A Descent into Horror
So I just saw the British low-budget horror film The Descent and it was, unexpectedly, well above average. It was the best scary movie I've seen since I caught Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original) for the 5th time about 6 months ago on DVD...all other recent horror films pale in comparison to The Descent . The thing I loved most about it was the two-pronged horror tactics the film makers used. First they preyed on the audiences fear of the dark, or being trapped in the dark. And the 2nd tactic the film makers used was to throw in human-eating creatures while the characters were still stuck in the seat gripping pitch-black. This is NOT a typical blood and gore horror flick, it has teeth and those teeth grip into you while you watch in horror.
Obviously there will be some cheesy moments, it's a low budget British Horror film...do you expect anything else. But the tension that mounts during the first half of the movie and the shear terror that permeates the second half of this movie make it a joyfully scary addition to this summer's good movies.
If you like horror films, PLEASE see this you will love it.
posted by smarty pants at 11:47 PM
1 Comments:
i'll agree with you. as you said, it's a horror film, so we're not exactly talking high art. and while i thought it took too long for the action to start (and i almost always think movies start the action too soon at the cost of character development), it was intense once the pace picked up.
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