{"product_id":"9781906733711","title":"The Descent","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of an all-female caving expedition gone horribly wrong, \u003ci\u003eThe Descent\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) is arguably the best of the mid-2000s horror entries to return verve and intensity to the genre. Unlike its peers (\u003ci\u003eSaw\u003c\/i\u003e [2004], \u003ci\u003eHostel\u003c\/i\u003e [2011], etc.), \u003ci\u003eThe Descent\u003c\/i\u003e was both commercially and critically popular, providing a genuine version of what other films could only produce as pastiche. For Mark Kermode, writing in the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, it was \"one of the best British horror films of recent years,\" and Derek Elley in \u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e described it as \"an object lesson in making a tightly-budgeted, no-star horror pic.\" \u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e's critic praised \"this fiercely entertaining British horror movie;\" while \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e's Peter Travers warned prospective viewers to \"prepare to be scared senseless.\" Emphasizing female characters and camaraderie, \u003ci\u003eThe Descent\u003c\/i\u003e is an ideal springboard for discussing underexplored horror themes: the genre's engagement with the lure of the archaic; the idea of birth as the foundational human trauma and its implications for horror film criticism; and the use of provisional worldviews, or \"rubber realities,\" in horror.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Auteur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043785425136,"sku":"9781906733711","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781906733711_p0.jpg?v=1769896600","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781906733711","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}