The Descent tells the story of an all-female caving expedition that goes horribly wrong. Six girlfriends meet in a remote part of the Appalachians for their annual caving trip. Deep below the surface of the earth, disaster strikes when a rock falls and blocks their route back to the surface. The girls soon learn that Juno, the thrill-seeking leader of the expedition, has brought them to an unexplored cave and that as a result nobody knows where they are to come rescue them. The group splinters and each push on, praying for another exit. But there is something else lurking under the earth – a race of monstrous humanoid creatures that are adapted perfectly to life in the dark. As the friends realize they are now prey, they are forced to unleash their most primal instincts in an all-out war against an unspeakable horror.
I went in to this one expecting it to be another one of those movies that is advertised as deeply disturbing, very gory, and scary as hell and ends up being an hour and a half of something that wouldn't even interest my 12 year old future stepson (i.e. - The Cave, Wolf Creek, High Tension). You see . . . . . my beloved WW happens to be a closet horror movie junkie. So we get really psyched when we see commercials for scary movies and are more often than not totally disappointed. I'm sorry to have outed you, my dear, but the truth shall set you free. Anywho . . . . . this movie ended up NOT being one of those movies. We ended up really liking this. It delivered as promised. It was pretty gory, very creepy, and left me with no desire whatsoever to even think about hiking in a cave.
I would very strongly recommend this to anyone in to scary movies. This is actually a really good movie regardless of whether or not you are in to these kind of movies because the suspense/tension is very well developed. It is totally worth the rental fee.
