2005 · horror · british
The Descent
Directed by Neil Marshall1h 40m2005
After a personal tragedy, Sarah joins her friends on a caving expedition in the Appalachian Mountains. But when a rockfall traps them deep underground, their adventure turns into a nightmare. As they search for a way out, the group discovers they are not alone—lurking in the darkness are savage, cave-dwelling creatures. With rising tension and dwindling trust, the women must fight to survive against both the predators and each other.
Our read: The Descent (2005) reads as a heavy, breathless, inventive horror · british entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, breathless, extreme horror / british, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- bleak
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