The Descent: Part 2

"Fear runs deeper."

2009 1h 34m EN

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6.0

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49%

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5.7

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★6.0TMDB · 1,399🥫49%Rotten Tomatoes★5.7IMDB · 55,238

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Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her friends' blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.

“Fear runs deeper.”

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Cast

Shauna Macdonald
Sarah Carter
Natalie Mendoza
Juno Kaplan
Gavan O'Herlihy
Vaines
Josh Dallas
Greg
Anna Skellern
Cath
Saskia Mulder
Rebecca Vernet
Douglas Hodge
Dan
Krysten Cummings
Ellen Rios

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jon Harris
Writers: James McCarthy, J Blakeson, James Watkins
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, France

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ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, France.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Descent Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jon Harris, shot by Sam McCurdy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by David Julyan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Jon Harris shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Shauna Macdonald and Natalie Mendoza and Gavan O'Herlihy carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Fear runs deeper.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jon Harris directs. Sam McCurdy behind the camera. David Julyan scores. Jon Harris cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, France. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 17 years ago.
2International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, France.
3Part of the "The Descent Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Jon Harris, shot by Sam McCurdy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by David Julyan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Jon Harris shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Shauna Macdonald and Natalie Mendoza and Gavan O'Herlihy carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Fear runs deeper.".
9IMDB entry: tt1073105 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Sam McCurdy
Original score: David Julyan
Editing: Jon Harris
Production design: Simon Bowles
Costume design: Nancy Thompson
Makeup / hair: Kirstie Stanway
VFX supervisor: Jacob Otterström
Sound: Matthew Collinge
Stunt coordinator: Jim Dowdall
Runtime: 94 min · 1h 34m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $6,000,200
Box office: $7,048,886
Return: 117% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Descent: Part 2 (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes: 49% 🥫 Rotten
IMDB rating: 5.7/10 · 55,238 votes
MPAA: R

Part of

The Descent Collection

A series of films centre around six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, they find themselves in a desperate struggle to survive the creatures and each other.

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Sierbahnn2026-08-14
★ 5/10
This is a very pale and far more generic version of the story being told in the first movie. As such, it is a far less interesting movie as well. The characters are far less engaging, the monsters are far less scary, and the tension simply doesn't materialize in the same way that the first one did. The ending leaves a few interesting hooks for what could have been further stories, but this movie is simply not entertaining enough.

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