An Over the Top Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (29 May 2007)

Now, this is what I call a horror movie! I'd held off seeing THE DESCENT because of all the surrounding hype. How could it be as good as the early press claimed? I'd been burned far too many times with this type of baiting. Then, the lights went down...
The sad part is that I knew what was coming. I'd read a few reviews, talked to a few friends. I knew there was going to be a horrific car accident at the top of the film. I knew the girls were DELIVERANCE style outsiders. I knew they were going to be menaced in a cave by sub-human creatures. What I hadn't counted on was just how ferociously mounted it was all going to be.
Unlike THE CAVE, which I had seen nearly a year ago (and which seemed to share the same plot line), this flick delivered the goods. Its entire reason for existence seemed to be to scare the crap out of its audience. And it succeeded masterfully.
Not to be missed by genre fans!