What a trip

Rating: 10/10 (15 July 2006)

"The Descent" is by far one of the scariest horror movies that hit the screen during the last years. The story of some girlfriends on a cave-trip that goes awfully wrong, is full of claustrophobia in its first half and already there it it scares you in a deep and tense way. When the creatures appear, it hits another level, closer to an ordinary horror-flick, but nevertheless still scary. Now you hit both: claustrophobia, darkness and a fierce danger that makes the whole situation hopeless. And I say "you" because you feel with that girls as the acting is excellent and very natural. There are no American teenage scream queens, just a few ordinary girlfriends out in a dangerous and tight cave system with an unpleasant surprise. Probably you will never want to visit a cave after watching that movie. And even without the creatures your would feel unpleasant by the thought of doing so. Btw.: the ending is very disturbing but extremely realistic...
Not for the weak ones!