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The Hole in the Ground (Blu-ray) [2019] [Region Free]
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Trying to escape her broken past, Sarah O’Neill (Seána Kerslake) is building a new life on the fringes of a backwood rural town with her young son Chris (James Quinn Markey). 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. Bonus Feature Inside the Hole in the Ground
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- Package Dimensions : 6.77 x 5.43 x 0.71 inches; 2.82 Ounces
- Media Format : Blu-ray
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : Universal Pictures UK
- ASIN : B07R3X72KL
- Best Sellers Rank: #171,672 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #4,815 in Horror (Movies & TV)
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The cinematography for this movie is absolutely stellar, especially for a horror. Not only does the film know how to set up a frame, but the lighting is really good (except for the climactic scene, which should not have been so dark. I understand the decision, but it didn't fit with the films overall quality and tone). I usually get incredibly angry at horror movies for utilizing darkness TOO much, so much that you can't see the actors or the setting. This movie does a good job of that, you're not forced to squint to see what the hell is happening (again, except for the climactic scene, but it's the only instance where you feel confused as to what's going on.) it is otherwise beautifully shot and sets an unsettling tone right from the get-go. Immediately starting this film, us as viewers are looking right into discomfort simply in the very slight yellow tint to the frame, but also the clarity of the shot. Any good cinematographer knows that when creating a creepy tone, the two best ways to do this are to set the frame up perfectly, except just the slightest off balance. Too much off balance and it's noticeable, it's forced, but if you're just barely off, the viewer knows immediately that something is wrong, but they can't quite figure it out... This movie does a great job of that.
I don't have completely stellar praises to sing of the actors, but I have no gripes either. There could have been a bit more emotion from our protagonist, but I think it often worked in the films favor, especially since the better part of the film is challenging the viewer to wonder is she crazy or is there really something going on. Which leads me to the plot!
I'll admit, creepy kid, creepy old lady, slight cliche's, but I definitely felt that this film handled those small cliche's much better than other films I've seen. Chris isn't creepy most of the time, and when he is, you quickly realize that Sara is hallucinating frequently, and it's hard to tell what's real and what's in her head. It's brilliantly done and challenges the viewer to wonder what is really going on.
The story telling itself is SOLID. I think that telling the audience Sara's husband was abusive the way they did was really good. If you didn't catch the smaller details, they still made it clear, but they never once say it. It's a detail that also adds to the debate, is Sara crazy or is her son really a monster? She's a paranoid abuse victim, undoubtedly suffering from PTSD, and her son does one aggressive thing and she panics. Seeing her throw out the anxiety meds adds to that debate too, knowing that she's suffering and ignoring the help she's receiving.
I think that this concept is really simple, but it's good, and it's executed well. Perhaps my favorite part is that this horror movie does the BEST thing it can, and is advice I've heard only real horror geeks say : don't show your monster. Now, this doesn't mean literally don't show the monster, although films can be very effective that way, but what it means is that you don't try to logically explain the monster. When you explain it, the viewers suspension of disbelief is popped, ruined, broken. When the viewer knows what is happening, then the movie just becomes the viewer yelling at the screen for the characters to be smarter. They're not scared anymore. But with films like this, you're forced to endure the same events as Sara, wondering what the truth is, even at the end you recognize her paranoia has consumed her and will consume her for her entire life. It's a thrilling conclusion that leaves things up to the imagination, exactly like a good horror film does.
Now, spoiler warning, because my only gripes with the film are that, as aforementioned, the climactic fight between her and the fake son in the basement is very dark and has poor film quality to it. But it's not the only piece of the climax, which definitely makes up for it. The first fight isn't dimly lit at all, and it makes you wonder if Sara is hallucinating again. The underground scene is better lit than the basement fight, and is actually a far better climax to the movie, as it keeps with the tone of the film prior to the reveal. Seeing Sara's face quietly staring up at her is eerie, creepy, and perfect for what this film set up.
Spoiler warning again, My only other gripe with this movie, the only thing that really gets my goat, is that the old womans head is buried in the dirt when she is found dead. It just ruins the reveal if you're paying any attention. It's not a cardinal sin, it just messes up the mystique just a little. It was a good shot, and there's ways to explain it besides the monster killing her, as the old woman had been a bit nutty and she might have buried her own head, or you could pretend that anyways. It was just a small detail that messed up my experience.
