The Descent 2: Electric Boogaloo

by **Spez** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:44 pm

“Terror mounts and fear runs deeper in the chilling continuation to Neil Marshall’s award-winning and critically acclaimed modern horror classic, The Descent. Distraught, confused and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter (SHAUNA MACDONALD) emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she’s covered in her friends’ blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions. As the rescue party drives deeper into uncharted caverns, nightmarish visions of the recent past begin to haunt Sarah and she starts to realize the full horror and futility of the mission. Subjected to the suspicion and mistrust of the group and confronted once more by the inbred, feral and savagely ruthless Crawlers, Sarah must draw on all her inner reserves of strength and courage in a desperate final struggle for deliverance and redemption.”

The Descent 2 is scheduled to hit theaters in the UK on May 15th 2009. No release date for the United States has been announced.

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I thought the first one was OK. The storyline sounds pretty dumb though. She's going to go back? Send some people in with guns and blow those mutant things away.

by **Blonde** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:47 pm

Spez wrote:She's going to go back? Send some people in with guns and blow those mutant things away.

Aliens?

by **Spez** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:14 pm

Blonde wrote:
Spez wrote:She's going to go back? Send some people in with guns and blow those mutant things away.
Aliens?

Good point.

by **Neon Maniac** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:18 am

I really wish it was Electric Boogaloo. That movie kicked some serious ass. It made me the breaker I am today.

by **Alien Redrum** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:24 am

I will see this. I'm too lazy to check, is Marshall involved in this?

by **Girlghost** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:45 pm

Not in any substantial way - he's producing. You presumbly don't need me to tell you how much the premise of this remake doesn't work AT ALL for UK audiences?

by **Alien Redrum** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:44 pm

Meh, I'll wait for it on DVD, then.

And re: the premise. Both endings sucked hard (both the UK and the US), so they get a pass.

But even with that, why wouldn't it be possible with the UK ending? IIRC

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by **The Hitman** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:36 pm

This makes me sad. I suspect it will suck and I really dug the original.

by **Girlghost** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:52 pm

Alien Redrum wrote:Meh, I'll wait for it on DVD, then.

And re: the premise. Both endings sucked hard (both the UK and the US), so they get a pass.

But even with that, why wouldn't it be possible with the UK ending? IIRC

Spoiler:
she didn't die. It just left off with her cradling her kid.

Spoiler:

by **dragonmanes** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:49 pm

I'll definitely pick it up at some point but whether or not it will be any good? Not likely. The made for DVD franchise cashins have been pretty terrible lately, and I cant imagine this will go into a theatrical release in the US. I loved The Descent though, and its good to see British horror picking up again between Marshalls work and movies like Creep, Shaun of the Dead, etc.

by **Alien Redrum** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:24 am

Girlghost wrote:
Spoiler:
she totally did die. It left off with her thinking she's sat opposite her kid with a birthday cake but when we pan out she's still stuck in the cave with the monsters. Also this new movie doesn't just use the premise she survived it carries straight on from the car scene. So in the UK we have the same scene where she's driving in the car, but in the Uk there's a ghost in the car (or something) and it jolts back to show this was a hallucination so it's not going to work to rewind to that scene so she can then park in the road and get all hysterical at the start of 2. FWIW i quite liked the UK ending although it had flaws, i admit

I'm nitpicking, admittedly, but her

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dragonmanes wrote:Meh, I'll definitely pick it up at some point but whether or not it will be any good? Not likely. The made for DVD franchise cashins have been pretty terrible lately, and I cant imagine this will go into a theatrical release in the US. I loved The Descent though, and its good to see British horror picking up again between Marshalls work and movies like Creep, Shaun of the Dead, etc.

Marshall is awesome. He's completely batting a thousand for me (including Doomsday, which rocked). I have Creep, but have not watched it.

by **dragonmanes** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:57 am

Creep is another excellent effort reminiscent of Raw Meat with a touch of The Descent, I really like it! I havent picked up Doomsday yet but its on my wishlist for sure, I just dont want to pay more than $1 for it lol.. God Im cheap..

by **Girlghost** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:46 pm

Alien Redrum wrote:
Girlghost wrote:
Spoiler:
she totally did die. It left off with her thinking she's sat opposite her kid with a birthday cake but when we pan out she's still stuck in the cave with the monsters. Also this new movie doesn't just use the premise she survived it carries straight on from the car scene. So in the UK we have the same scene where she's driving in the car, but in the Uk there's a ghost in the car (or something) and it jolts back to show this was a hallucination so it's not going to work to rewind to that scene so she can then park in the road and get all hysterical at the start of 2. FWIW i quite liked the UK ending although it had flaws, i admit

I'm nitpicking, admittedly, but her
Spoiler:
being stuck in the cave does not equal death. Certainly it's assumed she's lunch, but technically I didn't see a body.

yeah but my point is

Spoiler:

by **The Hitman** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:39 pm

Alien Redrum wrote:Marshall is awesome. He's completely batting a thousand for me (including Doomsday, which rocked).

Cosigned!

by **thebloodbaron** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:41 pm

The Hitman wrote:
Alien Redrum wrote:Marshall is awesome. He's completely batting a thousand for me (including Doomsday, which rocked).

Cosigned!

yeah i concur doomsday was fucking amazing excited to see marshall will do next. although i cringe thinking about what might happen to decent 2