The Descent

*Didn't expect such a dark twist so early in the movie, left me genuinely speechless for 2 entire minutes. * The premise gives me "The Ritual" vibes, even though this movie was released years before: Dealing with the death of loved ones by joining a "fun" excursion with friends. The soundtrack at some points was literally a copycat of "The Thing"> What are you so afraid of? The worst thing that could've happened to you has already happened.**Never such sentence was proved so wrong. ** The first collapsing cave moment, with Sarah unable to breath, was a true claustrophobic nightmare. From that moment, every possible bad thing that could happen, happened: they lost the ropes, they found out that cave was "unexplored" and worst of all ... they began losing faith in Juno, who then revealed who she really was (an egoistic b*ard). The panic quickly builds up as the feeling of being trapped becomes more real each second. Not only the cave seems to be a dead end, but there seem to live moltitudes of pale skinned, blind humanoid creatures, that feast on human bodies, leaving behind only bones. Adding to the fear the whole situation inspires, there are so many well built jumpscares: the metal pipe hitting Sarah in a dream, reminder of the trauma of her daughter's death, the silence before the sudden attacks of the pale creatures, and many more. The darkness of the whole movie could be seen as a weak point... but here, the red and green monotone scenes give an even more frightening sense of escapeness. The ending left me dishoriented. I really wanted Sarah to survive this experience. She would have been the strongest woman in horror movie history, dealing with both the death of her family and her friends (and Juno). But that exit was just metaphorical. She finally found peace in hell, but she never fully escaped ... both physically and psychologically.