Can't... breathe...

Rating: 10/10 (12 August 2006)

I'm a major lover of horror films, and must firstly say that if you're of the same disposition you must see this film immediately. Easily the scariest thing I've ever seen, this has the biggest and most effective 'jump' in horror-film history. In fact, it hits the mark on several physical scares, particularly in the second half, but it is the first half that distinguishes this film from the majority of modern day scaries.
It is hideously claustrophobic, and I found myself breathing heavier as the characters spelunked deeper and deeper. (If spelunking means caving, as I think it does. If not, I've got to use the word spelunk three times in a review).
Finally, to impress just how scary this film is, when I was watching with two friends, one scene actually caused me to leap from my sofa to the door in one seamless bound and my friends to literally hug themselves in a way similar to Scooby Doo and Shaggy. Funny in hindsight, not so at the time.