The Descent (Special Edition, 2 DVDs) Reviews

~~~The Descent~~~ Five young women enjoy meeting up each year to face new and exciting challenges. When one of the group suffers a personal tragedy her friends rally together to arrange a potholing trip in the Appalachian Mountains the following year. Joined by a sixth women the girls head off into the unknown with the memories of the ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room Given how cliched and rather tiresome the horror genre has become in recent years, The Descent is a breath of fresh air and a reminder that it isn't just the French and the Japanese who can craft effective and atmospheric films that also provide gore. This Scottish film is one ...  Read the complete review

Released in 2005, The Descent is a British-made horror film directed by Neil Marshall, who is also responsible for the excellent horror-comedy Dog Soldiers, and is about a group of young female potholers who get more than they bargained for on a weekend caving expedition when they find the subterranean environment to be inhabited by large numbers ...  Read the complete review

The Descent is the first creepy horror film I've seen since the Ring. Normally I very much enjoy horror films but most of them are not particularly scary, however even my boyfriend was creeped out by this one! The story follows a group of adventure seeking women who meet up to take part in various outdoor adventure sports. After a ...  Read the complete review

The Descent follows a group of young ladies who descend into the depths of the Earth on an innocent pot holing adventure and get more than they bargained for. It's a pretty simple premise and I am sure you can guess the sorts of troubles that they get into. The problem I found with the film was that the second half simply did not live ...  Read the complete review

Constantly looking for a good horror movie from any continent saw this little gem and remembered when i first bought it after reading the hype in a magazine. This film is quite easily one of the better of the british horror films, on first watch its very un-nerving and the jumps are frequent. its a real horror film with a believable ...  Read the complete review

The Descent has to be one of my all time favourite British horrors. The premise doesn't sound all that appealing initially; a group of young women go caving. I heard a lot of disparaging remarks about it being for blokes due to the scantily clad women getting soaked and dirty down in the caves. I ignored the negativity and gave the film a go. I ...  Read the complete review

The Descent is a 2005 British horror film written and directed by Neil Marshall. On a budget of £3,500,000 the film grossed an estimated £57,029,609 at the box office. The Descent also did very well with the critics, 86% gave it a good review. The film is rated 18 and runs for approximately 99 minutes. As I previously mentioned, the ...  Read the complete review

I bought this film a couple of years ago, and I keep meaning to watch it sometime. It was on TV last month, and I didn't bother then, either. However, tonight I felt in the mood for something scary, and The Descent didn't disappoint. It's a very well filmed made horror film from director Neil Marshall, and the relatively unknown cast do very well ...  Read the complete review

I thought I would review this film for you guys as it is going to be shown tonight on channel 4 but before I start reviewing The Descent, I feel I must confess that I scare very easily. Show me any kind of horror film and it's more than likely that I will be terrified through out the whole of it with a pillow in front of my eyes. The ...  Read the complete review

'The Descent' is a very fine British horror film directed by Neil Marshall. The story centres around 6 women who go 'caving' or is it 'spelunking'?, doesn't matter...they go into a massive cave anyway. The film starts with main character Sarah's husband and daughter being killed in a car crash which she survives relatively unharmed. She ...  Read the complete review

Five friends embark on a caving expedition with Juno in charge, promising she has the map for this particular cave with her. However she is reckless adn stupid and has led her friends to an unexplored cave with no map and as they climb deeper into the darkness a rock collapses, blocking their only exit. The friends have limited water ...  Read the complete review

Let me start by saying that I am not a fan of horror films as a rule, especially the things hiding around a corner that make you jump type. This is exactly that kind of film. If I had known what this film was going to be like it would have put me off renting it. So it goes to prove that sometimes its better to just suck it and see with a film as I ...  Read the complete review

Many moons ago I was in the scouts - a wonderful organisation that introduced me to girls, drinking and the joys(?) of caveing. Oh, and scouting but this was just a minor distraction. Anyway, one summer we all went into this cave in the Lake District and I have never been so scared in my life as the time when I thought I was never going to get ...  Read the complete review

Film Only Review I watched this film a while ago and it was kind of like pathetic fallacy, because there was a real thunderstorm outside, which emphasised on the tone of the film. It wasn't a bad film but I didn't really enjoy it that much. It started to get too repetitive and predictable as to what would happen. It was quite scary in a ...  Read the complete review

I brought this film last year, and thought it would be a not so good film, but would fill a space on my shelf. I was shocked when I watched it, especially at the beginning when they are canooing and they go off in the car, better ssssh dont want to ruin it hehe, the girls decide to go caving, as they like doing extreme things, little do they know ...  Read the complete review

my ultimate fear becomes true in this film. this film is about a group of friends who are all adreniline junkies and once a year they do something scary i.e bungy jumpiung,sky diving etc. This year however the six girls decide to go caving little do they know about what hides in these caves.as the story unfolds they become trapped in ...  Read the complete review

This film came out around the same time and is in the same vain as The Cave.Both arent bad attempts at horror though neither delivers the shocks or fear factor they promise.The film has its good parts,the occasional edge of your seat moment and a real feeling of claustrophobia,mostly down to the fact the only light is from the girls torchs and ...  Read the complete review

I feel compelled to write a review of this film as it is the most genuinely frightening film I've seen in years. I love scary movies, yet I am also a complete wimp and will stay awake with the lights on for the rest of the night if a film gets under my skin. The Descent was the first film to do that to me for a very long time. So what ...  Read the complete review

The descent, a film directed by Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers) is a horror movie that bucks normal genre convention. Not only does is it brave enough to have an all-female cast with not a square-jawed steel glint-in-the-eye male rescuer in sight, but not one of these women is a useless, big-busted bimbo shrieking and running into the direction ...  Read the complete review