But ultimately? This is a really good movie. It's well shot, it's well written, it's got good actors, and the ending is perfect. It's not freedom and safety, it's a life of paranoia, which is the best possible conclusion this film could have and ideally how my favorite horror movies end. A conclusive conclusion for a horror movie is boring, don't show me the monster getting back up or another shark or whatever it may be, but don't kill off everything and leave me happy and safe. Horror should leave you feeling satisfied but uneasy, and this film achieves that beautifully. I do really highly recommend it.
The mother was very convincing. She is a capable actress, and playing a female lead in the kind of roles I wish we saw more: this wasnt J Lo all dolled up, studying Vincent Donofrio's mind with her 1st grade acting, trying to convince us she is a Harvard psychiatrist. NO, this was Sigourney Weaver circa Alien, taking on the baddies on its own turf. Not a supermodel with fake tits in spandex wielding a 50 CAL BAR, nope, this was a real woman. With a real woman's body. And a real woman's independence and heart. People need to talk more about this role, but instead everybody is shitting bricks over Lady GaGa trying and mega-failing to "act", blyuck.
The kid was ok. He is basically your standard Hollywood precocious Hale Joel Osmont clone. You wont want to smack him a good one, but nevertheless you wont care much for him in either carnation, boggart-monster or dimwit kid.
Watch the movie. It's good. $5 rental good. Hollywood should put these writers with James Camerons money, and then we have something. That hack ruins so many of his movies with that "only-this-white-man-can-save-us" and the overbearing military themes and weak writing he insists on doing himself. Avatar 2 and 3? Who in heck cares any more?
This is a real movie. This is not for the Michael Bay drones.
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The ending: SPOILER ALERT!!!!! due to likely budget constraints, they left the details of the final escape to ambiguity, a fade-to-black with a squelch sound. So I am writing what probably happened, for those that were upset and feel cheated:
"Mama Bear drags her unconscious son to the entrance of the cave, but the entrance is tight, and she must turn around to exit. As she maneuvers to turn, the boggart grabs her. It uses its mystical mudman powers to copy Mama Bear's DNA, and it clones her body. This process is difficult, and it has left the boggart in a semi-cartiligenous state. The boggart is SUPER-STRONG, but its bones have not hardened yet. Mama Bear squeezes the heck out of the arm of the boggart and it SQUELCHES as the bone squirts to jelly. Next mama Bear in a rage squeezes the Boggarts head until it pops like a head in Scanners, and this is all the more horrifying because Mamma Bear, filthy and muddy, is killing a perfect naked clone of herself.
Then Mamma Bear throws down the corpse and runs from the cave entrance with her son."
This would have been expensive to film, killing a naked CGI clone of yourself in a cramped tunnel.
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"Hole in the Ground" ist ein Film des irischen Regisseurs Lee Cronin, bei dem sich - ähnlich wie Nicholas McCarthys "Prodigy" die Mutter fragt, wer ihr Sohn wirklich ist. Denn sie bemerkt eine Veränderung an ihm und damit wird auch der große 50er Jahre ScienceFiction Horror "Die Dämonischen" zitiert, in dem sich die Menschen im Umfeld auch plötzlich verändern, obwohl sie genauso aussehen wie vorher. Aber das Gefühl ist da, dass die Eltern nicht die richtigen Eltern sind oder der Onkel ein ganz anderer ist, obwohl sich sein Aussehen überhaupt nicht verändert hat.
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So geht es der jungen Mutter Sarah 0`Neill (Seana Kerlake), die mit ihrem Jungen Chris (James Quinn Markey) aufs Land zieht, um ein neues Leben ohne Mann zu beginnen. Der Junge hat Fragen, warum der Vater nicht dabei ist und man merkt ihm seine Anspannung etwas an. Doch die Mom verspricht ihrem Sohn, dass nun alles besser wird. Ausserdem wird er bald neue Freunde an der neuen Schule finden. Das gemietete Hause befindet sich etwas ausserhalb des Dorfes, ganz nah am Wald und am Tag des Einzugs baut Sarah fast einen Unfall, denn sie hat eine kleine alte Frau (Kati Outinen), die auf der Straße stand fast überfahren. Die alte Frau ist ganz in schwarz gekleidet, murmelt undeutlich ein paar Worte und fixiert Chris, der im Auto sitzt. Ein weiteres Treffen mit der Frau wird noch grusliger...denn sie behauptet schreiend, dass Chris nicht der Sohn von Sarah ist. Vom Ehemann (James Cosmo) der verwirrten Alten erfährt Sarah, dass Noreen - so heißt die Alte - dasselbe auch von ihrem eigenen Sohn behauptete. Der Junge kam vor Jahren bei einem Unfall ums Leben, aber vorher war Noreen der felsenfesten Meinung, dass das Kind "ein Schwindler" wäre.
