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