- Release Date: 2006
- Runtime: 99 min
- Genre: Adventure, Horror, Thriller
- Starring: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Jackson Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder ... see all
- Director: Neil Marshall
- Plot: A woman goes on vacation with her family and friends and her husband and her daughter encounters a tragic accident. One year later she goes hiking with her friends and... Read more
User Reviews
AMAZING
Jan 07, 2009
bigshialabeouffan - yahoo.com
Jan 07, 2009bigshialabeouffan - yahoo.com
This is easily one of the best horror films in many years. The story is very amazing and it's very smart. The acting is perfect and showed realistic emotion. I love the cast to death. The direction is perfectly planned and... Full review
RUN BITCH RUN!
Jan 02, 2009
theemopianist - yahoo.com
Jan 02, 2009theemopianist - yahoo.com
The Descent is not only an effective and claustrophobic gory horror film. It is much more. The cave represents the darkest part of the female soul and how far the lengths are for survival and vengeance. The creatures, though not outstanding,... Full review
Amazing
Oct 07, 2008
jon_sk8erdude - yahoo.com
Oct 07, 2008jon_sk8erdude - yahoo.com
it had great visuals, great cgi, great gore, great acting, a lil bit o comedy, alot of scary and jumpy momments, and had some sadness to it. not to mention the twisted ending. So it deserves an A+... Full review
get the rated r version
Oct 05, 2008
stromankathleen - yahoo.com
Oct 05, 2008stromankathleen - yahoo.com
get the rated r version its alot better because the ending is so much better than uncut ending is a disapointment but scary film... Full review
A Masterpiece :)
Oct 04, 2008
killbillfan2003 - yahoo.com
Oct 04, 2008killbillfan2003 - yahoo.com
The Descent was a masterpiece. It had kept my eyes glued to the screen the entire time. The story was amazing and it was 100% interesting and realistic. There was never a dull moment, never. The acting is great and emotional.... Full review
a very underrated horror movie
Aug 24, 2008
anerswick - yahoo.com
Aug 24, 2008anerswick - yahoo.com
this is probaly one of the scarest movies i've seen inmy life and its easily on e of the best horror movies ever... Full review
intresting
Jul 01, 2008
nickjonasissexy4lyfe - yahoo.com
Jul 01, 2008nickjonasissexy4lyfe - yahoo.com
it was a real thriller. i loved it i was actually watching it with my best friend and her brother. after that i just wanted to watch it over and over again.i loved the way the story stayed on track most... Full review
Awsome!!
Jun 11, 2008
deemondiydesigns - yahoo.com
Jun 11, 2008deemondiydesigns - yahoo.com
This movie was really scary especially if you dont like tight spaces or things that go bump in the night-rabid horror fan... Full review
This my 5th favorite movie of ALL-TIME!
May 27, 2008
alecelmquist - yahoo.com
May 27, 2008alecelmquist - yahoo.com
This is probably the best horror movie ever made. It has the scares, the gore, and everything else. It is a gorey, horror masterpiece. A+. Halloween 1978 is better by a hair.... Full review
Surprisingly Scary
Apr 17, 2008
spongiefan - yahoo.com
Apr 17, 2008spongiefan - yahoo.com
I like to watch scary movies just to see if they're really scary. I'm 14 and I've never been scared by a movie, but this was the scariest one I've ever seen... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Mar 05, 2009Urban Cinefile
This it does with shrewd economy in an opening scene set one year before the fateful caving expedition we're later plunged into..... ... Full Review
| Jan 06, 2009Screen Rant
Today we have the first bunch of images to be released for the sequel to Neil Marshall's modern horror masterpiece The Descent , simply subtitled Part 2 (although word is that in the UK it will be called The De2cent ).
But in spite of this they've decided to go ahead with a sequel (as they tend to do when the original does better than expected, as The Descent indeed did), continuing on the story of the lead character Sarah, presumably if she'd escaped (which in the U.S. theatrically released version - she ... Full Review
| May 02, 2008RopeofSilicon
For anyone that has seen Neil Marshall's cave dwelling horror The Descent most likely knows there were two versions, the original UK version, which was called the "unrated" version here in the States and the American version, which offers up a happy ending as opposed to the original's dour UK and more appropriate and logical ending. ... Full Review
| Apr 30, 2008Bloody-Disgusting
We received official word that Shauna MacDonald and Natalie Jackson Mendoza will both we returning in Pathe's The Descent 2 , which looks to have finally dropped the ridiculous moniker (The De2cent). ... Full Review
| Mar 19, 2008associatedcontent.com
Perhaps Doomsday was a bad movie to start with.....the exceptionally well told story.....what they will ultimately find is one of the worst movies of this....With its campy, post apocalyptic story, the genre film was already a target of studio scrutiny..... ... Full Review
News
Trailer: 'The Descent: Part 2'
digitalspy.co.uk –
2009-09-07
Opening in cinemas on December 4, The Descent: Part 2 finds Sarah Carter returning to the caves where she lost her five friends on a spelunking trip gone wrong. ... Full Article
If only they gave an Oscar for Best Film That Sounds LIke a Really Depraved Porn Flick. In reality this is a pretty awesome looking comedy in which George Clooney plays a soldier who is part of an elite force... ... Full Article
A TRULY GRIM ALTERNATIVE
dailyexpress.co.uk –
2009-08-27
Arcola Theatre, London, 020 503 1646 until September 5 The name Grimeborn is a cheeky parody of Glyndebourne and it is a world away from the black tie, hampers-on-the-lawn elegance of the Sussex aria-fest. ... Full Article
FrightFest 2009 News
ign.com –
2009-07-06
UK, July 6, 2009 - The line-up for this year's Film4 FrightFest has been announced and it's a doozie, with the organisers pulling out all the stops for the event's 10th anniversary. ... Full Article

The Descent (Abismo do Medo) - Never Too Late
Frightfest D-Day - The Descent - Cast & Q&A - 3rd May 2008
The Descent-Trailer
The Descent Trailer

