Scary and Claustrophobic Cave of Horror

Rating: 8/10 (19 December 2006)

The sportswoman Sarah (Shauna Macdonald) loses her husband and daughter in a car crash, but she survives. One year later, her friends Beth (Alex Reid), Rebecca (Saskia Mulder), Sam (Myanna Buring) and Holly (Nora-Jane No one), leaded by Juno (Natalie Mendonza), invite her to explore a deep cave in the mountains. When the expedition is about three kilometers underground, a rock collapses and blocks the access tunnel, trapping the group inside the cave. With limited supplies, they try to find a way out, but sooner they face a hunger and savage breed of predators.
The storyline of "The Descent" is not original, inclusive a couple of months ago I saw a very similar movie called "The Cave". But on the contrary of the foregoing film, "The Descent" has a great screenplay, with a scary, claustrophobic, tense and gore story, and a psychological study of the characters under a huge condition of stress, deteriorating the relationship among them. The use of light and darkness in the special effects transmit a sensation of fear for the unknown. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Abismo do Medo" ("Abyss of Fear")