One of my film-loving goals in recent years has been to open my mind to horror movies. So far, I’ve really only watched films that are horror with a side of thriller, drama or mystery – and I’ve enjoyed all of them to varying degrees. For example, A Quiet Place (2017), Get Out (2017), and It (1990), to name just three, were fun, but the problem is that none of these movies are pure horror.

From co-writer and director Lee Cronin, The Hole In The Ground is categorised as purely a horror film and it’s about a young mother with a troubled past who’s trying to figure out whether the disturbing changes in her little boy are linked to an ominous sinkhole, deep in the forest close to her home.

I can’t say that The Hole In The Ground is a film I found scary. The fact that I watched it as daylight poured in through my window may have a little something to do with that. Even still, it had my attention in the beginning, but I soon found the whole experience to be ‘too much atmosphere and not enough story or scares or pay-off.’ The unconvincing appearance of some of the special effects also didn’t help matters.

I’d hoped that the questions presented in the trailer that piqued my interest would be fully answered. I really wanted to know what that hole was about and how it came to be, but I was given nothing. As a newbie to the genre, perhaps this lack of revelation/explanation is something I need to get used to. Hopefully I’m wrong.

Both Seána Kerslake and James Quinn Markey performed well. I just can’t say that I loved The Hole In The Ground.

Watch it if you, you know, absolutely must.

Happy Film loving,

G