
The Hole in the Ground
2019 · Movie · R · 90 min · ★ 5.7
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.
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-03-01
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 90 min
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (755 votes)
Themes
- nightmare
- paranoia
- son
- forest
- mistrust
- folk horror
- rural
- town
Cast & crew

Seána Kerslake
as Sarah O'Neill

James Quinn Markey
as Chris O'Neill

James Cosmo
as Des Brady

Kati Outinen
as Noreen Brady

Simone Kirby
as Louise Caul

Steve Wall
as Rob Caul

David Crowley
as Teacher

Eoin Macken
as Jay Caul
- SH
Sarah Hanly
as Lil Jones

Andrew Bennett
as Doctor
Directed by Lee Cronin