The Best Horror Film I've Ever Seen

Rating: 10/10 (12 January 2007)

Horror movies these days have been absolutely terrible...stupid, clichéd, simple enough that a five-year-old could follow them. But, along comes "The Descent" and the horror genre is revived. "The Descent" reminds me of the "Alien" movies; terrifying, yet smart and likable. The Descent simply has it all.
It is about Sarah, a woman who's husband was killed in a tragic (but deliciously bloody) car crash. Her best friends take her up to a cabin for the weekend, and they are about to to on a hiking adventure throughout the mountains and such. But they get caught underneath a cave, and a rockfall blocks their only exit. So when trying to find an exit, Sarah thinks she sees somebody, but her friend Juno tells her that it's only her imagination. It isn't her imagination. She has seen a bloodsucking monster who is out to kill all of the people who cross it.
"The Descent" is led by an entirely female cast, so it is nice to know that women can hold a horror flick by themselves. And there are many scares here, and there's an interesting back story, which is something that all movies need, but they lack. I usually don't like that many horror films, but this is an exception. It is the best horror that I've ever seen and probably the best I'll see in a long time. Add this one to your collection today.