dark and gloomy suspense thriller

Rating: 8/10 (7 August 2006)

This movie will go down in history as a monumental depiction of fear and claustrophobia inducing scenes meshing into a perfect scare-fest. Beginning parts show a regular group of friends with a deep and scarred past trying to live life on the edge when the expedition turns tragic and horrors begin. Characters are well placed and individual traits, weaknesses and strengths are so well developed by the end of the movie that you can't help but feel sorry for the fact that some of them will not make it out alive. There were moments in the movie, where the audience cheered or cursed, in loud fashion as a response to the action. This was largely emphasized by the superb pause and pacing of some scenes, where it leaves the moviegoer cringing with suspense, just waiting on some large, scary screeching outcome. A classic genre taken to great plateau of quality.
This film places a red carpet for Neil Marshall and most of the actresses with high hopes of sustained success ahead of them. Eight *'s , as a result of my inability to fully watch all of the movie as i had to look away a couple of times. I considered myself brilliantly scared.