The Hole in the Ground

About The Hole in the Ground

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…

The Hole in the Ground (2019) is a horror film directed by Lee Cronin. At 90 minutes long, it arrived in March 2019.

Its themes are nightmare, paranoia, folk horror, and son.

Seána Kerslake appears as Sarah O'Neill, James Quinn Markey as Chris O'Neill, James Cosmo as Des Brady, and Kati Outinen as Noreen Brady. The screenplay is by Lee Cronin and Stephen Shields. Production companies include BeTV, BNP Paribas Fortis, and Cutting Edge Group. American members can watch it on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel.

Blair Witch Project, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and The Blair Witch Project make useful companions to The Hole in the Ground, all filed under forest and supernatural. TMDB voters put it at 5.7 out of 10 across 782 votes and it carries a R rating.