The Descent

Cast (l-r): Noone, Buring, Mulder, Mendoza, Macdonald, Reid

The Descent is a 2005 horror film directed by Neil Marshall. The 2006 North American release changed the ending.

Cast

• Shauna Macdonald as Sarah
• Natalie Mendoza as Juno
• Alex Reid as Beth
• Saskia Mulder as Rebecca
• MyAnna Buring as Sam
• Nora-Jane Noone as Holly

Notes

Behind-the-scenes image of the monster make-up

The makers of The Descent constantly refer to the monsters as "hairless", citing this characteristic as an evolutionary trait in keeping with their blindess, as a result of living underground. This indicates that the filmmakers view the male form as the norm for these monsters, because although the majority of the monsters that appear onscreen are male and bald, the make-up designer gave the rarer female monsters long hair on their heads, resulting in a rather gratuitous instance of sexual dimorphism contrary to the story's world-building logic. The marked female form is probably for the audience's benefit, to make it clear during one particular confrontation that the character of Sarah is fighting a female monster.

External Links

• IMDb listing for The Descent