the hero escape? who knows. Glad i got it cheap on ebay i would be disappointed if i had paid more than 99p!