Terrifying horror classic THE DESCENT - UK 4K UHD Debut, June

Pathe and Studiocanal present Neil Marshall’s genuinely scary smash hit chiller THE DESCENT - starring Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza and Alex Reid. The film makes its UK UHD debut on 29th June, with a brand new 4K restoration, in a 3-disc SteelBook, featuring commentaries, the alternate ending, a host of featurettes and a poster. 

This bona fide British horror classic, written and directed by Neil Marshall (following up his werewolf film Dog Soldiers), is a nerve-shredding thrill ride featuring a group of all-female cavers encountering some very nasty beasties indeed. Shauna Macdonald (Shetland) is outstanding as a woman who goes on a caving trip to try and confront a debilitating trauma - and finds herself tested beyond endurance.

Empire calls it “brutal, bloody, terrifying, astonishing”, while none other than Jeremy Clarkson described it as “the scariest film ever made”. With nods to horror masterworks The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The Thing and Alien, and able to sit proudly alongside them, THE DESCENT features a superb cast, brilliantly creepy sets, nasty cave dwelling ‘crawlers’ to haunt your dreams, and features some of the most intense and unbearable set pieces put on film, not to mention the jump scare to end all jump scares. It’s a genuine white-knuckle horror experience, right up to the last blood-drenched frame, and now you can experience it in 4K - meaning four times the terror!

SYNOPSIS: During a caving expedition in the Appalachian Mountains, six women are trapped by a rockfall. Searching the labyrinthian tunnels for a way out, they find themselves hunted by a race of fearless, ravenous predators as their adventure quickly descends into primal chaos and madness.

CONTENTS:

Disc 1 – UHD

- Feature film in HDR Dolby Vision
- Commentary with director and crew
- Commentary with director and cast
- Alternate Ending – U.S. Theatrical Version
- Trailer gallery

Disc 2 – Blu-ray

- Feature film in Blu-ray
- Commentary with director and crew
- Commentary with director and cast
- Alternate Ending – U.S. Theatrical Version
- Trailer gallery

Disc 3 – Blu-ray (Extras)

- What Lies Beneath: Re-exploring The Descent
- Poetic Pain: The Film Score
- Masterclass with Neil Marshall at the 2026 Gérardmer International Fantastic Film Festival
- The Descent: Making Of
- Descending: Interview with director Neil Marshall
- The Fine, Fearless & Feisty
- A Special Breed of Actors & Effects
- Creating an Underground World
- Caving – A High-Definition Experience
- Deleted and extended scenes
- Outtakes
- Storyboard and scene comparisons

THE DESCENT is available to buy on 4K UHD SteelBook from 29th June 2026 and available to pre-order now

Pre-order the 4K UHD Steelbook from Amazon.co.uk