In a League of Its own

Rating: 10/10 (22 October 2016)

This film is riveting. It scares on such a fundamental level that it's quite hard to shake off after seeing it--and not so much for the cave dwellers, who seem remarkably easy to kill (if revolting), but for the actual caving. I loathe caving. I was forced to do it a few times in a previous job, and each time I swore I'd never submit to it again. This film brilliantly captures the horror of discovering you are lost in a vast cave system, no one knows where you are, and the only way out you know has just caved in. Sure, the creatures add some very nice additional fear, but by the time they encounter them I was emotionally strung out to the point where nothing about this cave system would surprise me. Without giving any spoilers at all, the ending makes this film for me. True horror. I'm shuddering just thinking about it. I'm a sun and fresh- air freak and this movie really went to a place of nightmares for me.