Two decades on, Empire celebrates the legendary classic by reuniting Marshall with his cast for a brand new group interview – and the filmmaker has some thoughts on the film’s alternative ending. In the US ending, Sarah actually did escape – which allowed for the production of The Descent Part 2, on which Marshall was only a producer. “It was always argued that the alternative ending was the happy ending. To my mind, there’s no happiness for Sarah outside that cave,” Marshall tells Empire. “One Dog Soldiers review said it was more funny than scary, and asked when a British filmmaker was going to make a truly scary horror film again.