Review – The Descent

If I had started watching this movie around two thirds of the way through, I would have liked it a lot better than I did. That’s how long it takes the monsters to put in an appearance. Once the creature action gets underway, the movie transforms into something reminiscent of some of Lovecraft’s less dramatic works (particularly “The Lurking Fear”). The trouble, then, is the hour it takes getting there. After sixty minutes of six women lost in a cave, grunting and groaning as they make their way through tiny tunnels and across obstacles, the production has worn out its welcome too thoroughly to stand much of a chance. Overall the whole thing is more than vaguely reminiscent of The Cave, and casting it with all women rather than mostly men – while a novel step in the right direction for women in horror movies – didn’t help make the characters any more distinct or sympathetic. See if desperate