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.

THE DESCENT is available to buy on 4K UHD SteelBook from 29th June 2026

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

Certificate: 18
Running Time: 99mins approx.

ABOUT STUDIOCANAL (a CANAL+ Company)

STUDIOCANAL, CANAL+’s in-house studio, is Europe’s leading film and television studio, with worldwide production and distribution capabilities. It operates directly in nine major European markets including Austria, Benelux, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom, as well as in Australia and New Zealand, and offices in the United States and China. STUDIOCANAL finances, produces, and distributes 200 films per year. It owns one of the most prestigious catalogues in the world and the largest catalogue of European titles, boasting more than 9 400 titles from 60 countries. With a catalogue spanning 100 years of film history, STUDIOCANAL has invested close to 25 million euros into the 4K restoration of nearly 1 000 classic feature films over the past 7 years.

STUDIOCANAL also produces over 15 series each year, including local creations and premium international co-productions, and distributes its scripted productions and CANAL+ Originals globally (2,000 hours of current and library content in distribution). Projects are produced in-house by STUDIOCANAL or through its worldwide network of production companies, including 2e Bureau, Flab, Kissman, Pernel, Upside and Grands Ducs Films in France; Birdie Pictures, Urban Myth Films, Strong Film & Television, Sunny March TV and Brock Media in the UK; Bambú Producciones and Te Espero en Marte in Spain; Lailaps Films and STUDIOCANAL Series in Germany; Opus TV in Poland; Sam Productions in Denmark; Dingie in Belgium; and The Picture Company in the United States.

canalplusgroup.com/en/group/content-production-distribution-and-other