UK 4K UHD debut for the terrifying horror classic THE DESCENT out 29th June

PATHE and STUDIOCANAL present Neil Marshall’s genuinely scary smash hit chiller The Descent – starring Shauna MacdonaldNatalie 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!

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 HERE

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