Beth begs Sarah to euthanize her, which Sarah reluctantly does by bashing her head in with a rock. Beth gives her Juno's pendant, telling her it is a gift from Paul, and realizes that Juno and Paul had an affair before his death.
Meanwhile, Sarah encounters Beth, who tells her that Juno wounded then abandoned her. Juno tells them about the markings, but she will not leave without Sarah. Sam has deduced that the crawlers are blind and rely on sound to hunt. Juno discovers cave markings from previous explorers that point to a specific path through the caves. Sarah awakens to find herself in a den of human and animal carcasses, witnessing Holly's body being mauled and eaten by crawlers. Beth collapses with Juno's pendant in her hand and begs Juno not to leave her, but a traumatized Juno flees. Juno, trying to prevent Holly's body from being dragged away, kills a crawler with her pickaxe but then, startled and in shock, accidentally strikes Beth through the neck. Sarah runs and falls down a hole, where she is knocked unconscious. Later, the group comes across a den of animal bones and is suddenly attacked by a creature known as a "crawler." Holly is killed when a crawler attacks and bites through her throat. As the others help Holly, Sarah wanders off and observes a pale, humanoid creature drinking at a pool before it scampers away. Holly, thinking she sees sunlight, runs ahead, but falls down a hole and breaks her leg. She then tells Sarah that this adventure was in the hopes of restoring their relationship.Īs the group presses forward with hopes of finding an exit, they discover aged climbing equipment and a cave painting that suggests an exit exists. After a heated discussion, Juno admits that she has led the group into an unknown cave system instead of the fully explored cave system that they had originally planned to visit, and so rescue is therefore impossible. After the group moves through a narrow passage, it collapses behind them, trapping them. While in the cave, Juno apologizes to Sarah for not being there for her after the accident, but Sarah is distant. The next day, they hike up to a mountain cave entrance and descend. One year later, Sarah, Juno, and Beth, as well as friends Sam, Rebecca, and newcomer Holly reunite at a cabin in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina for a spelunking adventure.
Paul and Jessica are killed, but Sarah survives. Afterward, Sarah, along with her husband Paul and their daughter Jessica, are involved in a car accident when Paul is distracted. Thrill seeker friends Sarah, Juno, and Beth whitewater raft together. The film received positive reviews and was a box-office success, grossing $57.1 million against a £3.5 million budget.Ī sequel, titled The Descent Part 2, directed by the first film's editor Jon Harris, was released in 2009. 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 enter a cave system and struggle to survive against the humanoid creatures inside.įilming took place in the United Kingdom. The Descent is a 2005 British horror film written and directed by Neil Marshall.
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