Deep Fear (2022)

It’s Paris 1991 and college graduates Sonia, Max and Henry decide to celebrate by going to the catacombs. Their guide Ramy brings them through a tunnel to a claustrophobic little hole in the wall, which they can squeeze through to access the passageways.  Once inside they go to an area where people hang out and Ramy tells them people are working on completing a hole to another passageway that looks more recent.

As they continue their travels, they hear someone else in the tunnels and Ramy advises them to hide. But stupid Max can’t keep his mouth shut and they’re discovered. After a dangerous interaction, they flee with the goal of getting back to the surface. But when they run into Ramy’s acquaintances and Ramy learns the tunnel to the new passageway is complete, he insists on checking it out.   

The group begrudgingly goes with him and find the tunnels are much more modern than the catacombs. Unexpectedly one of the group gets their foot stuck in a bear trap. When they try to leave to get him medical attention, they are unable to get out the way they went in. As they look for another way out, they discover something is down there with them.

 

There are some claustrophobic scenes where they crawl through tunnels barely big enough for a human to fit through.  The characters are likable enough, but you’re not that invested in them.  Being stuck in the catacombs or any underground tunnel system, not knowing how to get out and with something chasing you is terrifying.  I don’t know if it reminds me of As Above So Below, or if it’s just because they both take place in the catacombs.

Max crawling through the tunnel.