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John and the Hole

2021 · 103 min

A cold, unsettling slow-burn that keeps you at a distance, watching a family's quiet unraveling with mounting dread and detachment.

Overview: While exploring the neighboring woods, 13-year-old John discovers an unfinished bunker — a deep hole in the ground. Seemingly without provocation, he drugs his affluent parents and older sister and drags their unconscious bodies into the bunker, where he holds them captive. As they anxiously wait for John to free them from the hole, the boy returns home, where he can finally do what he wants.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, family, power, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
family
power
identity
betrayal
Places: suburbs
single country house
wilderness
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild