2005

2005 2005

Sarah, a young woman grieving the loss of her husband and daughter after a tragic car accident

takes a trip with her thrill-seeking friends to the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina to go caving.

Her friend Juno assures her there is no danger whatsoever.

Boreham caverns are totally safe and tourist friendly.

They might as well have handrails and a gift shop.

Sarah! Are you still behind me?

But as Sarah and her friends descend deeper and deeper underground, they begin to realize

something's not right.

Why doesn't this cave system resemble the map of Boreham caverns? Where are the exits?

What is Juno actually hiding?

And is Sarah imagining things, or did she see and hear something else in the dark? Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of nature in horror, and Mike Munzer and as ever I am your host. In this podcast, we explore and dissect the history and the evolution of the horror genre, one subgenre at a time. We are currently in the middle of our 10th season

exploring the evolution of nature biting back in horror, and this is part 26. This is one that I

have personally been very excited for throughout the entire series. This week, as that intro suggested,

we're discussing one movie and one movie only. That's Neil

Marshall's The Descent from 2005. This will of course be a spoilerific deep dive discussion of

the film, so please give yourself a terrifying treat. Go away and watch this brilliant film

before you listen to our discussion. So, joining me to discuss

the dissent. I've got one of my very favorite people back. We don't get to podcast together

so much these days, and I've missed it. So what a pleasure to have her back. She used to be a

games journalist and podcaster and radio broadcaster, but she is now creative lead of Blumhouse Games, and she's based over in

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