The Descent Quotes

  • Holly: [Sarah has just been scared by a bunch of bats which attacked her. Holly films the bats flying away]

    [in imitation of 'The Count' from Sesame Street]

    Holly: One bat, two bats, fifty bats!

    [Beth comes up to her]

    Beth: Holly... Fuck off

  • Juno: [while fighting a crawler] Fucker!

  • Beth: [Sarah is trapped in a tunnel and Beth is trying to calm her down with a joke] Hey, you love this one, "How do you give a lemon an orgasm?" You tickle its citrus!

  • Beth: I'm an English teacher, not fucking Tomb Raider.

  • Sarah: What about you Holly, got a man ?

    Holly: Oh I'm a sports fuck like Juno.

  • Rebecca: The noise she's making, she'll bring every one of those things down on her head.

    Sam: As long as it's not on mine.

  • Sam: Trying to set this watch is impossible, the buttons are too fucking small.

    Holly: Why do you wear that thing anyway ?

    Sam: My boyfriend gave it to me, it's sentimental.

    Holly: It's fucking mental, any guy who'd give that to me I'd dump him on the spot.

  • Juno: Sam's gonna be Doctor Van Ney in like a year's time.

    Beth: Please tell me it's longer than that.

  • Holly: Hey, there's something down here...

  • [Terrified, looking at Sarah who's covered in blood]

    Juno: What happened to you?

  • Beth: [trapped after a cave-in] You put in a flight-plan, right? If we don't report in they'll come looking for us.

    Rebecca: That's how it's supposed to work, except I put in a flight-plan for Boreham Caverns and this isn't Boreham Caverns, is it Juno?

    Beth: We're in the wrong fucking cave!

    Juno: Holly was right! Boreham Caverns was a tourist trap!

    Holly: Don't try and pin this fucking shit on me!

    Rebecca: This is not caving, this is an ego-trip.

    Sam: Where are we?

    Juno: It hasn't got a name. It's a new system. I wanted us all to discover it! No one's ever been down here before.

    Sam: Are you fucking kidding me?

  • [last lines]

    Jessica: Mummy?

  • Rebecca: [while Sarah is looking throught the camera, with night vision on] oh, fuck it! Hello!

    Juno: Please!

    Rebecca: Is there anybody there!

    Beth: Hello?

    [Sarah points the camera at Beth, Crawler behind her]

  • Sarah: [Sarah uses Holly's camera in night vision mode and sees all of the dead animal bones] Dead animals! Hundreds of them!

    Beth: This is not good, guys.

    Sam: Can we get out of here?

    Rebecca: Which way?

    Juno: [Uses lighter to try and find the breeze] Come on.

    [the lighter's flame does not move]

    Juno: I don't know.

    Beth: What do you mean you don't know?

    Juno: There's no breeze! It could be any one of these tunnels! Take your pick!

    Rebecca: Oh, fuck it!

    [yelling]

    Rebecca: Helloooooo!

    Juno: [trying to calm down Rebecca] Please!

    Rebecca: [continuing to yell] Is there anybody there?

    Beth: [also yelling] Hello!

    [a crawler suddenly appears behind Beth]

  • Beth: Sarah... don't leave me like this.

    Sarah: No. Please don't ask me to do that.

    Beth: Please.

    Sarah: I can't. I can't do that. I can't do that.

    Beth: Please.

    Sarah: OK. Shh. Close your eyes.

  • [Juno, as Team Leader, gives instructions before the women begin to descend]

    Juno: Holly: safety first! I don't want any stunts this time.

  • [Juno is preparing to launch herself first down into the crevice. She speaks to her friends:]

    Juno: You okay?

    [One of the women says, "No."]

    Juno: [Not listening:] See you down there.

  • [Repeated line]

    Juno: It'll be fine.