Not to miss

Rating: 8/10 (11 April 2009)

This was a pleasant surprise, as I too thought that with only a cast of young women would lend it self to sexiness, women would win the day etc etc. Write/Director Marshall does a supreme job from the first minute with a graphic fatal car crash for all except the lead actress, which would haunt her a year on when this trip takes place. It is certainly claustrophobic as most of the time it's filmed in the dark cave but I thought it only added to the tenseness. It comes with some very good unsuspecting frights and the 'creatures' that live in the caves are convincingly portrayed as a thoroughly ravenous species. **Spoiler *** One of the final scenes where Juno, the Asian woman that mislead the other women but not in a bad mischievous sense, is left with only a flare and a badly severed leg amongst a hoard of these creatures leaves an imprint in your mind for a while. A superb horror movie that keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout.