| | | Original Unrated Cut.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Unrated, English, Subtitled, Spanish, Dolby Digital (5.1)
On an annual extreme outdoor adventure, six women meet in a remote part of the Appalachians to explore a cave hidden deep in the woods. Far below the surface of the earth, disaster strikes when a rock fall blocks their exit and there's no way out. The women push on, praying for another exit, but there is something else lurking under the earth. The friends are now prey, forced to unleash their most primal instincts in an all-out war against an unspeakable horror - one that attacks without warning, again and again and again.
"...the best, purest horror film in years." Andrew Wright, TheStranger.com
"...opens with a bloody bang and never lets up..." Leah Rozen, People
"Packed with slick surprises, jarring jolts, gruesome gore and more..." Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Editor's Note
IN THEATERS AUGUST 4, 2006Cave-dwelling carnivores, injuries, and power struggles plague a group of women who go out on a rock-climbing expedition.
| Features | DesEnding: An Interview With Director Neil Marshall | | Audio Commentary With Director Neil Marshall & Cast | | Audio Commentary With Director Neil Marshall & Crew | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, Dolby Digital Stereo | | Cast & Crew Bios | | Deleted & Extended Scenes | | Featurette: The Making Of The Descent | | Interactive Menus | | Outtakes | | Scene Selection | | Still Gallery | | Storyboard & Scene Comparison | | Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Trailers |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | The Descent (Original Unrated Cut) - DVD By: Jason Morgan - Cinema Blend DVD Reviews Published on: 1/4/2007 2:36 PM | | Much like darkness, The Descent's intensity comes from the unknown. There is an off-kilter tension that runs throughout the film, successfully due to classic editing and a rapid pacing. Even in the opening rafting scene there is an unsettling tone - the girls laughter and smiles are juxtaposed against the deafening roar of the river and the violent rapids. Even taboo jump scares are masterfully executed. ...read the full review |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Lions Gate |
| Release Date: 2/5/2008 |
| Running Time: 99 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2006 | | Catalog ID: 20642 | | UPC: 00031398206422 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"Made with a connoisseur's love of muck, blood, inky darkness, and equal parts elegance and ewwww, THE DESCENT raises the level of the post-BLAIR WITCH, post-OPEN WATER horror game." -- Grade: A- 08/11/2006 p.49New York Times
"The babes are buff and the scares bountiful in THE DESCENT, a full-throttle horror freakout..." 08/04/2006 p.E15 Rolling Stone
3 stars out of 5 -- "Prepare to be scared senseless, and then, when you think you have it figured, your certainty will be shaken by scenes meant to scare you even more." 08/24/2006 p.108 Box Office
3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] deftly made, highly chilling movie that benefits from the uniqueness of having a basically all-female cast." 09/01/2006 p.112 Variety 8 of 10
The chills and spills keep comin' to agreeable effect in Brit-made scarefest "The Descent," about six femme spelunkers in the Appalachians who discover more than they've bargained for two miles underground...Widescreen photography has a suitably grimy look underground, and saturated color for the opening and closing exteriors. Cave sets by p.d. Simon Bowles and art director Jason Knox-Johnston look just like the real thing, while music by David Julyan underscores the horror in crash-bang style. - Derek Elley
ReelViews 8 of 10
The Descent is filled with blood and viscera, and there's a moment (featuring a bone fragment poking through the skin) that caused me to flinch. But the name of Marshall's game isn't grossing out the audience, it's keeping them on the edge of their seats, and he does an admirable job at that. It's refreshing to know there are still filmmakers out there who remember that horror movies are supposed to be freakish, unsettling R-rated affairs. - James Berardinelli
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