🚇🌑 The Tunnel (2019): Darkness buries more than bodies—it consumes the living.

"Every echo in the tunnel isn’t just sound—it’s something hunting."

A harrowing study of grief and desperation, The Tunnel (2019) descends into the claustrophobic catacombs beneath Melbourne. After a catastrophic storm floods the city, residents wake to discover the metro tunnels have collapsed, trapping random commuters and residents underground.

Claire (Maya Stange), an investigative journalist who lost her partner in the chaos above, organizes a desperate rescue of her missing sister, Megan (Lara Robinson). But as they venture into the labyrinth of concrete and murmurings, they uncover something even more terrifying: people are disappearing without a trace, and terrified voices echo through submerged corridors.

Guided by ex-tunnel engineer Tom (Rodger Corser) and rogue urban explorer Marco (Tony Nikolakopoulos), Claire races down slippery passageways, wading through icy water and flickering darkness. Each turn reveals signs of panic—and something that isn’t water taking lives. With cell service dead and daylight unreachable, the group battles rising water, structural collapse, and a primal presence stalking the depths.

The Tunnel is a slow-burning thriller steeped in existential dread. Its power lies not in jump scares, but in the oppressive atmosphere, the weight of loss, and the unspoken horrors that darkness hides. In these tunnels, escape isn’t survival—it’s memory.