nightmare,paranoia,son,forest,mistrust,folk horror,rural,town

The Hole in the Ground (2019)

Poster for The Hole in the Ground

Fear the familiar.

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Lee Cronin
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    Sarah O'Neill Seána Kerslake
  • Profile picture of James Quinn Markey
    Chris O'Neill James Quinn Markey
  • Profile picture of Simone Kirby
    Louise Caul Simone Kirby
  • Profile picture of Steve Wall
    Rob Caul Steve Wall
  • Profile picture of Eoin Macken
    Jay Caul Eoin Macken
  • Profile picture of James Cosmo
    Des Brady James Cosmo
  • Profile picture of Kati Outinen
    Noreen Brady Kati Outinen
  • Profile picture of David Crowley
    Teacher David Crowley

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Keywords

  • nightmare
  • paranoia
  • son
  • forest
  • mistrust
  • folk horror
  • rural
  • town