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.

Extended Reading
  • Ora 2022-03-23 09:01:32

    I don't remember where I've seen a lot of spoilers, so it's often not good == But I guess if I haven't seen the spoilers, the results are similar==

  • Troy 2022-03-24 09:01:30

    Mysterious cave scenery, bloody scenes, lost in the dark and lost in people's hearts contrast with each other. The infighting at the end is reminiscent of the bear joke, but the weird ending makes it impossible to actually laugh.