The Descent
Adventure
Horror
After a personal tragedy, Sarah joins her friends on a caving expedition in the Appalachian Mountains. But when a rockfall traps them deep underground, their adventure turns into a nightmare. As they search for a way out, the group discovers they are not alone—lurking in the darkness are savage, cav
Cast
Shauna Macdonald
Sarah Carter
Natalie Mendoza
Juno Kaplan
Alex Reid
Beth O'Brien
MyAnna Buring
Sam Vernet
Saskia Mulder
Rebecca Vernet
Nora-Jane Noone
Holly
Leslie Simpson
Crawler
Oliver Milburn
Paul Carter
Where to Watch
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Double Feature Pairings
Films that pair perfectly with The Descent
As Above, So Below
2014
Underground horror. Tight spaces, no escape, and things in the dark.
The Ritual
2017
Friends in the wilderness. Two films about what happens when the group trip goes terribly wrong.
Alien
1979
Trapped with predators. Two films about the terror of being hunted in spaces you cannot escape.
Crawl
2019
Women versus predators underground. Two films about women fighting for survival in the most claustrophobic settings imaginable.
