The premise of The Descent is nothing new… in fact we saw another film this year which featured almost the exact same plot-line, that flick being The Cave. The Cave was basically your standard creature feature horror flick. In that flick a group of explorers (featuring your standard diverse set of cliched characters) go down into an unexplored underground cave system where they are hunted down one by one by a new species of deadly creatures. The scares are provided by a few cheap jumps and a little gore with the only mystery and suspense being who will get out alive. Standard horror fluff that resulted in an average movie at best. In The Descent the cast comprises of a group of thrill seeking women who head down into a cave system for adventure. This time it's different though as one of them is trying to overcome a terrible personal tragedy so they all use this trip as a way of bonding and lending emotional support. After a mishap gets them trapped in the cave they desperately try to find a way out only to realize that there is something terrible lurking within the chasms.Now I know that you are saying that both these flicks sound exactly the same… but in fact they are very much different. The Descent is a very suspenseful, very tense thriller. Director Neil Marshall (who previously gave us the very cool Dog Soldiers) takes his time in establishing mood and atmosphere in this flick and the results are just brilliant. Marshall does so by jumping right in with shocking opening sequence. We soon realize that this flick is playing for keeps. By the time the group gets down into the cave everything is filmed very close up and tight… very claustrophobic. So much so that those of you that are afraid of tight spaces might be genuinely freaked out. The atmosphere is very dark sometimes only lit by emergency flares that the women use. This very effectively sucks us right into the intensity and mystery of cave, the feeling of claustrophobia and dread is overwhelming and that is before the monsters are even introduced. Once that happens the flick just jumps into overdrive and we are treated to some awesome thrills and scares.
Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is caught by Yamazaki Asami, a striking young woman with ballet training. On the day of the audition, she's the last person they see. Aoyama is hooked. He notes her number from her file, calls her and takes her to dinner. He hesitates to call again, worried that he'll seem too eager. When he does, Asami knowingly lets the phone ring for some time before answering. She's alone in her darkened room - alone, that is, apart from the writhing victim she has tied up in a sack on the floor...
well i dont know about you but i am a fan of scary movies and i pee my pants when i say the hills have eyes, its not horror to me its just horrible.its sickening and even though it was disgusting i could not stop watching it.the hills have eyes 2 is also a must see!!!
"Let the Right One In"I watched this foreign horror film on Sunday. Its a movie about a 12 year old Vampire girl who moves in next door to a 12 year old boy who lives with his mother after her divorce. The movie has english subtitles but is relatively easy to follow. Great film IMHO! Needless to say, you wouldn't want to piss off that 12 year old...
