Jump to content
IGNORED

Descent and Descent 2 Thread

linkster

By linkster
in Film, TV & Radio

 Share

Recommended Posts

Goose

Goose

Posted
Posted

From IMDB...

SPOILER: The endings of the US and UK versions differ. In the end, Sarah wakes up at the bottom of the cave, crawls out, and makes her way back to the car. When she is driving away, she pulls over and vomits, and when she leans back into the car, she is startled by the ghost of Juno sitting in the passenger seat. The US version cuts to the credits here. In the UK version, this apparition causes Sarah to wake up for real at the bottom of the cave, revealing her escape to be just a dream. She then has a vision of her daughter's birthday cake, which we see is just her torch. The camera backs out, and the movie ends. This ending was considered "too dark" for US audiences.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
CrispinG

CrispinG

Posted
Posted
From IMDB...

SPOILER: The endings of the US and UK versions differ. In the end, Sarah wakes up at the bottom of the cave, crawls out, and makes her way back to the car. When she is driving away, she pulls over and vomits, and when she leans back into the car, she is startled by the ghost of Juno sitting in the passenger seat. The US version cuts to the credits here. In the UK version, this apparition causes Sarah to wake up for real at the bottom of the cave, revealing her escape to be just a dream. She then has a vision of her daughter's birthday cake, which we see is just her torch. The camera backs out, and the movie ends. This ending was considered "too dark" for US audiences.

I love England.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Vin

Vin

Posted
Posted
From IMDB...

SPOILER: The endings of the US and UK versions differ. In the end, Sarah wakes up at the bottom of the cave, crawls out, and makes her way back to the car. When she is driving away, she pulls over and vomits, and when she leans back into the car, she is startled by the ghost of Juno sitting in the passenger seat. The US version cuts to the credits here. In the UK version, this apparition causes Sarah to wake up for real at the bottom of the cave, revealing her escape to be just a dream. She then has a vision of her daughter's birthday cake, which we see is just her torch. The camera backs out, and the movie ends. This ending was considered "too dark" for US audiences.

Bunch of sobby swishes.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 2 weeks later...
  • 5 weeks later...
Goose

Goose

Posted
Posted

Camcorder Flashbacks?

From /film

The first photo of one of the cave crawlers from The Descent 2 has hit the webs. According to Fangoria, all the original cast of the first film have returned for the sequel (most of which appear in camcorder footage found deep inside the caves). The new film picks up where the first movie left off, and Shauna Macdonald returns as the lone survivor Sarah, or is she? Natalie Mendoza is also said to be part of the film in some other capacity. Sarah emerges from the Appalachian mountain caves and is forced to return to the uncharted underground caves with the police to help find her five missing girlfriends. I loved Neal Marshall’s original film, but I’m not yet convinced that Jon Harris (who was the editor on the original film, Layer Cake and Stardust) will be able to recapture the magic of the original indie. And the idea of on camera flashbacks sounds rather cheesy.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/06/16/first-...-the-descent-2/

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 1 month later...
  • 1 month later...
Goose

Goose

Posted
Posted

Huge Article On the Sequel - it'll apparently follow a group of rescuers, as least for some of the film.

http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=7441

Extract -

Shock: Did Neil Marshall have any input?

Watkins: Yes, every stage of it went to Neil and he gave us his notes. We would sit down and get his feedback and discuss which direction he wanted the story to go, what he thought was good, how we should develop the characters, discussions about Juno and all sorts of stuff like that.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
aeternum_vale

aeternum_vale

Posted
Posted

I was upset to see her escape the caves and make it to the car to drive off into the distance... How happy was I to see a director not afraid to pull punches and kill everyone off? Very. I never knew the US audience got the pussy version of the film, what a downer!

So yeah, this sequel doesn't actually exist in the UK, I wonder how it's going to be explained away over here??

Link to comment
Share on other sites
CrispinG

CrispinG

Posted
Posted
The crawlers will reappear in The Descent 2, a sequel by Jon Harris with the first film's director Neil Marshall as executive producer. For the sequel, Hyett improved the camouflaging ability of the crawlers' skin tones to deliver better scares. According to Hyett, "Jon wanted them more viciously feral, inbred, scarred and deformed, with rows of sharklike teeth for ripping flesh."

God, it sounds terrible. They've completely missed the point.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 4 months later...
Despin

Despin

Posted
Posted

Hey there.

When a damn publicity photo from a sequel shows you a more clearer view of the monster than in the entire running time of the first film... You have to assume the filmmaker just doesn't get it. Just doesn't really understand why the first one worked to start with.

Does not bode well.. At all.

Despin out.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Popo

Popo

Posted
Posted

The fact that the Descent scared me at all was because I didn't even know there was going to be a monster in it when I started watching it.

I think the sequel is in a kind of damned if you do, damned if you don't situation because the cat is already out of the bag, the horse has already bolted out of the stable, or whatever other myriad metaphor you could come up with.

The creators are probably already aware of this. That doesn't mean to say I think this will be anything other than tripe.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Rossco

Rossco

Posted
Posted

WHAT A JOKE!

I absolutely loved the Descent. I really thought they nailed it, was very scary and jumpy. The closest you ever really seen of them too was the night vision camcorder footage as the girl watches on in terror. Showing full on up close shots like this just takes away the fear factor. Plus the monsters look shit anyway.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Despin

Despin

Posted
Posted

Hey there.

For me the scariest scene in the first film was the women all having to get through that tiny little cave/tunnel thing... It was so effective and was essentially just a bunch of good actors and a cardboard set...

This guy gives us a fucking rubber monster.

Despin out.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
chalkitdown

chalkitdown

Posted
Posted
Hey there.

When a damn publicity photo from a sequel shows you a more clearer view of the monster than in the entire running time of the first film... You have to assume the filmmaker just doesn't get it. Just doesn't really understand why the first one worked to start with.

Does not bode well.. At all.

Despin out.

Hey, it worked for Aliens after Alien. :)

But yeah, this looks proper shit.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
mindgames

mindgames

Posted
Posted
For me the scariest scene in the first film was the women all having to get through that tiny little cave/tunnel thing... It was so effective and was essentially just a bunch of good actors and a cardboard set...

o/\o

I really like the Descent but thought you saw way too much of the monsters too soon.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Vulgar Monkey

Vulgar Monkey

Posted
Posted

Even more worrying, it sounds like whats-her-nut from the first one returns as the only survivor, when one of the best things about the original was the bleak ending suggesting her likely demise.

Plus they'd need a damn good reason to drag a psychologically damaged person back to the caves to look for survivors. She knows there aren't any, the rescue team would know she's a liability. She'd more likely get arrested than asked for help.

It's like Aliens, but actually less plausible.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Use of this website is subject to our Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, and Guidelines.

  I accept