*The Descent* WHAT JUST HAPPENED??? (First Time Watching) Horror Movies 

Definitely makes me more realistic less hollywood feeling

I never liked this movie much, but if the version I'd watched ended like this one, I'd have actively DISliked it. The "other ending" (apparently) was the one thing that brought the movie up from "B movie" to "not that bad, but not that good either" in my view.

Also, the filmmakers set out to make a movie where the audience would believe they're invested in a certain type of movie only to have the rug pulled out mid-way through....a sub-genre switcheroo if you will, where the shift from survival-flick to creature-feature would not only come without warning for the audience DURING... but the wool would be pulled over their eyes for the marketing as well. It was a bold move when you consider studios don't generally benefit from deceiving their audiences... and general audiences don't like to be deceived or played with too much either. Anyway, It's small enough of a film to take that risk and the studio did indeed market and release The Descent without revealing anything about the monsters. Audiences appreciated the surprise and the film was a sleeper hit in the UK. Then America went and fucked up everything! Not only was the film (as you point out) drastically changed for the worse, but the US marketing-team made no effort to conceal the plot's surprises... the monsters were all over the trailers and TV spots.. In any case, the film is effective whether one knows about the cave-creatures or not (it's just a good movie)... but I'm sure the experience was enhanced from being surprised.. But, there is certainly no excuse for the editorial choices in content the US made. It was a typical "audiences can't handle downer endings" hatchet job we've come to expect from Hollywood.

the US version is stupid...it doesn't fully justify the story...the Descent is a film with double meaning...it doesn't just mean "the descent into a cave" it also means the descent into madness so the British version is WAY better it explains the story so much better...it has more scenes and the part where you think Sarah escapes is the best...the fact they took that out ruined it...

She wakes up in the car, not the cave.

I like when they have multiple endings. That’s always fun when they do that.

@@endgame7856 They changed the ending for the US release to have a more optimistic one, and MOSTLY for the possibility to make a sequel... and they did... and it's BAD ! It destroys almost everything the first had right.

The US version is terrible

I like that ending because she’s ready to battle back in the cave

That's the ending I saw in the UK too. Maybe too bleak for the US?

Sorry guys I'm new to the channel so I'm just making replies now to all these older videos lol

The original ending is in the brittain version if I'm correct

@@ana20459 Yep not so much the original as different versions released in different areas. Here we only had the British version released.

Aww, they watched the American version, BooO😂 Yeah, the original ending is so much better. I remember those theories, but they were obviously proven false by the sequel. The original ending still works perfect, even with the sequel in mind, as it shows Sarah completely snapped and her Mind remained trapped in cave not the her body.

I don't think the theory holds a lot of water. Other characters interact with the creatures, too, even when Sarah's not around. And when Juno accidentally mortally wounded Beth, she did not react frightened about Sarah approaching her, either.

@@Nexils The last point holds the most validity I think, I've seen at least one movie where it was a friend doing the killing but as you saw it from "their perspective" you'd see the creature flitting around slaughtering her friends till the very end when they reshowed the kills as they actually happened.

Yes, yes, actors on a set all knowingly shooting a scene expecting a creepy monster to arrive exactly when it arrives had a “genuine reaction” to the creepy monster.

@Alfred Hitchcook uhhh yeah actually. They were obviously aware there would be creatures in the film smart guy. This was their first look at what the "creature" would look like. But thank you so for that much needed insight 😊

Yeah it’s horrible. Totally agree

@@whitenoisereacts ummm did you know there's a part two...

@@tonyyul703 part 2 is sucks

Yeah, I believe it’s the original

@@whitenoisereacts yes ty! You did get the right version....the us version doesn't have that dark clip at the end after the truck scene

Also there's a sequel!

No it seems they did watch the US cut. Their reaction is missing the last moments in the cave, so I think its the inferior American cut they watched.

@@whitenoisereacts sorry guys... it's the US cut

BROOO! Triangle is seriously great! I also really like Lights Out and Silent Hill. Though the latter became a little bit off-putting after I actually went and played the video games, It still holds a special place in my heart. Since I watched the movie at a very young age, I can still recall being traumatized by the visuals of Pyramid Head ripping the skin off a woman. The nostalgia it brings is great!

So well done IMO

Gotta go sometime for sure!!!

Oh I love that movie! It’s so outrageous and totally satisfying 😁

I like this one a lot!

I've watched that one a few times, it seems like one of those very obscure movies few know about

Juno gets too much hate when it comes to people thinking she killed her friend on purpose. It's absolutely absurd. She thought a golem was sneaking up on her. However, she is a piece of shit. And clearly was banging her friends husband, husband had an affair, not juno technically. And acted like she was trying to do things for her, meanwhile it was all about herself being upset. Ao yeah she's a pos

Juno only wanted to save anybody mainly Sarah purely because she still feels guilty for having an affair with her BEST FRIENDS husband and also trying to make up for not being there because she was grieving over another woman's husband she was so fake and really got all of her friends killed it was all her fault all she had to do was be honest with the group and again only wanted to go and let her and sarah name it again is all to help HER feel less guilty

I'm a little bit late, but it hard for me to say Juno's hate was undeserving since she's the reason they are all there in the first place.

@@scorpiongurlz89 since when did we decide that a Mistake should be punishable by death and torture. Juno didn't Plan for this to happen, it wasn't her intent to get anyone hurt and when all is said and done - who the Fuck could have possible foreseen that the cave would be filled with Monsters. That's like you and me arguing about which film to watch, I win the argument, we watch my film and it turns out that films was cursed. Is it Because of me that we're in that situation now, yes, yes we are, because My Actions and Choices lead us there. Now, is it my Fault..? Fuck no, how would I(or you)have known that. If we were watching a digital copy of the Necronomicon which said "Press play to begin curse" on it, yeah, that'd be one me. Junos fuck up was choosing an uncharted cave, that was stupid(even if it came from a good place)decision, indeed. However, as we see, had the girls not encountered the crawlers they all, most likely, would have made it out fine.

@@Angivel That's where you're wrong. In order to argue, you have to know what the other decision first. Juno never gave them a choice to argue. Things was, let say the monsters never existed in the first place, how do we know they will get out, how do we even know there's a way out in the first place. Nobody alive ever been here. Everything already gone wrong before the monsters make their appearance. Holly and Sarah already injured. There's some of their equipment already lost. All because Juno didn't gave them a choice.

How does it make more sense

@@josephg.1.130cuz it does

@@raniii652 okay, how

Yes!!! Dude ur totally right!!!

I haven't played, so I just see think of them as what would happen if Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) had babies with Gollum

Excellent movie!!

that movie sat with me for a good long while

@@marmalade_xx Same here!

Personally I was disappointed in As Above, So Below. It had an incredibly fascinating premise, but imo executed poorly. The idea is chilling and I could imagine far better things done with it, but I wasn't impressed with the take they took on it.

@@powersthetiddygoblin I know what you mean, it for sure could have been done better. I just love the parallels to the Dante's inferno and claustrophobic feeling was intense for me, especially the first time watching when that one dude almost got stuck in that tight space, I almost couldnt take it for some reason 😄😄

I agree. No one person should be in charge of anything. I also don't get the fun aspect of doing this

Least reliable person? Juno was easily the most knowledgeable and skilled of the group lmao. They had no reason to not trust her

I have never seen my mom as tense then when I got her to watch this with me

Yeah its a low budget biritish film

You'd enjoy Tucker and Dale vs Evil then.