Exemplary horror

Rating: 10/10 (5 August 2006)

If you appreciated Neil Marshall's "Dog Soldiers," this movie is for you. It is intense, suspenseful, and provides a lot of jump-scares and gore. Horror fans will not be disappointed. The storyline is straightforward: A group of women go spelunking and encounter flesh-craving cave dwellers. Insanity ensues. What makes this movie good is the fact that the characters are believable and developed enough so that we care about them, but not so developed that we get a drama instead of a horror flick. Also, the cave setting they find themselves in provides plenty of great opportunities for claustrophobia-inducing cinematography and minimalist film-making. This is a back-to-the-basics horror film, but the effects are realistic. There is a cave, a group of women, monsters, and the darker side of human nature - a combination that scares, excites, and doesn't let us down. This is another excellent horror film in the tradition of other recent successes in the genre, such as "The Hills Have Eyes" and "Wolf Creek."
10 out of 10