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The Hole in the Ground

The Hole in the Ground

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The Hole in the Ground

"Fear the familiar."

2019

1h 30m

5.7(775 votes)

Horror

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.

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Production Companies

Bankside Films

Wrong Men

Head Gear Films

Metrol Technology

Savage Productions

Made

Wild Atlantic Pictures

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Wallimage

VOO

BeTV

BNP Paribas Fortis

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland

Finnish Film Foundation

Cutting Edge Group

YLE

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Seána Kerslake

Seána Kerslake

Sarah O'Neill

James Quinn Markey

James Quinn Markey

Chris O'Neill

James Cosmo

James Cosmo

Des Brady

Kati Outinen

Kati Outinen

Noreen Brady

Simone Kirby

Simone Kirby

Louise Caul

Steve Wall

Steve Wall

Rob Caul

David Crowley

David Crowley

Teacher

Eoin Macken

Eoin Macken

Jay Caul

Sarah Hanly

Lil Jones

Andrew Bennett

Andrew Bennett

Doctor

Creative team

Directed by: Lee Cronin
Written by: Lee Cronin
Stephen Shields
Produced by: Conor Barry
John Keville

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