The Descent details
| Formats: | 18 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder |
| Director: | Neil Marshall |
| Genres: | Horror, Thriller |
| Studio: | PATHE DISTRIBUTION |
| Name | Discs | |
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The Descent |
18 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 50 minutes |
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| Rental release: | Currently unavailable |
| Main languages: | English |
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Neil Marshal - Absolute Genius!!
By Mia from Oxford, England. , 12 Jul 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
After having seen Dog Soldiers and frequently read Neil Marshal's monthly diary coloumn titled 'The Marshal Chronicles,' in Total Film every month, I had been eagerly awaiting his follow-up to (In my opinion) the best werewolf film made since American Werewolf In London.
The Descent draws some small similarities with Dog Soldiers: the deaths are not all caused by the beasties in the dark, a group of people face an unknwon monster, isolated and cut off from the rest of the world, we begin the story, focusing on one character's point of view... but these similarities are small and almost undetectable unless you know that you are watching a Neil Marshal film.
Whereas Dog Soldiers was humourous and action-packed as well as a solid and definite horror film, The Descent is far more serious and fast-paced, Marshal hardly ever allowing his characters moments to breath between monster attacks.
The 'crawlers' are monstrous humanoids that hunt using sound and have pointy sharp teeth, eating most of their victims alive. There is almost one point when the violence and gore seems reminiscent of a George A Romero zombie death as the crawlers dig into the live character's stomach whilst her friend watches, screaming (yeugh!)
Indeed, the primal terror and fear is rife within the film and whilst the only breather the audience receives from the turbulent sequence of events is a brief interlude after the main shock-gore beginning is used as a chance to introduce the audience to the six female characters.
Neil Marshal is well on the way to establishing himself as one of Britain's greatest horror film makers of the 21st century.. possibly even the 20th. Whilst Dog Soldiers was an absolute riot, The Descent is creepy, bloody and brutal but unmistakably brilliant.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(919)ABSOLUTELY AMAZING - great movie don't miss out
By ZenZii (147 reviews) from Preston , 08 Apr 2013Love this movie, I have ordered it to watch on dvd which I can't wait because the only way I've watched it is on my PSP, small screen!!! But, I've worn it out. This film is edgy, jumpy, scary everything a horror should be. And you can see the screen and action no squinting in the dark trying to make out the action, not too gloomy as you expect in caves. The acting was amazing and had really enjoyable characters, (I'm and English teacher - not '$£*ing Tomb Raider, was an excellent line.) Juno was played so well. Then there's the creatures, ooo scary. This movie goes into my top 5, yippee ia aa - fantastic. x x x- Was this review helpful to you?
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Dark and brutal!
By englishtlady (30 reviews) from Whyteleafe , 26 Mar 2013I enjoyed this immensely. Nicely dark and brutal. Afterwards, I sat thinking about it for a while. To me a sign of a good film. Not too dark either, I can't stand a film where you are dodging about trying to see what is going on. If I wanted to listen to a film I would listen to the radio. I paid to watch one.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A poor film!
By a customer , 13 May 2012This film was terrible, the plot was boring, the acting poor & special affects bad. I would not recommend it!- Was this review helpful to you?
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AMAZING FILM!
By ChloeMariee (2 reviews) , 04 Apr 2012This film had me holding on tight to my boyfriend threw most of the film! Brilliant and amazing! Loved every second of it! Even my boyfriend who is 22 years old was scared!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Descent into action.
By Filmhead19 (16 reviews) from Watford , 19 Mar 2012Ive watched this film once and when I did, it kept me on the edge of my seat. Great action film!- Was this review helpful to you?
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