Got a heads up from one of our ever loyal readers that Empire Magazine UK has posted a rave review for Neil Marshall’s THE DESCENT. Unlike the six lovely ladies in the flick, I know you haven’t been spending your time in caves. Nevertheless, I’ll post a description of the plot just because the Empire one is fun:
Under the guidance of adrenaline junkie Juno (Natalie Jackson Mendoza), a sextet of spunky spelunker-ladies rappel into the depths of an Appalachian pothole seeking adventure – or at least some good stories they can tell back home. But, when things start to go wrong, it looks unlikely that any of them are ever going to see home, or indeed daylight, ever again…
Now on to a snippet from the review:
Neil Marshall sure knows how to get your attention. Mere minutes into The Descent, he’ll have made you jump half out your seat, sent your popcorn cascading ceilingward and left nervous titters bubbling around the theatre. Here’s a man who truly, deeply, horribly knows his horror. Welding a fanboy mentality to a masterful grasp of genre-filmmaking, Marshall goes all-out to disturb, upset and downright terrify his audience for a relentless 100-odd minutes, pausing only occasionally to allow us the odd twitchy laugh or indulge in bit of visual-reference in-jokery (Aliens and Carrie are just two of the more obvious homaged movies).
There’s more, though. Lots more. Check out the full review for all the goodness.
And finally, let me present to you JAV star Sora Aoi with whom I would most happily go spelunking!