"the descent" - climbing rapps its way into the movies

in august, lionsgate will be releasing a horror film that apparently highlights some rock climbing. the movie follows the adventures of a group of female rappellers.

while i'm not a big fan of scary cinema, "the descent" might be a fun way to put the occasional scariness of climbing into perspective.

monsters and critics.com has an interview with a few of the actors in the film, including actress shauna macdonald, who plays sarah in the movie. she says:

"to prepare for the film we all did a course of climbing. i also did some private tutoring for climbing; even though it doesn't specifically state in the script that sarah is a climber i wanted to look like i could climb."

you can watch the creepy trailer here.

also, here's an interesting promo image from the film's website. i wonder if petzl, or other gear makers, paid for placement? hmm.