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The Descent

  • 2005
  • R
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
260K
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Natalie Mendoza, Shauna Macdonald, Saskia Mulder, Alex Reid, Nora-Jane Noone, and MyAnna Buring in The Descent (2005)
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Monster HorrorMountain AdventurePsychological ThrillerAdventureHorrorThriller

A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.

  • Director
    • Neil Marshall
  • Writer
    • Neil Marshall
  • Stars
    • Shauna Macdonald
    • Natalie Mendoza
    • Alex Reid
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    260K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    999
    120
    • Director
      • Neil Marshall
    • Writer
      • Neil Marshall
    • Stars
      • Shauna Macdonald
      • Natalie Mendoza
      • Alex Reid
    • 1.4KUser reviews
    • 209Critic reviews
    • 71Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 22 nominations total

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    Shauna Macdonald
    Shauna Macdonald
    • Sarah
    Natalie Mendoza
    Natalie Mendoza
    • Juno
    Alex Reid
    Alex Reid
    • Beth
    Saskia Mulder
    Saskia Mulder
    • Rebecca
    MyAnna Buring
    MyAnna Buring
    • Sam
    Nora-Jane Noone
    Nora-Jane Noone
    • Holly
    Oliver Milburn
    Oliver Milburn
    • Paul
    Molly Kayll
    • Jessica
    Craig Conway
    Craig Conway
    • Crawler - Scar
    Leslie Simpson
    • Crawler
    Mark Cronfield
    • Crawler
    Stephen Lamb
    • Crawler
    • (as Steve Lamb)
    Catherine Dyson
    • Crawler
    Julie Ellis
    • Crawler
    Sophie Trott
    • Crawler
    Tristan Matthiae
    Tristan Matthiae
    • Crawler
    Stuart Luis
    • Crawler
    Justin Hackney
    Justin Hackney
    • Crawler
    • Director
      • Neil Marshall
    • Writer
      • Neil Marshall
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The scene where Sarah finds Beth barely clinging to life originally featured some "truly shit" dialogue, and the actors let that be known. Neil Marshall agreed, and the three went to a nearby pub the night before filming and rewrote the dialogue on a napkin. The film's producer chewed Marshall out for it, but he also agreed the scene was vastly improved now.
    • Goofs
      All of the spines in the various bone piles throughout the movie have the spines intact and the inter vertebral disks still present in the spines. Inter vertebral disks, however, are cartilage, not bone, and would have decayed (especially given that there is no clothing, hair, or fur in the bone piles, meaning that the bones are quite old). The spine segments should be scattered and in pieces, not in long segments.
    • Quotes

      Beth: I'm an English teacher, not fucking Tomb Raider.

    • Crazy credits
      The creature's snarling sound can be heard at the end of the credits.
    • 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.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Descent: Deleted and Extended Scenes (2006)

    User reviews1.4K

    Featured review

    Unsettling

    The Descent is a film that plays with the theme of claustrophobia. Effective usage of lighting. I am pleasantly shocked by how well orchestrated this film is.
    • SteelBlue82
    • Sep 30, 2018
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 4, 2006 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Official site (Germany)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Swedish
    • Also known as
      • El descenso
    • Filming locations
      • Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK(on location)
    • Production companies
      • Celador Films
      • Northmen Productions
      • Pathe UK
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • £3,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $26,024,456
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,911,330
      • Aug 6, 2006
    • Gross worldwide
      • $57,130,027
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital EX
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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