A rather good horror movie

Rating: 8/10 (18 August 2006)

As horror movies go, this is a chick movie. Nah, I am joking, but the cast is entirely female. The few unfortunate males that try to act in this script are quickly killed in a brutal way. And as horror movies go, I will rate it as high. The director, also known for Dog Soldiers or 28 Days, has a feel for tense situations and the extreme way in which people react when faced with unpredictable danger.
Now, if you've read most other comments, you would have understood that this is not a cliché movie. Wrong! It follows a very known horror recipe: closed environment in which a team of people face danger and die one after the other until the twist comes. The problem with most movies of this sort is that you never understand why strong military types or world renowned scientists completely collapse mentally when faced with animals or monsters or whatever, neither do they explain the maddened kill frenzy that usually ensues when the stress gets high enough. Well, this movie solves the problem: the entire cast is female! :)
The strange predators are also cool and the fact that everything happens inside a cave makes it truly scary and disconcerting. But what is a cave without claustrophobia, rheumatism and a few trolls, right? Go see it.