Product: The Descent (Original Unrated Cut) [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 5.0
Here's how you can tell...
...how genuinely scary it is:(And I haven't seen this behavior in a movie theatre since "Alien" in 1979)The people in the front rows of the theatre were getting out of their seats and moving to seats in the back of the room. They were trying to physically distance themselves from the action on the screen."The Descent" works, and it works VERY well.When you watch it at home on DVD, turn off all the lights. Might as well get all the bang for your buck, right?**********Additional comments from November 20, 2007:I listened to both commentary tracks on the DVD. Both are interesting, but the one with the director and 5 of the 6 girls is better. Not hard to guess why they jokingly referred to this film as "Six Chicks with Picks". At the start of the Blooper Reel, right after the footage of the six actresses belching during takes, is some footage of one of the Crawlers doing his best Mick Jagger imitation (and he's pretty good!).Not all Director Commentary tracks are interesting. But of the two on this DVD, the second one offered (the one with Director and Cast) is worth a listen.The only thing I can think of that would have made the Special Features section even better would be a "Music Only" track. David Julyan's score is haunting and creepy.And in one of the commentaries, the director commented on the sparse use of CGI in this film. He believes that CGI should enchance the physical reality, not take the place of it. Are you listening, George Lucas?