The Hole in the Ground

The Hole in the Ground

Fear the familiar.

2019•1h 30m•5.6/10

Horror

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.6/10(734)

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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Production

Bankside Films, Wrong Men, Head Gear Films, Metrol Technology, Savage Productions, Made, Wild Atlantic Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

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

Sarah Hanly

Lil Jones

James Cosmo

James Cosmo

Des Brady

Kati Outinen

Kati Outinen

Noreen Brady

Bennett Andrew

Doctor

David Crowley

David Crowley

Teacher

John Quinn

John Quinn

Detective

Miro Lopperi

"It"

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