Check Out This Overlooked Horror from a Game of Thrones Director with 87% RT Score
The man behind Blackwater created a spectacular adventure horror you missed out on, and it’s time to right this wrong.
Game of Thrones has many amazing episodes, courtesy of some truly great TV directors, and S2E9 Blackwater and S4E9 The Watchers on the Wall are often named among the best even in terms of their IMDb scores. Both these episodes were directed by Neil Marshall, one of the TV show’s strongest masterminds — and while we thank him for his work on Game of Thrones, it’s not all he can boast.
Neil Marshall also directed one of the most unique adventure horrors ever, and it’s time more people learned about it, don’t you think? The man deserved the praise.
The Descent into Darkness Begins
Three thrill-seeking friends love indulging in risky “recreational activities” in their pastime. One of them had her husband and daughter killed in an unfortunate car accident after a rafting session, but a year of grief later, she decides to finally go for another outing with a group of friends. This time, the group chooses caving.
Unfortunately for them, their “guide” opted for an unknown cave system instead of a well-explored one, and when the entrance collapses behind them, there’s no hope of being rescued. The group decides to move into the caves to find an exit, but little do they know that this cave system is in fact inhabited, and not by humans. Terrifying underground creatures they called “crawlers” are there and hungry for human meat.
Critics and Viewers Loved The Descent
With 2005’s The Descent, Neil Marshall proved himself capable of creating true tension and compelling character dynamics — a feat that later allowed him to create two of Game of Thrones’ best episodes. Marshall both wrote and directed this movie, and both critics and viewers loved his chilling twist on the genre of adventure horror.
On Rotten Tomatoes, The Descent boasts 87 and 76% Critic and Audience Scores, respectively; the movie also has a solid IMDb score of 7.2/10.
“The Descent falls into a long line of horrors preying on the visceral fears of audiences, cleverly bringing these terrors to the surface,” Film Inquiry’s Stephanie Archer wrote.
You can watch The Descent on Netflix and Prime Video.
Source: Film Inquiry