It's a terrifying story of a woman named Sarah O'Neill trying to escape her broken past. Sarah is trying to build a new life on the outskirts of a rustic backyard town with her young son Chris, and perhaps that place will be so bad that a terrifying encounter with a mysterious neighbor will break her fragile security with her son. In the end, Sarah seems to be living a terrifying nightmare of mistrust and distrust in that terrifying place near the surrounding forest.
24 May 1948, Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
17 August 1961, Helsinki, Finland
March 05, 2019
Well-edited set pieces... this gave me the creeps.
February 28, 2019
[T]his is an impressive feature debut for a filmmaker with more in mind than just monsters and jump-scares.
February 28, 2019
"The Hole in the Ground" has memorable images... But the visuals serve an emotional world that feels false.
March 01, 2019
The Hole in the Ground never seeks to differentiate itself from the established horror movie aesthetic: we get creepy jangling lullaby music, a decrepitly old hooded women mumbling to herself ominously, bare feet on creaking wooden floors, broken mirrors.
February 26, 2019
The Hole In The Ground finds a somewhat fresh angle on the possessed-kid subgenre.
March 04, 2019
For the most part, Hole In The Ground is a clever, lean, well-made and nicely photographed chiller, its tone and direction remarkably assured.
March 04, 2019
The camera loves Kerslake, and the actress excels as she stumbles between thinking she is going mad and that her son is possessed.
March 04, 2019
It's not groundbreaking and will appeal to horror fans mostly, but Kerslake, and the excellent Quinn Markey, give it a dramatic centre.
March 05, 2019
Great visual effects and acting by Brie Larson make for an enjoyable watch that embraces a confident and smart woman character, something rarely seen in this genre.
March 04, 2019
Cronin shoots like a veteran, with buckets of Hollywood style. It's just not, in the nicest possible way, very original.
February 28, 2019
A film operating at a suspenseful, spider-like creep that allows it to skirt your defences and get some distance under the skin.
January 31, 2019
[W]hile this is more generically conventional than Jennifer Kent's breakout thriller, it still taps potently into parental anxieties and primal fears.

