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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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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CallOfTheVoid88Nov 30, 2021

For the most part, the tale holds up well. At points, it appears to be veering towards the tired trope of "is the horror real or in the mind of the pill-popping primary character," and we wonder whether Chris has been taken over by an evil entity.

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davidlerFeb 18, 2021

Centering the focus on the heroine and the decisions she makes, an interpretation arose around confronting fears and the consequences of passivity. There are cliches but I enjoyed the plot and almost continual tenseness of this film.

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ThenoobaboveallFeb 24, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Honestly the negative reviews here are just laughable to say the least, apparently paying homage is the same as ripping off.

But anyway back to the movie itself, the film is effective and well paced with a great atmosphere and sense of dread, also I really enjoyed the whole concept of if her son was truly hers which is quite interesting as it also shows her slow decent into madness and you really begin to question her sanity and whether or not her son is indeed possessed or not, something that few other similar films have done before. Overall its a pretty good modern horror that wears its influences on its sleeve whilst also introducing new elements which some people confuse for being derivative.… Expand

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