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The Hole in the Ground

2019Movie1 h 30 minR

Horror
63
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb5.7Letterboxd2.7/5Metacritic635.4Rotten Tomatoes83%48%

A slow-burning, tense horror movie about the mind and family.

Good for friends night · teens · drop-in friendly

Skip it if you need an uplifting mood · you want fast pacing

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Not for warmth, laughs or comfort.

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Story

Fear the familiar.

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.

Feels like

  • Irish Folk Horror
  • Psychological Thriller
  • Creeping Dread
  • Troubled Mother-Son Relationship
  • Rural Gothic Setting
  • Unsettling Atmosphere
  • Supernatural Mystery
  • Isolation and Paranoia

Cast

13 of 13

Crew

Directed by
Lee Cronin
Written by
Lee Cronin, Stephen Shields
Produced by
John Keville, Conor Barry
Music by
Stephen McKeon

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Facts

March 1, 2019 · 1 h 30 min · R

Released
March 1, 2019
Runtime
1 h 30 min
Age rating
R
Content
Disturbing Imagery
Genres
Horror
Original language
English
Made in
Belgium, Finland, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
Box office
$3 million
Available in
49 countries

Tropes

Don't Go in the Woods, Super-Strength, Offing the Offspring +9

  • Don't Go in the Woods
  • Super-Strength
  • Offing the Offspring
  • Driven to Madness
  • The Cloudcuckoolander Was Right
  • Mama Bear
  • Eye Scream
  • Sanity Slippage
  • Eye Motifs
  • The Unblinking
  • Out-of-Character Alert
  • Evil Sounds Deep

12 of 41 tropes. From TV Tropes.

Q&A

5 questions, like "Where can I stream The Hole in the Ground?"

Questions about The Hole in the Ground

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Where can I stream The Hole in the Ground?

HBO Max

In the United States, The Hole in the Ground streams on HBO Max. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, and Fandango At Home. It also streams in 19 other countries.

Is The Hole in the Ground worth watching?

63
DecentGoodWatch score

Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 63 (IMDb 5.7, Letterboxd 2.7 out of 5, Rotten Tomatoes 83%, and Metacritic 63). Critics rate it higher (73 out of 100) than audiences (53).

Will The Hole in the Ground scare me?

Not scaryTerrifying

At times: scares are rated 7 of 10.

Will I feel good after watching The Hole in the Ground?

BleakHopeful

Probably not: the title analysis rates it 8 of 10 for bleakness and 6 for melancholy, against 2 for hopefulness.

What tropes does The Hole in the Ground use?

Don't Go in the WoodsSuper-StrengthOffing the OffspringDriven to MadnessThe Cloudcuckoolander Was RightMama BearEye ScreamSanity SlippageEye MotifsThe UnblinkingOut-of-Character AlertEvil Sounds Deepand 29 more

TV Tropes lists 41 tropes for it, including Don't Go in the Woods, Super-Strength, and Offing the Offspring.