アパラチア山脈奥地の地下洞窟へ冒険旅行に訪れた女性6人の仲良しグループ。しかし、落盤によって出口がふさがれ、迷宮のような洞窟に閉じ込められてしまう。不安と疲労にさいなまれながら出口を求めて暗闇の中をさまよう彼女たちを待ち受けていたのは、想像を絶する恐怖だった……。
製作費: $3,500,000 (5億円)
興行収入: $57,130,027 (86億円)
推定収支: $53,630,027 (80億円)
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監督: Neil Marshall
脚本: Neil Marshall
音楽: David Julyan
制作: Christian Colson / Paul Smith
撮影監督: Sam McCurdy
制作会社: Celador Films / Northmen Productions / Pathe
A group of six friends are heading off on one of those subterranean caving expeditions that just make me crave wide open spaces. The thing is, though, that one of their number takes them to somewhere hitherto unexplored - without telling them - and so once they start to squeeze their bodies and their kit into these unforgiving spaces, they have no idea where they are going nor what to expect. Not long into their expedition, they encounter some cave paintings and signs that perhaps someone had been there before after all, but instead of turning tail and getting back to the surface they press on to encounter something(s) altogether unexpected, gruesome and hungry. Now maybe one day, someone will make a group disaster thriller that presents us with characters about whom we might actually care, but this is certainly not one of them. The group have their standard mix of baggage, dysfunctional relationships, grudges and mistrust but given little effort is made to develop their characterisations we can just sit back and watch some eerily crafted photography, seriously effective acoustics and some inspired use of light and darkness that expose the vulnerabilities of human beings when not aground, up on two legs, with all five senses working in our favour rather than contributing to an increasing degree of panic amidst this more and more hysterical band of women. I wouldn’t say that any of the actors really stand out here, it could be anyone donning the high-vis jackets and carrying a rope. Indeed the personalities here are largely irrelevant to a truly claustrophobically effective story of what lurks beneath and how unwelcoming it can be to those who stray. Will any of them make it back to the daylight? Well, I hope not!
