The Cave

The Cave (2005)

  • 11% of critics liked it
    (106 reviews)

  • 37% of users liked it
    (91,351 ratings)

Terror lurks deep beneath the surface of the Earth in this thriller. While on a dig in a Romanian forest, a group of scientists make a startling find -- they find a huge abbey, dating back to the 13th Century, which was built over the entrance to a massive network of subterranean caves. Eager to… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 37 min.
Directed By
Bruce Hunt
Written By
Michael Steinberg
Genres
Action & Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Aug 26, 2005 Wide
On DVD
Jan 3, 2006
Screen Gems

Critic Reviews

  • Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly

    Fright-wise, The Cave is a dry hole.

  • Dennis Lim, Village Voice

    Spare and single-minded, The Cave is an insistently entertaining piece of pulp.

  • Teresa Wiltz, Washington Post

    The Cave isn't just a bad movie, it's a very, very, very bad movie, so bad that it can't even redeem itself by turning into high camp.

  • Robert Koehler, Variety

    Feels stunningly familiar as it goes through the rote edicts of the scientific crew vs. toothy beastie formula.

  • Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

    Somewhere deep beneath the Carpathian mountains, something unholy stirs: It's an unspeakable stinker of a movie called The Cave.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jeff "


    I view The Cave as a bad rip-off of the superior British horror film, The Descent. The Cave basically follows the exact same path, except its a lot less inspired. The film is so not inspired that it's ridiculously stupid with actors who over do it, and they try to create… More

  • Wahida K


    I dont know how many similar Movies I have seen and I just cannt believe they go on making the same old stuff till it doesnt make sense any more, it is just to violent. Watching this Movie I had the feeling I have seen it several times although it was my first time, it is just the… More

  • Dead A


    Whoa the ending part was seriously mysterious. Are they going to make a second part of this? Hope so. It clearly states that.

  • KJ P


    Was not good, and to top it off, it never even had anything going for it!

  • Jason O


    Most seem to dislike this movie, but I loved it so much when I rented it that I watched it more than once (rare for me) and not long after went out and bought it (very rare)! I know it's not really anything different from your run of the mill creature horror, but the… More

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