Product: The Descent (Original Unrated Cut) [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 5.0
Well-produced and entirely frightening
Bored on a Saturday night, my friend and I ventured into this film only knowing it was a horror film and nothing else. What we fell into was one of the most frightening, thrilling horror films we had ever seen.And not horror in the classic blood and guts theme, although this movie has its fair share. This movie plays on you psychologically until you find yourself watching it with great unease, gripping your friend as you straddle the edge of your seat.This movie will make you understand what claustrophobia is all about. You will curse that damned cave for an hour straight, and when things start to really hit the fan, your heart will race for the remaining 40.Why is this movie clever? It presents an interesting study of human nature. When you are caught in a life-or-death situation, how long does it take before people lose all convention of decency, and turn to their primal nature of survival? If you were in a life-or-death situation, would your friends still be your friends - or would they turn on you?The first 15 minutes of the movie shows you a perfect friendship among 6 friends. The remainder of the movie shows a steady digression of that friendship, where the need to survive completely destroys all levels of trust.If you are a horror fan you owe it to yourself to check this under-the-radar film out. And if you aren't a horror fan but can take the gore, you should check it out as well.My friend and I recommended The Descent to ever person we knew when we walked out of the theater that night, and all of our friends have been raving about it since.