Bald hat auch Sarah dieses Gefühl. Leidet die Frau vielleicht am sogenannten Capgras-Syndrom oder aber ist tatsächlich etwas mit Chris geschehen, als er für kurze Zeit in den Wald lief und sich dort versteckte ?
Dieser Frage geht der Film nach und er erfindet natürlich damit das Rad des Horrorfilms nicht neu. Aber der Regisseur war klug genug den Schwerpunkt auf Suspence und unheimliche Stimmung zu legen und die obligatorischen Schockeffekte wegzulassen. Stattdessen wird der Zuschauer in einer Balance gelassen, in dem beide Varianten "Mutter dreht durch" oder "Sohn ist böse" gleich stark vertreten sind. Obwohl der Junge nicht unbedingt Anlass gibt ein Teufel zu sein, glaubt dies die Mutter durch ihre Beobachtungen. Aber entspringen diese Bilder vielleicht ihrer Krankheit ? Das Ende liefert die Lösung, weil sie in eine Richtung tendiert. Aber ein Spiegel könnte diese Wahrheit dann doch wieder kippen. Denn wie sagte die verrückte Noreen "Im Spiegel erkennt man die Wahrheit" und so lässt auch der Regisseur sein "Hole in the Ground" offen für weitere Spekulation.
"The Hole in the Ground" bietet schon etwas für Horror-Fans, die es ruhiger mögen, kleine Schockmomente, bisschen Dunkelheit, eine verwirrte alte Dame und ein Kind, welches anscheinend nicht mehr das eigene ist, nachdem es im Wald in ein riesiges Loch fiel, wobei hier gänzlich fehlt, was der Krater da macht. Man kann spekulieren, es möge ein Asteroid gewesen sein, aber dann wäre alles Drumherum im Eimer (siehe "Tunguska"). Erst zur Mitte baut sich mehr auf in dem Film, aber dennoch plätscherte mir das zu sehr und die Auflösung habe ich irgendwie geahnt.
Zudem finde ich es immer bewundernswert, daß Menschen, um etwas auszulöschen in diesen Filmen auch mal gerne ihr ganze Hab und Gut abfackeln, um dann wegzufahren, aber am Ende wieder alles top zu haben. ;) Aber das ist genauso legendär wie der Satz "Wir müssen hier raus!" in einem Horrorfilm.
Um kurz einzunorden, was für mich in der letzten Zeit an Horrorfilmen sehenswert war- "Dark Web", aber angeschaut ohne Anspruch, nett, "Hereditary"- sehr gut und auch ein bisserl sehr blutig- eben wie ein gutes Steak.
Was gar nicht ging- "St. Agatha" (bin zweimal eingeschlafen), "Insidious 4" (lahm), "The Nun" (das Schlimmste, was man einem bieten kann in dem Genre) und "Wish upon". Dies nur damit man sieht, was mich anspricht im Bezug auf diese Bewertung.
Wie gesagt, für alle Menschen, die schnell erschrecken, die es lieber etwas sanfter mögen- sicher ein guter Film- für langjährige Horror-Fans, die es auch mal etwas fieser mögen, eher nicht.
Na ja. Die Geschmäcker sind eben verschieden, aber es erklärt sich für mich von alleine, wenn ich diese pamphletartigen 1-Sterne-Rezensionen lese und mirdann vorstelle, wer sich da wohl berufen fühlte, zu schreiben (Meistens sowieso nur 1 Satz ...).
Wer geneigt ist, sich einen erzählerisch ruhigen Grusel- bzw. wohl eher Mysteryfilm anzusehen, liegt nicht so falsch. Wir fanden die Handlung durchaus passabel und wurden gut unterhalten. Aber ein Überflieger ist der Film sicher nicht.
Bild ist OK; der Ton leider recht zurückhaltend und recht frontlastig. Leider kaum Surroundatmosphäre, was bei einem solchen Film ja nicht unwichtig ist. Vereinzelt knarzt oder raschelt es mal, aber das war es dann schon.
Zum Schluss kommen kurz Erinnerungen an The Descent auf (aber natürlich nicht so blutig ...). Das sind dann auch die wenigen wirklichen Gruselmomente; aber dann auch gut gemacht.
Insgesamt für mich ein guter Film dieses Genres: 4 Sterne von mir dafür.