31 Days of Horror Day 26: See you blog there

The Descent 2005:
I started working at the theater in 2005 and one of the first movies i saw for free was this brilliant little foray into terror and claustrophobia. The Descent is a movie that once you have seen it you will never want to go outside again.
Six Women go cave diving on what should be a normal vacation. They are all long friends and have done this before they go into a deep cave not on the map and begin to realize the challenges of navigating it are more then just a tight squeeze here or there. The Women soon discover that they are anything but alone and we soon discover that going on this vacation might have been a huge mistake.
Neil Marshall is a director who will go down as being responsible for some decent movies and two of the best episodes of Game of Thrones but this movie is his shining achievement when it comes to direction. Marshall is amazing at never letting you know when the real world is around you and when you are still in the belly of the beast. He is a great one for messing with you and keeping the movie going at a pace that never lets you fully get comfortable. He never really lets you feel like the grip on reality is yours to control. The limited budget also gives them less of an option for big budget thrills and forces both cast and crew are forced to use other methods to scare you.
 Not since Ripley in Aliens has a woman let alone set of women been so strongly represented in horror. The woman in this film kick ass and aside from one guy in the film briefly this is almost the female equivalent of the film The Thing. these woman must ban together against a foreign enemy and stop it at all costs. The relationships are tested friendships fail and it comes down to one thing and one thing only survival. Its a remarkable little movie that manages to not only scare you but make you feel visibly uncomfortable because of the claustrophobia it sets into your mind. I don't have much to say on this one because the concept is so simple all I can say is to watch and enjoy just how creepy it gets from start to finish.
Well we step out of the caves and we head to the mountains for a vacation get away at the overlook Hotel. For High Weirdness I'm Benjamin Kolton reminding you "It's Only a Movie." "It's Only a Movie."