ma-cortes
Horror story filled with suspense , relentless terror , nudism , profanity , bad language and lots of gore and blood . This frightening Spanish movie concerns about a young group , being trapped into claustrophobic caves . As a group of 5 friends formed by Marta Castellote as Celia , Xoel Fernández as Carlos , Eva García-Vacas as Begoña , Marcos Ortiz as Jaco and Jorge Páez as Iván gather together on holiday to Island Formentera , in the Balearic Islands . Later on , the group goes for a caving hick . Shortly after , they encounter a cave entrance , which they decide to explore . After some exploring deep underground , the expedition gets horribly worse when they become lost , rockfall collapse and they don't find the dark way out . After delivering further into the cavern , things go awry . This is one of the cheapest horror movies of the last years and it contains thrills , chills , cannibalism , blood and gore . Regular film features an unknown cast , being shot on location in Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain . It packs a sinister , realistic and horrifying atmosphere , full of eerie scenes by means of shaky camera as well as the former Spanish film titled ¨REC¨ and followings ; as ¨La Cueva¨ itself is realized in similar premise to the Spanish originals . ¨Alfredo Montero's La Cueva¨ was shot with camera over shoulders , in documentary style and itself takes place from point of sight from cameraman . It was shot in ¨Rec¨ style that was followed by Rec II and Rec III , Genesis , all of them written/produced/directed by Paco Plaza and Jaume Balaguero , two magnificent experts on terror genre . And it had an American remake : ¨Quarantine¨ , a solid film , being continued by ¨Quarantine 2¨ . ¨La Cueva¨ or ¨The cave¨ it is an acceptable movie but mediocre , a so-so terror story plenty of suspense , merciless horror , plenty of screams , shocks and tension and in thrilling style . The film takes parts here and there from other films as ¨The Descent¨(2005) , ¨The Cave¨(2005) and , of course , ¨Rec¨ saga . The horror moments are compactly made and fast-moving in which the brutal instincts of survival of the human beings are well shown , by being seen from the POv of a camera that one of the boys is holding . Well worth seeing if you like videos and shaky cameras , such us : ¨Blair witch project¨, ¨28 Days/Weeks¨ and ¨Cloverfield¨ . Others films dealing with this sub-genre about people caught in caves are the followings : ¨Sub-human¨ (1972) by Gary Sherman with Donald Pleasence , Norman Rossington , David Ladd ; ¨What wait below¨ (1985) by Don Sharp with Robert Powell , Timothy Bottoms , Lisa Blount , Anne Heywood , Richard Johnson . And recently : ¨The cave¨ by Brian Hunt with Cole Houser , Piper Perabo , Eddie Cibrian , Rick Ravanello ; ¨The descent¨(2005) by Neil Marshall with Alex Reid , Natalie Mendoza , Shauna MacDonald , both them dealing with people caught into caverns and besieged , chased , attacked by packs of carnivorous , bloodthirsty , crawling creatures are waiting for them .
hic66
I absolutely hate found footage films. That being said...I don't hate this one.Ever since the debut of Blair Witch, which is pretty much the only movie that captured the found footage genre well, I've tried to stay away from these types of movies. It just gives me motion sickness and it's nauseating. Also I find that I prefer normal storytelling rather than the POV perspective. But having taken a chance on LA CUEVA, because I do enjoy movies such as Descent, I'm pleasantly surprised with this film. Very realistic and just goes to show human behaviour is all about survival of the smartest. The movie's great in that it makes friends become enemies and humans into beasts. We see that very soon once the cave explorers realizes their lost...and "hungry". It doesn't take long before the battle of the sexes come into play. And the whole concept of befriending an animal and then having to kill it came to my mind during one part of the movie. Overall, it's a good watch - I'd give 6.5/10. I recommend anyone how usually sneer at found footage films to take a peek...it's a slow beginning but once they hit the cave, they descend pretty quickly.
svartamoln
At first when you start watching this movie you have the feeling it'll be something like REC or The Descent, but as soon as the movie goes on you realize it will be differently. What would you do if you get lost inside a cave and spend days trapped in there? Well, you're so desperate to find a way out that you go crazy, you can't think straight and you are so thirsty you decide to drink seawater and so starved you decide to kill your friend in order to drink their blood and eat their flesh. This is what La Cueva has to offer, 80 minutes of extreme situations that will allow you to feel the despair of getting lost, the uncertainty of not knowing if the protagonists are gonna make it and the horror of seeing what people are willing to do so as to survive, they all want to live whatever it takes.I totally recommend this movie because it has a very realistic storyline and such a great acting, this is one of those movie you can't miss.
