The Decent Part 2 (2009) directed by Jon Harris written byJ BlakesonJames McCarthyJames Watkins

Watching The Decent Part 2 i remember some of the things
that made me love the first film.
the music is quite relaxing i must say for a film
about descending into small tight caves
and then being butchered to death at the hands
of some strange eyeless people.

The Decent was for me a very original style of horror.
The idea of climbing down into the dark,
crawling into the tightest of craveces
plays on such a deep fear of being clostrphobic.
At the time, i didnt know it was going to be a
monster movie.

I'd recently watched Into The Void,
and having a slight fascination with these climbers,
thought i was going to be in for a journey
where everyone turned on each other after encountering some
problem, such as being trapped or having to deal
with an injured friend, ultimately leading trust issues.
Which i was right about.
But then just at the most tense moment in the film,
out come the monsters to make the situation
slightly more horrid for the doomed climbers.

So now expecting the monsters and being a sequal
a rescue mission to find the missing girls from the first film
helps to move the pace in this sequel.
The music once again feeling slightly reminiscent of
a 90s thriller flick.

Despite having a totally new writing and directing team
the film still captures great elements from the first
film like our fear of the dark and small spaces.
The shock elements here are also just as great.
Very subtle.
And as we know trying to see in the dark
through video camera night vision
- is always a bad idea.


I enjoyed this one as much as the first.