Descent

While I think we should question the authority of the ubiquitous male writer-director to shape horror productions, I think Marshall does a good job representing his female characters.

Marshall could very well be the Caravaggio of the B-movie.

This intermittently effective UK horror thriller carefully establishes the psychological relationships among the women, then squanders this calibrated and generally plausible setup with a series of crude, implausible, and scattershot horror effects.

A landmark film in modern horror. It understands that the most enduring fear lies not in the immediate jump scare but in the prolonged experience of feeling trapped, betrayed, and confronted by oneself in the dark. [Full review in Spanish]