This scene was sligthly inspired by some of HP Lovecraft’s classic horror stories. There are several where the protagonist descends through winding passages to see signs of non-human residents. His stories do a great job of giving you that feeling of dread… like there is something non-human down there waiting to horrify you.  One example:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprisoned_with_the_Pharaohs

This page was drawn by Jim Stewart and inked, lettered and colored by Lou Graziani