Watched: 05/18/2021
Format: Amazon Streaming
Viewing: First
Decade: 2000's
Director: Neil Marshall
Simon and Ryan delve deep and explore the dark passageways of one of Simon's favourite films. You never know what lurks around all the corners and what we'll take a bite out of next as we ponder the first big success by director Neil Marshall.
Music:
Into the Cavern - David Julyan, The Descent OST
Alone - David Julyan, The Descent OST
Signal Watch Canon:
Man, those posters that say 'From the STUDIO that brought you' always scream desperation. I mean, this one turned out okay. But it's funny in retrospect that they didn't know how to market this and went with, hey horror fans, did'ja like SAW???
ReplyDeleteMan, at the time I was a little aghast at how much America fell in love with torture porn. But, yeah, it was a hard sell with a new director and not a franchise.
ReplyDeleteTrailer guy voice: "America... has fallen in love... with TORTURE PORN..."
ReplyDelete"NOW.... from the studio that brought you SAW... and HOSTEL... comes a New Kind of Terror"
more or less exactly how my internal translator was picking up that messaging in 2005
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