The Hole in the Ground

A24 | Release Date: March 1, 2019

5.3	USER SCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 45 Ratings

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Rebecca31Mar 3, 2019

A truly great Irish horror that you won't want to miss. Sarah (Seána Kerslake) and her young son Chris (James Quinn Markey) move to a new home in the Irish countryside, right next to a terrifying forest as you do. Sure what's the worst thatA truly great Irish horror that you won't want to miss. Sarah (Seána Kerslake) and her young son Chris (James Quinn Markey) move to a new home in the Irish countryside, right next to a terrifying forest as you do. Sure what's the worst that can happen when you live right next to the woods with a massive sinkhole right in the middle. After a disturbing encounter with a scary neighbour things only get worse and with Chris's increasingly strange behaviour Sarah is trying to decide if there is something horribly wrong with her son or is it her own mind.

I love a good horror movie, I even love some of the bad ones too, emphasis on the word some and The Hole in the Ground surprised me. I expected another child possession formulaic movie that would build the atmosphere really well and then undo all that work with a ridiculous climatic scene with furniture being thrown around the kitchen and when all looks hopeless the day is saved at the last minute and everyone lives happily ever after. The Hole in the Ground is a horror done right, builds on other horrors you might be familiar with but brings some new ideas to the genre. Wastes no time getting started and will creep you out from the very beginning. Written and directed by Lee Cronin, it's a well told story with some great performances. Unnerving and will have you on the edge of your seat, what more do you want? Highly recommended. … Expand

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JLuis_001Mar 28, 2019

By being a filmmaking debut it's quite respectable because it's a well crafted horror thriller, yet it never stops feeling conventional.
I mean it never goes for the cheap scares but it doesn't really go to other places either.

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Rcavey92212Mar 24, 2020

Soooooooo creepy. The movie features on a single young mother who gets a desolate new house in Ireland with her young son. One day while jogging in the woods she discovers a giant hole in the ground and advises her son to not go out bySoooooooo creepy. The movie features on a single young mother who gets a desolate new house in Ireland with her young son. One day while jogging in the woods she discovers a giant hole in the ground and advises her son to not go out by himself. If course he does and when he comes back he's not the same. It's little things at first, slight mb mannerisms and the way he reacts to spiders and other kids he used to hate. But as things get increasingly strange she decides to confront him with truly terrifying consequences. The movie is a slow burn to be sure but it's very well done and undoubtedly suspenseful. It all leads up to a nightmarish finale that's worth the wait. Fine performances and confident direction highlight this great piece of genre.

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Bizzylorenzo70May 1, 2019

This Irish horror tale has its moments of fright but with its most deliberate pacing never seems to gel into a consistently scary film. It's also marred somewhat by some unexplained plot elements, as I see it.

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Marcin1234Dec 7, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The movie itself is slow and boring with zero original ideas. Then you realize it's just a front for feminist propaganda. We have a female protagonist with background of abuse by her husband (even though it has nothing to do with the plot), and her son getting more and more aggresive. One of a telling scenes is where his mother wants to set a spider free and calls it a "she" fpr some reason. Then her son says daddy would kill it and so he kills it too. Then you have a guy just bragging about beating up other man. Or an old guy getting angry and destroying evidence. At one point the protaginist is even dressed like the "we can do it" chick.… Expand

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RobbyPSep 1, 2019

A very standard, run-of-the-mill horror film that checks off a lot of the typical boxes. Near crash because the driver's not looking? Check. Crazy old muttering woman who actually knows the truth? Check. Dream sequence with jump? Check.A very standard, run-of-the-mill horror film that checks off a lot of the typical boxes. Near crash because the driver's not looking? Check. Crazy old muttering woman who actually knows the truth? Check. Dream sequence with jump? Check. Doesn't turn on any lights when things go bump in the night? Check.

Honestly, it wasn't a total loss. There was one fairly tense scene in the woods at night, and it wasn't a bad story. Just as a whole, it was nothing special or spectacular.… Expand