Product: The Descent (Original Unrated Cut) [Blu-ray] (2006)
Rating: 5.0
how horror movies should be
Talk about a reason to never leave your house. Heck, a reason to never leave your bedroom. This movie makes me feel claustrophobic, and I hate feeling claustrophobic. So what does that mean? I love this movie. Most horror movies either make me laugh or entertain me in ways that's almost like I was watching an episode of Barney, but this one is different. It seemed realistic. Not that there's probably something Gollum-like rolling around in your local cave, but the idea of cave exploring doesn't sound completely far-fetched, or like something you could never go out and experience. Losing your equipment while exploring? Possible. A tiny earthquake that was enough to shift rocks and block an entrance? Ditto. It wasn't as though there was some spaceship flying around in the cave snatching up the hooks and equipment needed to make it from one end of the cave to the other.The HOLY CRAP SHOCK moments are completely realistic and really do leave you feeling HOLY CRAP SHOCK. I loved the gore, too. There's nothing better than Gollum taking bites out of your body, or people falling from ledges and breaking bones. I suppose it also helps that none of these ladies were really super well known, so it wasn't all "hey, look at that 50-time Oscar winner climbing rocks!" Check it out, especially for Halloween!Also, even though the difference is slight, I love and prefer the unrated version.