Please join BVFCC for The Descent, the second installment in our March Monster Madness Screening Series hosted by BVFCC staffer Anthony Capasso on Tuesday, March 12th at 7pm. Entry is FREE to BVFCC members and $10 for non-members. The BVCoffee Bar will be open for beer, wine, café drinks, and FREE freshly-popped popcorn!

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The Descent is a 2005 British horror film written and directed by Neil Marshall. The film follows six women who enter a cave system and struggle to survive against the humanoid creatures inside.

Filming took place in the United Kingdom. Exterior scenes were filmed at Ashridge Park, Hertfordshire, and in Scotland. Because the filmmakers considered it too dangerous and time-consuming to shoot in an actual cave, interior scenes were filmed on sets built at Pinewood Studios near London designed by Simon Bowles.

The Descent opened in cinemas in the United Kingdom on 8 July 2005. It premiered in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and released on 4 August 2006 in the United States. The film received positive reviews, was a box-office success, grossing $57.1 million against a £3.5 million budget, and is often regarded as one of the best horror films of the 2000s. A sequel, titled The Descent Part 2, was released in 2009.

BVFCC would like to acknowledge and thank several organizations for their generous funding which allows us to present our monthly Screening Series. Special thanks go to CT Humanities, CT Office of the Arts, and The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven.