Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

GetPapa Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Sabah Hensley This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

stevelomas-69401 Still the best all woman horror around with some good acting. Although the storyline is desperately obvious and don't think about the ecology of the monsters.

chi_town_fed I watched this film many years ago. It totally rocked when it finally started moving. One must consider this was a 2005 film, cast with all women cave explorers. How unique and sexy was that? I absolutely hated the woman that lied and got them trapped in the first place, Juno. I wanted to kill her myself, which means the writers did their job by making me emotionally invested (good or bad) in their character. Not to mention, she was was fine!!!! I absolutely love brunettes.The whole cave dwelling creatures plot caught my attention as I am a city-rat from birth. I have never been in a cave. After watching this film, I never wanted to. What often gets overlooked are the actors who play the creatures. They did a phenomenal job and brought a lot to the suspenseful scenes.Although this film isn't epic. It was a cool change of horror. I don't know how they filmed some of the scenes but they had me convinced they were deep inside a maze riddled cave. Of course as a horror flick, the blood and gore is on par with the bloodiest goriest flicks you a can imagine. Its horror. What do viewers expect? One scene involving basically a swimming pool of blood and muck, took gross to new levels.I gave this movie an extra point for the setting.

BehemothWarrior I watched it last night after almost ten years of not seeing it, and I needed to write a review to let people know how important is The Descent for the horror genre. If you love the sense of dread and claustrophobia in movies like Alien, you're gonna love this. Although is highly likely that it will make you squirm in your seat. The whole cast does a superb job. You're gonna really care about these characters and what it's going to happen to them. That just elevates the tension through the roof even more. The music is haunting, emotional and raw, going along perfectly with every sequence of the film. The only downside for me was the presence of a few cheap jumpscares. Personally I hate those because I think a horror movie does not have to rely on them to make you feel frightened.That's why I have to lower the score a little bit. However all the rest makes up for that. If you want a real thrill ride, look no further. The Descent awaits for you.

jason-georgis This movie had potential to be great. I thought the premise was very intruiging: a group of women get lost while spelunking and come to discover they're being hunted by humanoid monsters. The problem is the director/writer had no idea how to create tension so the most important aspect of this movie, the horror, is left up to jump scares, and not effective ones at that. Not surprisingly, the creatures don't even show up until the halfway point, because the creator clearly couldn't come up with more than 40 minutes of being hunted by monsters. As it is, it gets repetitive after 5 minutes. On top of that, it has the most unlikeable protagonist, Sarah, I've seen in quite awhile. Her character is subject to the worst of horror movie cliches, by making idiotic decisions no real person would make, all for the sake of setting up an obvious scare. What's even more suprising, is that the secondary character, Juno, was far more interesting, and was by far the stand out of the movie. If you want to see a good psychological thriller about a group of women exploring the unknown, go watch Annihilation. If you want to see a tense horror movie about blind creatures that hunt by sound, go see A Quiet Place. Either of those movies has far more to offer in terms of unsettling horror, well executed jump scares when logical, and superior characters with understandable motivations. Stay clear of this movie!