The Descent: Part 2 (2009)

Refusing to believe her story about cave-dwelling monsters, the sole survivor of a spelunking exploration gone horribly wrong is forced to follow the authorities back into the caves where something awaits.

Director:

Jon Harris

Writers:

James McCarthy (screenplay), J Blakeson (screenplay)

Stars:

Michael J. Reynolds, Shauna Macdonald, Jessika Williams

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael J. Reynolds	...	Ed Oswald
Shauna Macdonald	...	Sarah Carter (as Shauna MacDonald)
Jessika Williams	...	Susanne Small
Douglas Hodge	...	Dan
Josh Dallas	...	Greg (as Joshua Dallas)
Anna Skellern	...	Cath
Gavan O'Herlihy	...	Vaines
Krysten Cummings	...	Rios
Doug Ballard	...	Dr. Roger Payne
Josh Cole	...	Lynch
Saskia Mulder	...	Rebecca
Natalie Mendoza	...	Juno
Alex Reid	...	Beth
Nora-Jane Noone	...	Holly
MyAnna Buring	...	Sam

Storyline

Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her friends' blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions. As the rescue party drives deeper into uncharted caverns, nightmarish visions of the recent past begin to haunt Sarah and she starts to realize the full horror and futility of the mission. Subjected to the suspicion and mistrust of the group and confronted once more by the inbred, feral and savagely ruthless Crawlers, Sarah must draw on all her inner reserves of strength and courage in a desperate final struggle for deliverance and redemption.

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Plot Keywords:

wink | baseball cap | psychotronic film | lionsgate | woman in jeopardy | 

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Taglines:

Fear runs deep. Revenge runs deeper.

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Genres:

Adventure | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody horror violence, grisly images, terror and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally, most of the other original cast members, besides Sarah, from the first film were set to return for this movie--some in flashbacks, dreams and possible hallucinations. In the end, executive producer Neil Marshall suggested to director Jon Harris to go about bringing the original cast to use through Holly's camera instead.

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Goofs

(at around 35 mins) While Cath is trapped on the other side of the fallen boulders, we can see a knee-high rock to the right of Dan's leg slightly move as he is rescuing Cath.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Ed Oswald: Jeez!

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Connections

Featured in Film Theory: The Scary Monsters Living Under Your Feet! (The Descent) (2020)

User Reviews

Underrated

For a sequel this is surprisingly good. The shock factor is gone admittedly but the filming is not as dark so you see more of the creatures and it's probably even gorier than the first one too. If you enjoyed the first one then really there is no reason you won't like this as well.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Blog [France] Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 December 2009 (UK)

Also Known As:

The Descent: Part 2

Filming Locations:

Ashridge Park, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,048,886

Company Credits

Production Co:

Celador Films, Canal+, CinéCinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1