The descent

by Marriott, James

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Title Statements

Full title :The descent / James Marriott.

Summary

"The story of an all-female caving expedition gone horribly wrong, The Descent (2005) is arguably the best of the mid-2000s horror entries to return verve and intensity to the genre. Unlike its peers (Saw [2004], Hostel [2011], etc.), The Descent was both commercially and critically popular, providing a genuine version of what other films could only produce as pastiche. For Mark Kermode, writing in the Observer, it was "one of the best British horror films of recent years," and Derek Elley in Variety described it as "an object lesson in making a tightly-budgeted, no-star horror pic." Time Out's critic praised "this fiercely entertaining British horror movie;" while Rolling Stone's Peter Travers warned prospective viewers to "prepare to be scared senseless." Emphasizing female characters and camaraderie, The Descent is an ideal springboard for discussing underexplored horror themes: the genre's engagement with the lure of the archaic; the idea of birth as the foundational human trauma and its implications for horror film criticism; and the use of provisional worldviews, or "rubber realities," in horror"--Abstract.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Auteur
Place of Publication:Leighton Buzzard
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (116 pages) : : illustrations.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781800850170, 1800850174, 9781906733957, 1906733953, 9781800346932, 180034693X
DOI:10.5040/9781800850170.
oclc:on1331794457
LC Classification:PN1997.2.D473

Introduction -- The Descent -- The Shock of the Old -- Going Underground -- One Million Years BC -- Return to the Source -- Chicks With Picks -- Nightmares in a Damaged Brain -- Family -- Conclusion.