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The Descent

The 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time - Variety, 2024

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Sequel:

The Descent: Part 2

Original title

The Descent

Year

2005

Running time

100 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Neil Marshall

Screenwriter

Neil Marshall

Cast

Music

David Julyan

Cinematography

Sam McCurdy

Producer

Celador Films, Pathé

Genre

Horror. Adventure | Monsters. Survival Film. Mountaing Climbing / Mountaineering

Synopsis

The Descent is Neil Marshall's hotly anticipated follow up to his 2002 hit Dog Soldiers. Directed by Marshall from his own script, it tells the story of an all female caving expedition that goes terrifyingly wrong. Set in a cave system deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

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Rankings Position

#82 Best Monster Movies & Monster Series

Awards: 2005: British Independent Film Awards (BIFA): Best Director. 2 Nominations

2006: Méliès d'or Award: nominated to Méliès d'or (Best Film).

2006: Saturn Awards (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films): Best Horror Film. 3 nominations

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Critics' reviews

"The Descent sustains a level of intensity that most horror films can barely muster for five minutes"

Scott Tobias: AV Club
"It's made expressly for fans of unmitigated gore"

Claudia Puig: USA Today
"This one is a creepy white-knuckle excursion into horror, where even the "boo!" moments are so well developed that they cause a jolt"

James Berardinelli: ReelViews
"A cult classic is born"

Wesley Morris: The New York Times
"Prepare to be scared senseless, and then, when you think you have it figured, your certainty will be shaken by scenes built to scare you even more"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"You either go for a movie like this or you don't. But though I didn't like it much, I've got to admit that The Descent is a nerve-jangler"

Michael Wilmington: Los Angeles Times
"Marshall takes a modest budget and a concept that isn't all that original and produces a frightening, intelligent and sexy thriller"

Peter Hartlaub: SFgate
"A sensationally entertaining escalation of frights, the kind that make you wiggle and squirm as you alternately laugh at your own gullibility and marvel at the filmmaker's cunning and craft"

Manohla Dargis: The New York Times

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Ranking Lists Position

48 My Top 10 Movies from 2005 (64)
49 My Favorite Horror Movies (297)

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