guessing game of who would survive, though he praised Marshall's "nightmare imagery" for generating scares that work better than other horror films. Rodriguez also noted the attempt to add dimension to the female characters but felt that the actresses were unable to perform. Top ten lists, 2006: 1st – Bravo's 13 Even Scarier Movie Moments 7th — Sight & Sound 10th – Nathan Lee, Village Voice 10th – Stephen Hunter, The Washington Post Bloody Disgusting ranked the film third in their list of the 'Top 20 Horror Films of the Decade', with the article saying "One of the scariest films of this or any decade... Ultimately, The Descent is the purest kind of horror film – ruthless, unforgiving, showing no mercy." In the early 2010s, Time Out conducted a poll with several authors, directors, actors and critics who have worked within the horror genre to vote for their top horror films. The Descent placed at number 39 on their top 100 list. Lawrence Toppman of The Charlotte Observer thought a weakness of The Descent was the failure of the writer to explain the evolution of the creature, though he said, "Their clicking and howling, used for echolocation and communication, makes them more alien; this otherness gives humans permission to mutilate them without seeming too disgusting to be sympathetic." Michael Wilmington of the Chicago Tribune thought that the crawlers should have been left out of the film, believing, "Watching those gray, slithering beings chasing and biting the women makes it hard to maintain any suspension of disbelief." Home media The Descent was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 26 December 2006. The discs contain both the unaltered UK release and the edited US theatrical cut, the former being advertised as an "unrated" version. Sequel A sequel to The Descent was filmed at Ealing Studios in London during 2008 and was released on 2 December 2009 in the UK. References External links The Descent entry in The A.V. Clubs New Cult Canon 2000s adventure films 2000s female buddy films 2000s horror thriller films 2000s monster movies 2005 films 2005 horror films British adventure films British female buddy films British natural horror films British monster movies Films directed by Neil Marshall Films scored by David Julyan Films set in North Carolina Films shot at Pinewood Studios Adventure horror films 2000s English-language films 2000s British films