Bloody, gory, scary and horrific!

Rating: 8/10 (27 July 2005)

A group of andrenaline junkies go pot-holing in the Appalachian Mountains and before you can shout "Dead By Dawn" things start to go wrong....very wrong. The Descent is Brit directors second movie, after the enjoyable Dog Soldiers, and this horror flick is far more bloody, ferocious, scary and goddamn nasty!
After watching Hollywood dross such as Underworld and Van Helsing it is such a 'pleasure' to watch a horror film that is unflinching, near to the bone, gory and yes, horrific.The acting is very good, the women are scared but tough and don't turn into blubbering wrecks, the claustrophobic settings look great and the monsters are very un-nerving.
A fine mix of Evil Dead and a host of other 80's horror gore, this was a bloody treat.