The Hole in the Ground

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Synopsis

Parental paranoia takes terrifying form in this horror thriller. Sarah (Seána Kerslake) and her young son Chris (James Quinn Markey) are looking at a new phase in their lives when they move to a new home in rural Ireland. Their house is next to a forest, which doesn't seem too ominous — but a large sinkhole opens in a clearing hidden within.

When Chris vanishes one night, Sarah fears that he has ventured into the forest and stumbled into the sinkhole. Then the boy reappears, apparently unharmed — until he begins to exhibit unusual and increasingly disturbing behavior. Is this the same Chris who disappeared, or has he been replaced by some sort of double?

Cast

  • Seána Kerslake
  • James Quinn Markey
  • Simone Kirby
  • Steve Wall
  • Eoin Macken
  • Sarah Hanly
  • James Cosmo
  • Kati Outinen
  • Bennett Andrew
  • David Crowley

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Metacritic

80
Feb 28, 2019

It always finds new, invariably cinematic ways to nudge us towards its final leap into the abyss. Cronin feels like a real find for our especially insecure moment.

Metacritic review by Mike McCahill
Mike McCahill
The Guardian
67
Feb 26, 2019

Parental anxiety has long been fertile ground for horror, going back to The Bad Seed and The Exorcist, and The Hole In The Ground finds a somewhat fresh angle on the possessed-kid subgenre.

Metacritic review by Mike D'Angelo
Mike D'Angelo
The A.V. Club
50
Jan 29, 2019

This is a story that errs toward the familiar instead of embracing strangeness, its freaky kid becoming the distraction when you just want more time with the hole in the ground.

Metacritic review by Nick Allen
Nick Allen
RogerEbert.com