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The Descent was a terrifying movie even before you find out there are a bunch of subhuman predators deep underground in North Carolina. "let's go exploring some unknown Appalachian caves! woohoo!" no thanks. just watching someone get stuck in a small passage on a tv screen is enough to keep me out of a cave for the rest of my adult life.
The Descent eats up half of its 100 minute run time as the setup. Sarah lost her husband and daughter in an accident and one year later all the girlfriends plan to get together and do some mountain dew extreme spelunking. soon they get trapped and naturally all hell breaks loose. everyone has headlamps, flashlights, glowsticks and flares, along with a small video camera, but none of them can last forever. still, the movie is pretty dark so there are some scenes where i wasn't even sure what was happening. a few minor plot issues for my taste, but overall The Descent exceeds expectations and is a pretty convincing horror movie. 8 bloody rope burns out of 10.
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