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The Descent

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Summary

Horror starring Natalie Mendoza and Shauna Macdonald. An all-female mountain-caving expedition goes horribly wrong when the exploring group are trapped following a rockfall - and encounter a bloodthirsty underground cannibal race as their relationships with each other disintegrate.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Alan Jones

An all-female caving expedition goes horribly wrong in this brilliantly constructed panic attack from director Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers). Six friends end up in an uncharted subterranean system and encounter a monstrous cannibal race, but desperation, betrayals and imploding relationships prove as fatal to the girls as the flesh-eating threat. From the high-impact opening shock to the poignantly bleak ending, this underground Deliverance is designed to cause maximum stress in anyone remotely claustrophobic, vertiginous or afraid of the dark. Marshall's expert choreography of the creepy "crawler" creatures provides the extra terror, while they provide the full-on skin-slicing gore. As a writer and director he has a keen understanding of what makes the horror genre tick, and overturns the usual conventions with canny wit. Super-scary and vicious, both psychologically and physically, this cleverly produced chill-ride is edgy British horror at its very best.

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7.2/10

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Cast

rolenameSarahShauna MacdonaldJunoNatalie MendozaBethAlex ReidRebeccaSaskia MulderHollyNora-Jane NooneSamMyAnna BuringPaulOliver MilburnJessicaMolly Kayll

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rolenameDirectorNeil Marshall

Details

Theatrical distributor

Pathe{acute}

Released on

2005-07-08

Languages

English | Swedish

Guidance

Violence, swearing.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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