The Descent 4. The Descent isn't a bad little horror movie, good for an afternoon's, or a really late night's, enjoyment. A pretty much straightforward "what you see is what you get" kind of movie with no surpises (though they tried to work one pointlessly into the plot). Bunch of tough, modern girls decide to go cave climbing, get trapped, and stumble upon a bunch of humanoid monsters while they're trying to get out. The work with the monsters here is excellent... inhuman, but human enough to make your skin crawl, and they're shot perfectly, in rough, "eye witnessy" kind of perspective. Got some genuine screams from the girls in the audience. Strangely, I think what sold the film, though, was the claustrophobia that was forced upon you with every shot and scene. It's not so much that you've stumbled upon flesh-eating monsters, it's that you're fucking trapped hundreds of feet underground!!... with flesh-eating monsters. Cue the mad dash to survive and escape. That's about it. Can't say I'd recommend shelling out the dough to see it in the theater, but it's probably a good rental, if only to avoid the slaughtering the network TV editors will give it someday.  ¶ 11:45 PM