Product: The Descent (Original Unrated Cut) [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 3.0
Going downnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
I watched this movie twice then decided not to include it in my vast horror collection.Why? I can't get past the ending (even more so when you immediately watch part two).And a lot of the 'scares' seem less impressive the second time around. Cliches abound with not one but two sudden bursts of animals out of nowhere (birds and bats), the often used BOO factor of someone or something popping out at you when you least expect it, running around screaming when you know something is after you and it tracks you by sound. All of the fear involved is based on a primal inherent dislike/distrust of the darkness, couple that with the fear of falling, being trapped; it's all pretty basic, no great risks in story telling was involved...horror by the numbers.Yes, it's effective, yes, it makes you jump (often), yes it's well done when you consider everything it takes to get you to believe they're in a real cave being picked off by things happy to have their meal catered for once. However, the second time through was a bit of a letdown, because when you know what's going to happen you start to look at other things and start thinking, wait a minute, that didn't make any sense. Too much wondering, too many whys later, I wasn't as impressed as I was originally.It did keep me entertained both times, so that counts for something. Just not a keeper.