Whorticulture.com Compares The Descent Versus The Descent II
One of the most recommended movies on my "What's Your Favorite Scary Movie?" post was The Descent. As it should be, because that movie kicks ass. For some reason I always forget about it, so I wanted to make sure I made a post in recognition of how awesome it is.
The Descent is scary on so many levels. Not only does the movie have underground monsters (modern day Morlocks, I decided) hunting a group of female cave explorers, it gives this whole added level of getting lost in an incredibly tight and small uncharted underground cave system, and nobody knows you're there.
There's a scene close to the beginning where a girl gets stuck as they're crawling through one of the tighter cave areas. The space starts to collapse. I almost wet myself.
It's a hard and serious scare. I give it a 10/10 because of the numerous levels of scares.
AND THEN I WATCHED THE SEQUEL.
Boy oh boy was I disappointed. For one thing, the monsters seemed different in a way I can't put my finger on. Secondly, it seemed to try to rip-off the best scares from the first, and it failed.
Not to say it didn't have its moments. But it rode the coattails HARD of the first one. And the ending went from insanely awesome to shamefully lame and WTF in a matter of moments. Not a good note to end the movie on. God only knows if they'll make a third.
The sequel only gets a 6/10 from me.
But dear God in Heaven check out the first one! You won't be disappointed. It tops the list for my recommendations.
