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Nine Miles Down

Nine Miles Down

Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

20095.31h 26m

Overview

In the Sahara desert, a sandstorm batters a deserted drilling station. A security patrolman battles through the high winds to investigate why all contact with the station has been lost. Originally built for gas exploration, and then abandoned, the site had recently been taken over by a multi-national research team intent on drilling deeper into the earth’s crust than ever before.

Directed by Anthony Waller
Written by Everett De Roche, Anthony Waller
Produced by Thomas Hedman, Kate Hoffman, Steve Markoff
Box OfficeBudget: $22.0M0

Top Cast

Adrian Paul

Adrian Paul

Thomas 'Jack' Jackman

Kate Nauta

Kate Nauta

Jennie Christianson

Meredith Ostrom

Meredith Ostrom

Susan

Amanda Douge

Amanda Douge

Kat

A

Anthony Waller

Professor Borman

A

Arcadiy Golubovich

Alex

Y

Yousef Amin

Yousef

A

Andrew Rybak

Caswell

C

Caroline Couret-Delegue

The Journalist

Themes & Keywords

gasisolationdelusioninvestigationhellhallucinationsahara desertgeologistdrilling station

About Nine Miles Down

Nine Miles Down is a horror, mystery, thriller film released in 2009 exploring themes of gas, isolation, delusion, investigation, hell, hallucination. Directed by Anthony Waller, it stars Adrian Paul, Kate Nauta, Meredith Ostrom. In the Sahara desert, a sandstorm batters a deserted drilling station. A security patrolman battles through the high winds to investigate why all contact with the station has been lost. Originally built for gas exploration, and then abandoned, the site had recently been taken over by a multi-national research team intent on drilling deeper into the earth’s crust than ever before.

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