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2005 | UK | 18 | cinesia : 16 |
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| CAST : Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Jackson Mendoza, Alex Reid, Molly Kayll, Saskia Mulder, Nora-Jane Noone ... |
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PRODUCER : Christian Colson |
| STUDIO : Lions Gate Films |
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DISTRIBUTOR : Monopole Pathé |
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RUNTIME : 1 hour 39 minutes |
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 Afraid of the dark? You will be.
After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, they find themselves in a desperate struggle to survive the creatures and each other. |
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  Neil Marshall first movie, Dog Soldiers, written, directed and edited by Marshall himself, has been versy successful and it quickly gained a reputation as a cult horror. |
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Pascal's review |
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October 19, 2005 |
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Bloody and scary |
Even though the beginning of the movie is very common and slow – kind of boring, I would say –, the script is getting better as the story goes on. Nevertheless, this film is a weird patchwork of diverse influences, starting with Evil Dead or Cabin Fever for the old makeshift shanty lost in the forest which is occupied by the actors at the beginning, continuing with The Lord of the Rings and its character Gollum for the livid foaming aggressive creatures of the cave and ending with John Carpenter’s The Thing and its disquieting single-stringed theme for the musical aspect.
The Descent combines well both psychological and visual horror, generating claustrophobia from the tightness of the cave as well as repulsion from the bloodiness of the underground struggles involving Gollum’s cousins…
In brief, I would say that this movie is enjoyable, much better than a lot of other horror movies I saw in theaters recently. So, if you like blood, The Descent is made for you!
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Unexpected horror movie! |
I did not expect what I saw in this movie... I came to see a bad adventure movie tincted with a little bit of blood and eventually a bit of suspens (but of course I hadn't read the synopsis) and what I got was...wow how fun! I really did enjoy discovering all the gory effects and of course the unforgettable pool of blood!!! I'd say it's rather a horror movie than an adventure movie... Anyway, the story is all fun, the directing is fair and the actresses are all okay. Although some cheesiness is present but that's because its a horror movie, so it's fine!
Anyway I had brought a friend telling him that this movie wouldn't contain much blood... how wrong I turned out to be! hehehe I had a big laugh seeing his face contorted... |
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| FILMING LOCATION : Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK |
| SOUND MIX : Dolby EX 6.1 | COLOR : Color |
| CINEMATOGRAPHY : Sam McCurdy | CINEMATOGRAPHY : Nancy Thompson |
| SPECIAL FX : Elements Special Effects | SPECIAL FX SUP. : John Rafique |
| VISUAL FX SUP. : Katja Hollmann |
| PROD. BUDGET : $ 6'200'000 | STUNT COORDINATOR : Jim Dowdall |
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