The Hole
Big Air Studios | Release Date: September 28, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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3
Mixed:
4
Negative:
0
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80
EmpireIan FreerSep 12, 2014
Where The Hole really scores — and this is rare in modern horror — is in its lead characters. Read full review
80
Total FilmRosie FletcherSep 12, 2014
Hardly the most original film of the year, but one of the most purely pleasurable. The ideal horror intro for fledgling genre fans – scary fun that definitely fills a hole. Read full review
80
The TelegraphMarc LeeSep 12, 2014
Director Joe (Gremlins) Dante delivers some terrific spine-tingling chills on the way towards a disappointingly overblown climax. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawSep 12, 2014
With playful touches of Spielberg, Shyamalan and even Hitchcock, veteran director Joe Dante has confected a neat little scary movie, not explicitly violent, but pretty scary nonetheless. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonSep 12, 2014
Dante plays the early scenes perfectly, racking up the clammy dread without tipping over into outright nastiness. But somewhere along the way, the tension dissipates. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubNathan RabinSep 12, 2014
Like earlier Dante classics The Gremlins and The Burbs, The Hole marries the fantastical, the horrific, and the mundane, but in this case, the fantastical isn’t that fantastic, the horrific isn’t scary, and the mundane is way too mundane. All the elements are here, they just don’t add up to a satisfying whole. Read full review
40
VarietyDerek ElleySep 12, 2014
Cool it may be, but scary (or even mildly shudder-inducing) it ain’t, even in 3-D. Read full review
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