A family returning home from a swim are caught in slow-moving traffic among a sea of identical black hearselike self-driving cars along a multilane highway leading to a tunnel.

[1] It was later included as a special feature on the home video release of The Autopsy of Jane Doe.

[3] In a positive review for Deluxe Video Online, Neil Worcester wrote: "From the opening credits, I was thrilled with The Tunnel.

"[4] In an interview with Rue Morgue about the production of The Long Walk, which he is no longer involved in, Øvredal noted: "I did a short film called The Tunnel that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival three years ago, and it's a very similar story.

When I read the script [of The Long Walk], which is so close to the book—it really honors what King wrote in a beautiful way—I felt like I had told the story, but in a different way, which connected to the idea of being on a journey you cannot stop.