another caving film 'The Descent'

[newcastlecaver]

this one looks like a real gem!

synopsis:

On a daredevil caving holiday the six girls are trapped underground when an unexpected rock fall blocks their exit. Searching the maze of tunnels for a way out, they find themselves hunted by a race of fearless, hungry predators, once humanoid but now monstrously adapted to live in the dark…

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It seems to have been filmed in Scotland and is apparently out July 8th but I can't find a cinema near me that is showing it?, perhaps that is because it looks appalling!

http://www.cinema.com/films/9260/descent/synopsis.phtml

 

[dunc]

trapped underground when an unexpected rock fall blocks their exit

How original :roll:

 

[Dave H]

The trailer looks a bit like N icky B ayliss's Megalaya films

 

[cap n chris]

trapped underground when an unexpected rock fall blocks their exit
How original

I've only ever been trapped underground by rockfalls which I was totally expecting - they're ever so predictable and happen all the time - you can almost set your watch by them. Yawn.

 

[dunc]

I was reffering to the fact that rock-fall is a common feature of tv/films.. Was it not that dire episode of Hollyoaks that had a rockfall? Anyway, my point is that the average person that watches this kind of mind-numbing crap doesn't go caving and figures if rockfall occurs on tv/film then it obviously happens all the time and as such cavers are complete and utter wankers for participating in such a sport and would never consider undertaking it themselves!

 

[cap n chris]

I was reffering to the fact that rock-fall is a common feature of tv/films.. Was it not that dire episode of Hollyoaks that had a rockfall? Anyway, my point is that the average person that watches this kind of mind-numbing crap doesn't go caving and figures if rockfall occurs on tv/film then it obviously happens all the time and as such cavers are complete and utter wankers for participating in such a sport and would never consider undertaking it themselves!

I agree with you totally. I was merely doing a bit of sarcasm over the expression "unexpected" rockfall - since when does anyone expect one?!

Also, it is highly common amongst newcomers to caving to find that there is a widespread misconception that helmets are to protect you against falling rocks - I always say it's to protect them against standing up underneath low rock ceilings. And as many a caving leader will tell you, sighing, "every time someone on telly goes into a cave there's either a rock fall, a collapsing ceiling or a sudden flood". If caves were that dangerous no-one would ever live to experience more than a handful of caving trips. No wonder people shy away from exploring the underworld, as you rightly point out.

P.S. I thought Hollyoaks was far fetched shit until I saw the sadly laughable Holby bollocks.

 

[kay]

And all caves consist of a 'maze of tunnels' (which are always walking size, and with a dry sandy floor) and the most likely danger of caving is that you will get lost and wander round and round for ever :roll:

 

[dunc]

I was merely doing a bit of sarcasm over the expression "unexpected" rockfall - since when does anyone expect one?!

My apologies, I thought that was probably the case but couldn't decide if it was meant sarcastically or not!

P.S. I thought Hollyoaks was far fetched shit until I saw the sadly laughable Holby bollocks.

I've partially forgotten what happened in that, I think thats a blessing

And all caves consist of a 'maze of tunnels' (which are always walking size, and with a dry sandy floor)

I remember taking a few people from work caving once and the slight hint of rain forecast had some of them worrying about it being flooded completely (I reassured them on that, a few times) but the best comment came early on - this was in entrance passages of County Pot - that it was rather like a Doctor Who set!! :shock:

 

[kay]

I'd hate you not to be able to share in the Hollyoaks memories :wink:

The bit I remember is when, one by one, they held their breath and disappeared into Dr Bannister's Handbasin in Upper Long Churn, to re-appear spluttering from 'Hell's Mouth', better known as Borrin's Moor.

Thinking about it, wouldn't that mean that the same water from Borrin's Moor which comes over the surface to cascade into Dr Bannisters would then be returning underground to Borrin's Moor? Perpetual motion, anyone?

