"I'm an English teacher, not fucking Tomb Raider!"
THE DESCENT (2005)
Directed by Neil Marshall
"The Descent" is the first and only movie to almost make me flee the theatre. Not because of violence or creepy critters or anything like that; rather it was the palpable sense of being trapped beneath tons of earth and stone. If you haven't seen it, the film involves a group of lady spelunkers who find themselves lost in a vast network on unexplored caves, and it turns out they're not alone.
Neil Marshall directs with his usual sure hand and the all female cast register strongly in well defined roles, preventing this from becoming just another body count film. Be careful if you have any suspicion of latent claustrophobia. I'm serious.
Also, great fucking poster!
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