The Hole (2001)

Directed by

Nick Hamm

Genre

drama film, horror film, teen film, thriller film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

R

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 902 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four teenagers escape their boarding school by hiding in an old underground bunker. But when their friend with the key abandons them, they find themselves trapped and descending into psychological turmoil.

tenseclaustrophobicpsychologically probingslow-burnominousdarkmysteriousbrooding

What happens

The Hole is a 2001 British psychological thriller film directed by Nick Hamm, based on the 1993 novel After the Hole by Guy Burt. The film stars Thora Birch, Desmond Harrington, Daniel Brocklebank, Laurence Fox, Keira Knightley, and Embeth Davidtz. Filmed in 2000, the film featured Thora Birch in the lead role which was attributed to her appearance in American Beauty (1999). It also marked Knightley's first major role in a feature film. The Hole was released in the United Kingdom on 20 April 2001 and grossed a total of $7.8 million. Dimension Films, which in October 2001 acquired the rights to distribute the film theatrically in the United States, never did so; it was instead released direct-to-video nearly two years later, by Dimension's then-fellow Disney subsidiary Buena Vista Distribution. The film was shot at Bray Studios and various locations around southern England, including Downside School in Somerset. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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