 

[paul]

And all caves consist of a 'maze of tunnels' (which are always walking size, and with a dry sandy floor) and the most likely danger of caving is that you will get lost and wander round and round for ever :roll:

From "The Hollywood Cave," A classic cartoon by Doug Kirby in _NSS News_ February 1981, p. 42

"Caves and caving have been distorted and misrepresented by Hollywood since the birth of motion pictures. The glamorous stereotyped caves of the big screen are an affront to anyone who's been within crawling distance of the holes in question... but gosh, don't you wish - just once - that you could discover a "real" Hollywood cave?

The Hollywood cave is always uncannily lit by phosphorescent rocks. [Stow those luminescent baubles, Ted! Why, I could get a swell tan from
the light these rocks emit!]

In the Hollywood cave nobody wears helmets or protective gear because there are no dangerous outcroppings or overhangs (or mud or water).

You never have to squirm, climb or crawl in a Hollywood cave. The entrance is always round with a flat bottom (usually wide enough to drive a car into).
The smooth floor is only disturbed by breakdown from a cave-in caused by:

* An explosion of toxic gases or TNT.
* A misfired pistol or laser.
* Volcanic or thermonuclear disturbances.
* Removing emeralds from a native idol's eye sockets despite warnings.

It wouldn't exactly be virgin passage... It would invariably contain either:

(A) Huge carnivorous spiders.
(B) Lumbering radioactive monsters or entire alien races.
(C) Hobos, Indians or prehistoric men.
(D) Die-hard Jap soldiers, or all of the above.

Don't let the inhabitants or cave-ins panic you into running away. Running in a Hollywood cave will almost always result in a fall into a BOTTOMLESS PIT!

When Hollywood caving, your two major concerns are having enough twine to unravel so you won't get lost and enough pebbles to drop to determine the depth of bottomless pits. [Somebody cut my string! Now I'm hopelessly LOST!]

Don't remove any formations with rock hammers, or tons of water will cascade in and fill the room!

WARNING: Women with long, blonde hair are advised not to enter the
Hollywood cave - or else they will have a harrowing, blood-sucking encounter with "THE CHEAP HORROR-FLICK BAT!" ...

The cheap horror-flick bat inhabits all Hollywood caves. He resembles a black, hairy loaf of bread with cardboard wings. He is an aerodynamic impossibility. His partially invisible motion-wires propel him in slow strafing runs. His bicycle-reflector eyes allow him to see in the lightness of the cave. His squeaky hinges provide the menacing and incessant "EEEE! EEEE!"

 

[bubba]

To be fair, at least they're doing a bit of crawling and stuff in the trailer.

 

[newcastlecaver]

the episode in casualty was fantastic from what I remember for the fact that they were following a trail of sweets which had been left by the organisers, this fairytale style of caving could work you know- sweets must be much heavier than breadcrumbs and so even in a river passage they might not get washed away?!!!, unless the raving monsters came out and ate them... ahhhhh

 

[newcastlecaver]

To be fair, at least they're doing a bit of crawling and stuff in the trailer.

well, they did choose to film it is Scotland.... of all places...

 

[Cave_Troll]

let me see.
a film about Girls ... caving....
where can you go wrong?

 

[kay]

sweets must be much heavier than breadcrumbs and so even in a river passage they might not get washed away?!!!,

Someone I went caving with took some kendal mint cake down with him. I realised this when the water I was crawling in took on a strong smell of mint.

 

[Cave_Troll]

not quite as bad as the SUSS member who took a carbide pig through the Windpipe of Giants....
It leaked, inflated her suit and then caught when the gas escaped from the neck seal

 

[darkplaces]

If I didnt know anything about caving or carbide that sentance would be the funniest most puzzling one I have ever read. Was she ok? I do have this vision of an inflatable pig...

 

[Cave_Troll]

I've just re-read it. amusing indead. incontenant Pigs, Giants anatomy and marine mamals all in one sentence.

She was fine and went to graduate as a medical doctor.

 

[cavermark]

She was fine (had a "hot chest" before that anyway (hoho)). the freshers she was leading were a little shocked by their exploding leader, however!

 

[Rhys]

She was fine (had a "hot chest" before that anyway (hoho)).

Memories... of mammaries...

Rhys