Alternate versions

SPOILER: The endings of the US and European versions differ. In the end, Sarah wakes up at the bottom of the cave, crawls out, and makes her way back to the car. When she is driving away, she pulls over and vomits, and when she leans back into the car, she is startled by the ghost of Juno sitting in the passenger seat. The US version cuts to the credits here. In the European version, this apparition causes Sarah to wake up for real at the bottom of the cave, revealing her escape to be just a dream. She then has a vision of her daughter's birthday cake, which we see is just her torch. The camera backs out, the voices of the creatures can be heard again and are increasing in strength as they are closing in on her, and the movie ends. This ending was considered "too dark" for US audiences.

In addition to the uncut FSK-18 rated version in Germany, a cut FSK-16 rated version was also made, most likely to make even more money off of DVD retail sales. Here about 64 seconds of the movie was cut to tone down the violence in a few scenes.