The film has received positive reviews from critics. The film received positive reviews and was a box-office success, grossing $57.1 million against a £3.5 million budget. It premiered in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and released on 4 August 2006 in the United States. The Descent opened in cinemas in the United Kingdom on 8 July 2005.

Because the filmmakers considered it too dangerous and time-consuming to shoot in an actual cave, interior scenes were filmed on sets built at Pinewood Studios near London designed by Simon Bowles. Exterior scenes were filmed at Ashridge Park, Hertfordshire, and in Scotland.

The film follows six women who, having entered a cave system, struggle to survive against the humanoid creatures inside.įilming took place in the United Kingdom. As old wounds break open and loyalties disintegrate, the women realize the horrible truth-they have most to fear from one another.The Descent is a 2005 British adventure horror film written and directed by Neil Marshall. As the friends realize they have become prey, they are forced to unleash their most primal instincts to face the creatures. Unbeknownst to them, there is something else lurking under the earth, a race of monstrous creatures hidden from the light, evolved to live perfectly in the dark. The women battle through this harsh underground world, pitting their strength and determination against each new challenge. Left with no other option, they push on through the cave, praying for another exit. When they learn that Juno, always pushing herself that little bit further, has brought them to an unexplored cave, and that no one is coming to rescue them, the group starts to splinter. Then, deep inside the cave, disaster strikes when their route back to the surface is blocked by a rock fall. The group makes their way through the remote cave system, enjoying the hazardous but beautiful surroundings. In a remote mountain range, six girlfriends meet for their yearly adventure, a caving trip into the arteries of the earth.

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