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'Descent' ascends into true horror
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The Descent Rating 4 out of 4
Sarah......Shauna Macdonald
Juno.........Natalie Mendoza
Beth...............Alex Reid
Rebecca........Saskia Mulder
Sam..........MyAnna Buring
Holly........Nora-Jane Noone
Pathe Pictures International and Lionsgate Films present a film
written and directed by Neil Marshall. Running time: 99 minutes.
Rated R (for or strong violence/gore and language). Opening today at
local theaters.
'The Descen...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Descent fails to scale new heights.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: CHRISTOPHER TOOKEY The Descent (18) Verdict: Effective if gruesome horror Overnight (15) Verdict: Cautionary tale from Tinseltown THE Descent is the first of two movies this summer about potholers running foul of bloodthirsty monsters (the other is The Cave, due in August). On the face of
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 "Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)")
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'Descent' chills deflated by absurd plot elements.(Movie review)
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
; ... violence/gore and language). mwilmington@tribune.com Copyright (c) 2006, Chicago Tribune Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write ...
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 "Cape Times (South Africa)")
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Gripping, chilling descent into hell.(Entertainment)
Cape Times (South Africa)
; HHH The Descent. Directed by Neil Marshall, with Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, MyAnna Buring and Saskia Mulder. Review: Michael Wilmington In this low-budget horror movie full of tough ladies and creepy thrills, six adventurous girls from the UK, on a cave-exploring expedition in
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 "Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)")
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`The Descent'.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
; Byline: Tirdad Derakhshani In his formidable, ravishingly gory and gruesomely funny horror debut, Dog Soldiers, British director Neil Marshall asked what happens when a squad of Action Men meets Wolfgirl _ and her extended family _ in Little Red Riding Hood's cabin in the Scottish highlands. In his
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 "The Evening Standard (London, England)")
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Blood, guts and girls with attitude; Neil Marshall's potholing horror is as intelligent as it's horrifying.(Movie Review)
The Evening Standard (London, England)
; Byline: CHARLOTTE O'SULLIVAN THE DESCENT Cert 18, 100 mins THE six sporty women in The Descent are far removed from the scream queens of early horror. Had Norman Bates come tiptoeing up to their shower, you suspect they'd have knocked the knife from his hand, kicked him in the crotch and roared for
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 "Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)")
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'Descent' goes to great depths to ensnare any viewer.(Movie review)
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
; ... directed by Neil Marshall. Rated R. Time 99 minutes. Copyright (c) 2006, The Baltimore Sun Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write ...
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'The Descent' a horror thrill; Friends on caving expedition rappel into monstrous trap.(SHOW)(MOVIES)(Movie review)
The Washington Times
; Byline: Christian Toto, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Descent may do for spelunking what Jaws did for beachgoing. British writer/director Neil Marshall shows a command of the B-movie genre that eludes stateside horror hacks. What begins as a gripping cave adventure erupts into a full-blown monster
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Descent into hell
The Northern Echo
; His first film combined horror and gore with a fair bit of comedy, but his second feature is an altogether darker affair. In more ways than one. NICK MORRISON talks to Newcastle film-maker Neil Marshall NEIL Marshall is making no apologies for the amount of blood in his latest film. In fact, you
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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"THE DESCENT".(Weekend)
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
; While on a holiday exploring caves, six women become trapped underground when a fallen rock blocks their exit in The Descent. Searching for a way out, they are attacked by a race of predators. But the one who is the most panicked is a young women (Shauna Macdonald) who is fighting for her sanity
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DIRECTOR DELVES INTO 'DESCENT' A LA 'DELIVERANCE' AND 'DOG SOLDIERS'
Dayton Daily News
; PARK CITY, Utah -- The sport of caving looked terrifying to British filmmaker Neil Marshall. "The amount of fear that you could milk from that, whether it be claustrophobia or fear of the dark or bats or heights or drowning -- there's just so many ways to die down a cave," Marshall said. "It's a
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