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A24’s ‘The Hole in the Ground’ Trailer Digs Up a Terrifying Imposter
While witches were hot in years past, child-themed horror is 2019. Not only do we have a remake of Pet Sematary arriving this April, but we also have Orion releasing The Prodigy in February. In the middle of it all is A24’s next horror title, The Hole in the Ground, about a child who vanishes into a sinkhole only to return…different.
The first official trailer arrived out of the UK ahead of this month’s premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Said to be in the vein of The Babadook, Lee Cronin’s horror film will then arrive exclusively on DIRECTV January 31, 2019, before opening in limited theaters on March 1, 2019.
In the film,
“Sarah and her young son Chris move to a new home in the Irish countryside, next to a forest that hides an enormous sinkhole. One night, Chris vanishes, and when he reappears he seems unharmed and unchanged. But, as his behavior grows increasingly disturbing, Sarah begins to fear that the boy who has returned may not be her son at all.
“The Hole in the Ground weaves suspense, terror, and supernatural folklore into a richly evocative story about the primal fears of motherhood.”
Seána Kerslake (A Date For Mad Mary) stars with James Cosmo, Kati Outinen, and James Quinn Markey.
In the wake of winning eight awards at the Japanese Academy Awards earlier this week, Toho’s box office hit Godzilla Minus One just became an Oscar winner tonight.
Godzilla Minus One has captured the Academy Award for “Best Visual Effects,” with artists Takashi Yamakazi, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi, and Tatsuji Nojima taking home the gold tonight. The film has become the very first Godzilla movie to win an Oscar, a huge win for Kaiju cinema that even John Carpenter is celebrating tonight.
Carpenter tweeted in the wake of the win, “Incredible! GODZILLA MINUS ONE wins an Academy Award for special effects. In my lifetime. Fantastic!”
Godzilla Minus One roared its way to over $106 million at the worldwide box office, with a home video release coming soon. A release date is expected in the coming weeks. Stay tuned.
GODZILLA IS AN OSCAR WINNER!!!
Incredible! GODZILLA MINUS ONE wins an Academy Award for special effects. In my lifetime. Fantastic!
— John Carpenter (@TheHorrorMaster) March 11, 2024
Toho’s Godzilla Minus One, written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, sees an already devastated post-World War II Japan facing a new threat in the form of Godzilla.
Matt Donato writes in his 4.5 star review for Bloody Disgusting, “Minus One is a blessing to Toho’s kaiju franchise and a towering accomplishment for the entire kaiju subgenre.”
The rave review continues, “After thirty-plus films and nearly seventy years, Toho confidently delivers one of their best Godzilla movies to date.”
The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, and Kuranosuke Sasaki, with music by Naoki Sato.
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