The descent

The descent

by Marriott, James

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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…

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  • Full title :The descent / James Marriott.

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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

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2013

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Auteur
  • Place of Publication:New York, New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2013

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (119 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781906733957, 1906733953, 1906733716, 9781906733711
  • oclc:ocn909909568
  • LC Classification:PN1995.9.H6
  • Dewey Decimal:791.436164

Table of Contents

Cover ; Series Page; Series List; Title Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Copyright; Contents ; Foreword; 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; Bibliography.

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Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc Films d'horreur -- Histoire et critique Horror films Horror films -- History and criticism PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference

Writers

Marriott, James

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