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The Hole in the Ground

The Hole in the Ground

Fear the familiar.

20195.61h 30m

Overview

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.

Directed by Lee Cronin
Written by Lee Cronin, Stephen Shields
Produced by Conor Barry, John Keville
Box Office0Revenue: $3.4M

Top Cast

Seána Kerslake

Seána Kerslake

Sarah O'Neill

James Quinn Markey

James Quinn Markey

Chris O'Neill

Simone Kirby

Simone Kirby

Louise Caul

Steve Wall

Steve Wall

Rob Caul

Eoin Macken

Eoin Macken

Jay Caul

S

Sarah Hanly

Lil Jones

James Cosmo

James Cosmo

Des Brady

Kati Outinen

Kati Outinen

Noreen Brady

B

Bennett Andrew

Doctor

David Crowley

David Crowley

Teacher

Themes & Keywords

nightmareparanoiasonforestmistrustfolk horrorruraltown

About The Hole in the Ground

The Hole in the Ground is a horror film released in 2019 exploring themes of nightmare, paranoia, son, forest, mistrust, folk horror. Directed by Lee Cronin, it stars Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, Simone Kirby. 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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