Descent
As Earth literally begins falling to pieces, it's up to a team of crack scientists to dive deep into the mantle and patch up the planet in this sci-fi-adventure starring Star Trek: The Next Generation's Michael Dorn and Beverly Hills 90210's Luke Perry. Vast crevices large enough to engulf entire cities have begun appearing on the surface of the planet, and if something isn't done fast, the population faces an unprecedented catastrophe. With rumors of a government conspiracy swirling among the population, a group of fearless scientists agree to descend to the deepest depths of the Earth to find out what's causing the apocalyptic planetary shifts.
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Starring: Michael Dorn, Luke Perry, Adam Nicholas Frost, Michael Teigen, Natalie Brown
The director of The Descent is savvy enough to suggest even more than he shows. And he's old-school enough to load up on glimpses of good, clean, gruesome gore.
Neil Marshall's horrifically terrific The Descent cannily recasts 1972's "Deliverance" as a female-bonding thriller with some "Hills Have Eyes"-style mutant terror tossed in for truly harrowing effect.
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.
Marshall takes a modest budget and a concept that isn't all that original and produces a frightening, intelligent and sexy thriller.
A cult classic is born.
Best Horror Film
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (2007)
Best Director
British Independent Film Awards (2005)
Best Overlooked Film
Central Ohio Film Critics Association (2007)
Best Horror
Empire Awards, UK (2006)
Best Technical Achievement
Evening Standard British Film Awards (2006)
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