A Bloody Good Horror Film

Rating: 10/10 (7 September 2006)

Remember the days when Hollywood put out original horror films? Nowadays all they do is remakes of better movies and sequels upon sequels. So we horror fans have to look elsewhere for quality horror fare...like the UK.
The Descent was written and directed by Neil Marshall, who did the cult fave Dog Soldiers. In this story we meet Sarah and her two friends Juno and Beth while they are on a white water rafting trip. The girls love to do 'extreme' sports every year, however this year after Sarah and her husband and daughter leave early they get into a disastrous car crash leaving only Sarah alive.
One year later after the accident the girls and some more friends go up to the Appalachian Mountains to go cave exploring. And like in most horror films things go wrong. The girls are trapped in a cave-in and have to find a way out. But.....they are not alone. ------
I LOVED this film, the creatures are actually creepy, you believe the characters and care about them and it gets BLOODY! If you like horror movies I urge you to see this film!
One problem......they changed the ending. The original UK film is one minute longer and it doesn't have a 'Hollywood' ending like the US release. So go see the film and then go to YouTube and they have the original ending. A much better ending.......and it ties up some of the 'things' Sarah sees though out the film.