Digging Deep: Does Nine Miles Down Strike Gold or Just Hit Rock Bottom?
The 2009 horror-thriller takes a classic urban legend—the Russian "Well to Hell" hoax —and transplants it into the blistering heat of the Sahara Desert. Directed by Anthony Waller, the film is a claustrophobic "two-hander" that asks a central, nagging question: Have we discovered a literal portal to the underworld, or are we just watching a man lose his mind? The Premise: Echoes from the Abyss Nine Miles Down
The story follows Jack (Adrian Paul), a security expert sent to investigate a remote drilling station after it goes radio silent. Upon arrival, he finds the base deserted, save for a mysterious, beautiful geologist named Jennie (Kate Nauta). Digging Deep: Does Nine Miles Down Strike Gold