7.2/10IMDb
86%Rotten Tomatoes
3.6/5Letterboxd
87% liked this film Google users
A year after a severe emotional trauma, Sarah (Shauna Macdonald) goes to North Carolina to spend some time exploring caves with her friends; after descending underground, the women find strange cave paintings and evidence of an earlier expedition, then learn they are not alone: Underground predators inhabit the crevasses, and they have a taste for human flesh.
Release date: July 8, 2005 (United Kingdom)
Director: Neil Marshall
Sequel: The Descent Part 2
Screenplay: Neil Marshall
Box office: 57.1 million USD
Awards: British Independent Film Award for Best Director, British Independent Film Award for Best Technical Achievement
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