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.
| Tagline | Fear the familiar. |
| Release Date: | Mar 01, 2019 |
| Genres: | Horror |
| Production Company: | Bankside Films, Wrong Men, Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology, Savage Productions, Made, Wild Atlantic Pictures, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, Wallimage, VOO, BeTV, BNP Paribas Fortis, Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Finnish Film Foundation, Cutting Edge Group, YLE |
| Production Countries: | Belgium, Finland, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Casts: | Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, James Cosmo, Kati Outinen, Simone Kirby, Steve Wall, David Crowley, Eoin Macken, Sarah Hanly, Andrew Bennett, John Quinn |
| Status: | Released |
| Budget: | $0 |
| Revenue: | 3373474 |
Both leads deserve props, but I don't think the thing really vibes for me. I've seen it done before, a lot, and I don't think anyone's ever really nailed it. _The Hole in the Ground_ doesn't change my mind on that, and the whole thing starts to feel very familiar by the half-way point. I appreciated _The Hole in the Ground_, but I don't think I can recommend it. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._
