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The Hole in the Ground

2019 · 90 min

A slow-burning, atmospheric horror that burrows under your skin with creeping dread and a mother's escalating paranoia.

Directed by
Lee Cronin
Genres
Horror
Starring
Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, James Cosmo
Tagline
Fear the familiar.
Overview
Trying to escape her broken past, Sarah O’Neill is building a new life on the fringes of a backwood rural town with her young son Chris. A terrifying encounter with a mysterious neighbour shatters her fragile security, throwing Sarah into a spiralling nightmare of paranoia and mistrust, as she tries to uncover if the disturbing changes in her little boy are connected to an ominous sinkhole buried deep in the forest that borders their home.

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  • Amazon Prime Video
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Directed by
Lee Cronin
Genres
Horror
Starring
Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, James Cosmo
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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • isolation
  • fate
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror8
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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