The pacing of the film is incredible, with shocks and frights occurring when you least expect them, suggesting the ideas behind the film are creative and committed. I looked at the movie with a new eye and for the life of me I couldn't tell the difference.Ī staple of fantastic modern British horror, the Descent relies on two things to terrify it's audience the bolstering and passionate performances of the all-female cast who present genuine and relateable characters and also the steady direction of Neil Marshall who magically manages to make a potholing tunnel in an underground network of caves seem even more claustrophobic and tiny than it actually is. I was shocked to learn while researching this movie that it was not shot in an actual cave but on a set they made in Pinewood Studios. There is enough build-up to make you care about their relationships, strained or not, so that when the shit hits the fan, and boy does it do that in a blood-soaked frenzy, we are emotionally invested by the time bad things start happening. Refreshingly made with a great all-female cast of mostly strong characters instead of the stereotypical "scream queens" or stupid college kids, this claustrophobic and relentless descent (no pun intended) into both real-life and creature-feature horror is just fabulous. Night Shyamalan, I'm referring to writer/director Neill Marshall, and I'm whining about this because he wrote and directed one of the best horror movies of all time, The Descent, and nothing he has done since matches this masterpiece. The director’s preferred edition: Unrated (Original UK version)Ĭomparison of the editions with courtesy of Movie-Censorship.Do you ever watch a movie that is so fantastic and memorable that you continue to follow that director's work and either he/she starts producing absolute shite or drops off the map?
Source: DescENDING – interview with writer/director Neil Marshall
So both endings in their own way pay tributes to different 70’s horror movies that inspired me hugely.” I personally prefer the longer version, the UK ending. We finally got the ending we were happy with and that was released in the UK and the rest of the world. But I knew how it was going to end from the start. “The alternative ending was something I kinda toyed with when I was in edit first time around, it was never something I thought of when writing the script. Without spoiling the ending of the film here is a summary of the featurette: The reason of the alternative ending is addressed in a special featurette on the US Blu-ray with director Neil Marshall. The DVD and Blu-ray release of the film in the US dubbed the two cuts as theatrical (“US R-Rated Theatrical”) and unrated (“Original UK version”). The British horror film The Descent was released in US theaters with an alternative ending than the one shown in Europe.
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