Ep. 61: THE DESCENT (2005) - Six Candles

Heyo! We're back! This week your favorite ghouls discuss The Descent from 2005! Were the female characters represented in a positive or negative light? What do the crawlers and the cave represent? What does Jessica's birthday have anything to do with this? Finally, does Gracie's obsession with name meanings work for the characters? FIND OUT NOW & LISTEN! --- Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com --- Resources: The Descent (2005) Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Descent Film Analysis | The Descent - Tragedy in Horror by Cristobal Olguin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H24zb6CJKK0 The Descent Redefined Women in Horror Movies by Hannah Bonner https://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/the-descent/254201/the-descent-redefined-women-in-horror-movies Bechdel Test Canon: The Descent by Alyx Vesey https://www.bitchmedia.org/post/bechdel-test-canon-the-descent In Defense Of Lady-Terrorizing Horror Movies by Anna North https://jezebel.com/in-defense-of-lady-terrorizing-horror-movies-5623749 Feminist Halloween Day 14: The Descent by LM https://odorunara.com/2014/10/16/feminist-halloween-day-14-the-descent/ Horror Week 2011: The Descent by Stephanie Rogers http://www.btchflcks.com/2011/10/horror-week-2011-the-descent.html#.XXkEi5NKjfZ The Descent: A horror movie that broke the Bechdel Test by Lois https://www.geekquality.com/the-descent/ #2: The Descent by Alex https://www.onecriticalbitch.com/blog/the-descent-review The Descent: The Last Great Horror Film by Jon Lisi https://the-artifice.com/the-descent-great-horror-film/ Feminist Guide to Horror Movies, Part Three: Worlds Without Patriarchy by HOLLY L. DERR https://msmagazine.com/2012/10/31/feminist-guide-to-horror-movies-part-three-worlds-without-patriarchy/ Collins’ Crypt: On The Two Endings Of THE DESCENT by Brian Collins https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/03/10/collins-crypt-on-the-two-endings-of-the-descent The Descent: Devil’s Advocates by James Marriott