Descent, The

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The Descent
Credits
Title:	The Descent
Directed by:	Neil Marshall
Written by:	Neil Marshall
Produced by:	Paul Smith; Christian Colson; Paul Ritchie
Music by:	David Julyan
Cinematography:	Sam McCurdy
Edited by:	Jon Harris
Production
Distributors:	Celador Films
Released:	July 6th, 2005 (UK) August 4th, 2006 (US)
Rating:	R
Running time:	100 min.
Country:	UK
Language:	English
Budget:	£3,500,000
Gross:	26,024,456 (US) $57,051,053 (Worldwide)
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The Descent is a British feature film of the "creature feature" subgenre of horror. It was written and directed by Neil Marshall. It was produced by Celador Films and premiered at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival in Belgium on March 11th, 2005. It premiered in the United Kingdom at the Dead by Dawn Horror Film Festival on July 6th, 2005, with a theatrical release on July 8th, 2005. Its first U.S. release was at the Sundance Film Festival in January, 2006.

Cast

Actor	Role
Shauna Macdonald	Sarah Carter
Natalie Mendoza	Juno Kaplan
Alex Reid	Beth
Saskia Mulder	Rebecca
MyAnna Buring	Sam
Nora-Jane Noone	Holly
Olvier Milburn	Paul
Molly Kayll	Jessica
Craig Conway	Crawler - Scar
Leslie Simpson	Crawler
Mark Cronfield	Crawler
Steve Lamb	Crawler
Catherine Dyson	Crawler
Julie Ellis	Crawler
Sophie Trott	Crawler
Tristan Matthiae	Crawler
Stuart Luis	Crawler
Justin Hackney	Crawler

Notes & Trivia

• The tagline for this film is "Scream your last breath".
• Production on The Descent began on December 6th, 2004. Principal photography concluded on February 5th, 2005.
• Closed out of theaters on October 12th, 2006.
• The Descent was released to DVD and Blu-ray on December 26th, 2006 by Lions Gate Films.
• Writer/director Neil Marshall is also known for directing the 2002 werewolf film Dog Soldiers.
• The first evidence of a cave creature occurs at 47:43.

Body Count

1. Paul - Killed in automobile accident
2. Jessica - Killed in automobile accident
3. Holly - Head munched by a crawler
4. Crawler #1 - Stabbed in the chest by Juno
5. Beth - Accidentally stabbed in the throat by Juno. Mercy killed by Sarah with large rock.
6. Crawler #2 - Stabbed in the shoulder with a piton, then neck snapped by Juno.
7. Crawler #3 - Head stomped in by Sarah.
8. Female crawler - Stabbed in the eye by Sarah with an animal tooth
9. Crawler #4 - Head bashed in by Sarah with large animal bone
10. Sam - Throat ripped out by Crawler
11. Crawler #5 - Stabbed in the face by Sam before she dies
12. Rebecca - Eviscerated and eaten alive by a crawler
13. Crawler #6 - Stabbed in chest underwater by Juno
14. Crawler #7 - Pickaxed in the head by Sarah
15. Crawler #8 - Head bashed in by Juno
16. Crawler #9 - Eyes gouged out by Sarah (which is not necessarily fatal given that they are blind)
17. Crawler #10 - Pickaxed in the head by Juno
18. Juno - Left for dead by Sarah. Presumably killed off-screen by multiple crawlers.

External Links

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