This is so difficult because I think the descent is one of the best horror movies ever made, but devil's rejects is one of my personal favorites. Plus the soundtrack for it is impeccable and I think it's Rob zombie's best film
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Both are great movies...tough call. early to midd 00's was a great time for horror movies.
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The Descent made me never want to go caving due to my discovery of claustrophobia while watching it lol. The Devil’s Rejects is a reminder that true evil does exist in the world and is something much more likely to encounter. Both are great for different reasons, but I have to select Devil’s Reiects.
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Devil's rejects. Been captain Spaulding fan long time. But funny watch streamers reacting to the decent 😄
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I'm Such A Fan Of Rob Zombie Movies And The Devil's Rejects Was Awesome Fucking Movie And The Descent Is Scary And A Great Movie But Part 2 Was Ok So Again I Have To Say Both Movies
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No way Descent beating out Rejects. Now it is two completely different movies. But Rejects took it there while descent is a good creatures film.
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I’m convinced that most online comments about The Descent are from people who worked on the movie and their friends. It’s by far the most overrated movie I’ve ever seen. Here’s my review: I absolutely hated the movie and regret the time I spent watching it when I could've chosen something else. I was literally angry after watching it. I was going to say 2/10, but the more I thought about the movie, the more I hated it. 1/10. Here are the issues with the movie: Caving Realism: Flashlights should've had way more of an impact in such a pitch-black environment. The flashlights didn't provide much illumination at all. You can go look at caving videos on YouTube to see the impact of a flashlight inside a pitch-black cave-or just turn the lights off in your house and shine a flashlight to see what it actually looks like. One character is holding a flashlight but also holding a lighter at the same time, as if the lighter would have a greater impact than the flashlight. Completely stupid. The flare usage is also dumb. Flares are easy to extinguish if the end gets mashed and not ideal for caving-especially throwing one down a pit. A flashlight with extra batteries is your best bet. Also, not letting anyone know where you're going when entering a cave is incredibly stupid. And one character-after it's already been established that there are dangerous drop-offs in the cave-goes running through an unmapped cave as fast as she can. That's just incredibly stupid. I don't think anyone with real caving experience would actually do that, and this person is supposed to be experienced in caves... Character Issues: The way The Descent handles its characters-especially the protagonist-is part of the reason it's so frustrating. You're asked to root for a character who, over the course of the movie, really doesn't deserve it. The betrayal between two of the characters-the one who leaves the other behind-is a key point, and it feels completely forced. The Asian character, despite being responsible for leading the group into the cave, wasn't malicious and didn't mean to cause harm. Yet she gets pinned as a villain for simply trying to survive and later on rescue others. The other character she attacks had silently approached her from behind, right after she had just fought through multiple humanoid creatures. It was a complete accident. That character is shown lying on the ground, immobile, bleeding profusely from the throat, and unable to speak. So of course she gets left behind-she appears to be dead. Yet later in the movie, she's somehow still alive, despite the gushing throat wound, and has now regained the ability to speak. She then tells the protagonist that the Asian girl did this to her and left her to die. Then there's the issue with the protagonist who, instead of acknowledging it could have been an accident, goes on a path of revenge. It's hard to sympathize with someone who is so quick to blame and kill someone who was actually trying to help-especially someone who risked her own life to go back and try to save her. The relationships between the characters get muddy, and the film doesn't take the time to explore them deeply. The quick turn from solidarity to conflict feels artificial, cheap, and lazy. And they go for this glamour shot of the protagonist as if she were some badass character we're supposed to be rooting for... Nope. It fell completely flat. The only character who actually comes across as a badass is made into an unjustified villain. I feel like this movie tries to be like The Thing, with the tension between characters but in The Thing that tension is well executed and well warranted.(They use similar music at one point to The Thing as well, which just made me wish I was watching The Thing instead.) The Humanoid Creatures: As for the humanoid creatures-these are supposed to be apex predators, completely blind and relying on echolocation-but the way they're defeated by unarmed, average women is hard to believe. If they're capable of hunting in the dark with echolocation and taking down large animals, they shouldn't be so easily dispatched by regular humans, especially at times without weapons. I also find it hard to believe these creatures wouldn't have a strong sense of smell and be able to detect the women that way. But in the movie, if the women remain perfectly still, the creatures are completely oblivious to them-which is just dumb. They mention that the creatures leave the cave to hunt, so they would likely have at least some form of vision. It may be poor, but it would still be present, as it is with cave-dwelling bats. And we see evidence that these creatures have killed other humans-there are bones scattered around the cave. Are we really supposed to believe that none of these previous victims told anyone where they were going, or what cave they were entering, so no one ever came looking for them, no rescuers were ever called, no police investigation for missing persons... The creatures just don't live up to the hype. They're presented as these terrifying cave dwellers, but in the end, they don't seem all that menacing when they can be taken down with such little effort. If they were meant to be dangerous hunters, the movie should've made them feel more threatening and formidable-and given them at least the basic functions that any natural predator would have. Overall Disappointment: The Descent had so much potential to be a great survival horror film, but it misses the mark in a lot of key areas. The caving aspects could've been a great source of tension, but instead, they come off as poorly executed. The characters' motivations and relationships are inconsistent, especially with the whole betrayal plot, which is hard to swallow. And the creatures-while a cool concept-don't feel like the threat they should be.
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