The Descent
Directed by Neil MarshallA woman goes on vacation with her friends after her husband and daughter encounter a tragic accident. One year later she goes hiking with her friends and they get trapped in the cave. With a lack of supply, they struggle to survive and they meet strange blood thirsty creatures.
- "THE MOVIE FANATIC"May 3, 2026The Descent - is one of the all time greatest 🇬🇧 British horror movies and is personally one of my favourites also!!! What I really loved about The Descent is that it really plays and leans into that fear of small spaces and chlostraphobia very effectively. And what makes it even more frightening & impactful is the fact that there in total darkness. And on top of that they've got these Gollum like creatures that live down there, that are ready to rip apart the group of friends that are stuck down there...imagine this your in very tight spaces with the chances of the cave; that your stuck in collapsing onto you and crushing & killing you. Also your in total darkness and you've got vicious cannibal creatures that want to eat and kill you; it cannot possibly get more worse than that omg. And at the heart of it there's a very tragic story; for one of the characters and has a friend that hasn't done a very nice thing to her.
- siluskitt185April 3, 2026Couldn't have been better, yes blood looked fake, but none of that matters when the story line is so god damn good, I personally think this is my favorite horror movie I've EVER watched, of you have ever played the video game called the Forest, it reminds me of this, I feel like if this was made around this time, it wouldn't have been nearly as good
- M08YNovember 26, 2025The Descent is a solid little horror flick that does some serious heavy-lifting with a tiny budget. While not being quite as claustrophobic as some of the caving horror stories on YouTube, The Descent does a remarkable job of making every single scene feel enclosed and desperate. The cave in scene is incredibly uncomfortable to watch. I really appreciated the slow build up to the introduction of the creatures and how all of the characters come across as sensible and level-headed. Low budget horror movies usually resort to characters being horrendously stupid to make certain plot points work but it's much better when they keep their wits about them and stuff still goes wrong. The cast all being their A game here. Audio and Visuals. The audio is fine all the way through, nothing particularly interesting to note. The visuals are however more interesting. Taking places underground, the lighting is REALLY important to get right and 90% of the time, this film gets it very right. There are however a few scenes where the lighting is impossibly good for a single glow stick. I'm willing to put this aside given the tiny budget and challenging conditions of the filming. The bluray isnt the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. I'm keen to get my hands on the 4K to see if it's much better, but £60 is a tough pill to swallow.
The Descent Trivia
The Descent was released on July 8, 2005.
The Descent was directed by Neil Marshall.
The Descent has a runtime of 1h 38m.
The Descent was produced by Christian Colson.
A woman goes on vacation with her friends after her husband and daughter encounter a tragic accident. One year later she goes hiking with her friends and they get trapped in the cave. With a lack of supply, they struggle to survive and they meet strange blood thirsty creatures.
The key characters in The Descent are Sarah Carter (Shauna Macdonald), Juno Kaplan (Natalie Mendoza), Beth O'Brien (Alex Reid).
The Descent is rated R.
The Descent is an Adventure, Horror, Thriller film.
The Descent has an audience rating of 7.6 out of 10.
The Descent had a budget of $3.5M.
The Descent has made $57.1M at the box office.