Lost in Punch-Drunk Adaptation of a Spotless Love

Written and directed by Neil Marshall. Starring Shauna MacDonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, MyAnna Buring, Nora-Jane Noone.

This British horror movie reminds me how great it feels to be scared by a movie. I'm a jaded horror geek. While high quotient gore still shock me sometimes, nothing scared me anymore. So I thought. I actually covered my ears several times while watching The Descent. I had never done that since I saw the scariest Indonesian movie when I was forced to see it by my school when I was ten. It's called Pengkhianatan G30S PKI about the gruesome killing of seven generals in 1965 and how Soeharto saved the day.

The Descent tells the story of six women who hope to find a fun adventure by taking a tour into a cave. Little that they know...

What great about the movie is that it takes you inside the cave and makes your worst expectation come true. I felt like in a horror movie heaven with an ending as disturbing as Pengkhianatan G30S PKI for a ten year old (when Soeharto saved the day) that will make you feel like you are trapped in the movie forever.

I envy Neil Marshall. I think he is the first director that I'm dying to meet.