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The Descent


13 July 2005
(21:52)

Okay, just came back from The Descent. In a nutshell, bunch of girls go potholing, horror ensues. Classic setting for a horror movie (and it helped seeing it at a small screen at the Cameo), and by the writer/director of Dog Soldiers, Neil Marshall, so if you like horror it's worth watching.

I don't want to give too much away... The film is both subtle and oh-so-unsubtle, but when it comes down to it it's a decent atmospheric horror flick. I'd watch it again.

Apparently The Cave is coming out next month, seemingly the alternate big-budget cave-diving alternative. Presumably tamer and generally standard Hollywood fare, although I may well see it anyway. I'm guessing that if I see it, I'll say watch The Descent instead.

Happy spelunking.

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