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The Hole in the Ground (2019)

The Hole in the Ground poster
Directed by
Lee Cronin
Genre
horror film, thriller film
Country
United Kingdom, Finland, Belgium, Ireland
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 761 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mother moves with her young son to a rural house near a forest. She starts to suspect that his disturbing behavior is connected to a sinkhole in the woods and the strange presence inside it.

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What happens

The Hole in the Ground is a 2019 supernatural horror film, directed by Lee Cronin, and written by Cronin and Stephen Shields. It stars Seána Kerslake, James Cosmo, Simone Kirby, Steve Wall, and James Quinn Markey. It follows a woman who begins to suspect that her son's disturbing behaviour is linked to a mysterious sinkhole and the otherworldly beings who dwell within it. It is a semi re-make of the 1981 Canadian horror film The Pit. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 25 January 2019, and was released in the UK and Ireland on 1 March. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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