The Hole in the Ground

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Movie
Original title The Hole in the Ground
Country of production Ireland , Belgium , Finland
original language English
Publishing year 2019
length 91 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Lee Cronin
script Lee Cronin,
Stephen Shields
production Conor Barry , John Keville
music Stephen McKeon
camera Tom Comerford
cut Colin Campbell
occupation

The Hole in the Ground is a horror - thriller by Lee Cronin , who in January 2019 as part of the Sundance Film Festival made its debut and was released in Germany on 2 May of 2019.

action

Sarah O'Neill tries to escape her broken past and builds a new life with her young son Chris on the outskirts of a rural town in the hinterland. An unpleasant encounter with a mysterious neighbor throws Sarah into an insane nightmare of paranoia and distrust.

production

The Irish-Finnish-Belgian co-production was directed by Lee Cronin , who also wrote the script with Stephen Shields .

Tom Comerford acted as cameraman . The film music was composed by Stephen McKeon . The soundtrack, which comprises a total of 28 pieces of music, was released for download by Varese Sarabande on March 1, 2019.

A first trailer was presented in January 2019. The film was presented for the first time on January 25, 2019 as part of the Sundance Film Festival , where it was shown in the Midnight section. On March 1, 2019, the film hit cinemas in the UK and select US theaters. At the end of April 2019 it was presented at the Crossing Europe Film Festival in Linz. A theatrical release in Germany took place on May 2, 2019. In July 2019, the film will be shown at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival . A24 is responsible for sales .

reception

Age rating

In the USA, the film received an R rating from the MPAA , which corresponds to a rating of 17 and over. In Germany, the film was approved by the FSK from the age of 16. The statement of reasons for the release states: “The story is told with numerous typical elements of the genre and initially creates a dark and mysterious atmosphere on a realistic basis before the events escalate. Some moments of shock and the intense threat scenario can irritate and frighten under 16-year-olds, especially since the main characters invite identification. "

Reviews

So far, the film has received a rather positive rating from 85 percent of all Rotten Tomatoes critics .

Chris Evangelista from Slashfilm writes that The Hole in the Ground joins a long tradition of scary children's films, with one of the scariest movie kids of all time.

Sascha Westphal from epd Film writes that restraint is definitely not Lee Cronin's thing. The Irish filmmaker is always betting on the greatest possible effect, and everything, even the most insignificant remark, becomes a sign of an ominous threat. It is no coincidence that the film once said that mirrors cannot lie, because they reveal the true face of a person or of a changeling , a mistaken and thus angry child. Cronin's film resembles the distorting mirror on the fairground and disfigures the psychological aspects of the story as well as the mythical-fairy-tale-like, according to Westphal: “Does Sarah suffer from so-called Capgras syndrome , a mental illness that makes people believe that one of their closest relatives is a stranger and a swindler? Or should the Irish horror tales of changeling and thus of a dark power that robs children and replaces them with soulless copies, after all, not be legends? "Cronin plays with both possibilities, but ultimately he does not take any seriously:" The uncertainty becomes a game the audience, which he is constantly manipulating with his gimmicky staging. Only the manipulations are so obvious that their effect evaporates immediately. "

Christian Horn from the Kino Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kino writes how the film takes up social fears like the best representatives of the genre, here in the form of a mother who develops a downright disgust for her boy. Director Lee Cronin is knitting it into an atmospheric horror piece. He's not reinventing the genre's wheel, but the film works as a gripping psycho trip, which draws a lot of tension because it leaves the background open. The fact that a satisfactory resolution is missing in the end is bearable, says Horn: “First, the indeterminate usually inspires more fear than the explainable, and second, Cronin succeeds in creating a cutting atmosphere, even without scenes of violence, in which the protagonist's discomfort grips the audience. "

Awards

Irish Academy Awards 2020

  • Nomination for Best Film 2019
  • Nomination for Best Director ( Lee Cronin )
  • Nomination for Best Actress ( Seána Kerslake )
  • Nomination for Best Cinematography ( Tom Comerford )
  • Nomination for Best Film Editing (Colin Campbell)
  • Nomination for Best Film Music (Stephen McKeon)
  • Nomination for Best Equipment (Conor Dennison)

Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival 2019

  • Nomination for the Narcisse as best feature film in the international competition (Lee Cronin)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for The Hole in the Ground . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 187955 / K). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ https://www.tt.com/ticker/15580707/the-hole-in-the-ground-horror-um-kleinen-buben
  3. ↑ https://filmmusicreporter.com/2019/02/28/the-hole-in-the-ground-soundtrack-details/
  4. ↑ https://thefilmstage.com/trailer/sundance-film-festival-2019-trailer-round-up/
  5. ↑ Clarisse Loughrey: Sundance Film Festival line up: Highlights from Ted Bundy to documentaries about Harvey Weinstein and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. In: independent.co.uk, November 30, 2018.
  6. ^ The Hole in the Ground. In: cineuropa.org. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  7. ↑ Start dates in Germany. In: insidekino.com. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
  8. ↑ https://variety.com/2018/film/news/a24-directv-acquire-sundance-horror-thriller-the-hole-in-the-ground-exclusive-1203080039/
  9. ↑ https://www.spio-fsk.de/?seitid=2737&tid=469&Vers=1&FGID=4989
  10. ^ The Hole in the Ground. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved August 17, 2019. Note: The Tomatometer at Rotten Tomatoes shows what percentage of the registered critics gave the film a positive rating.
  11. ↑ https://www.slashfilm.com/the-hole-in-the-ground-review/
  12. ^ Sascha Westphal: The Hole in the Ground. In: epd film.
  13. ^ Christian Horn: The Hole in the Ground. In: programmkino.de. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  14. ↑ Niall Murphy: IFTA Film & Drama Awards Nominations Announced for 19/20. In: scannain.com, July 14, 2020.
  15. ^ The Hole in the Ground. In: nifff.ch. Retrieved July 6, 2019.