The Descent 2005

The Descent is easily one of the Top 10 horror movies of the last decade. It is visually impressive with almost the entire film being shot in an underground cave system, has characters that you can identify with (even though all of them are females), a constant feel of dread throughout the film and creatures that would scare the hell out of anyone.

The story starts out with a group of six female friends ending a river rafting trip. On the way home tragedy strikes the family of one of the women. A year later the friends reunite to explore a cave system and give support to the one who experienced the tragedy. That story line comes to play when they become trapped in the cave and makes the movie all the more tense.

While trying to find their way out of the cave the women have to deal with creatures that have been living down there for decades and evolved into truly frightening beings. The battles they have with these creatures are great to watch. 

The most disturbing part of this film in my opinion is the claustrophobic feeling I experienced in more than one scene. People have their own ideas on what would be the most unpleasant way to die. I'd take just about anything over being buried alive or caught in an area so tight you couldn't move...anything.

Any horror fan should enjoy this movie which is from the same director who did Dog Soldiers, Doomsday and Centurion. All of those are terrific films on their own but all fall a bit short of The Descent.

The Descent gets a big time "A" from me, don't miss it.