My Day 20 pick for 31 days of my favorite scary movies is the 2005 British horror film The Descent w
My Day 20 pick for 31 days of my favorite scary movies is the 2005 British horror film The Descent written and directed by Neil Marshall who was also responsible for the excellent werewolf movie Dog Soldiers. The film follows a group of six women who go spelunking in an unmapped cave system in the Appalachian Mountains where they become lost and are hunted by a pack of pale flesh-eating humanoid creatures. Marshall makes excellent use of the darkness and the often claustrophobic conditions to build a palpable sense of dread. The cast does an excellent job of conveying both the terror of the situation and the desperate drive to survive. The Descent is unusual for a horror film in having an all-female main cast, and the dynamic between the women is utilized extremely well. For my money this is one of the best horror films of the first decade of the 21st century. -- source link
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