We were also impressed with Lee Cronin’s wonderful visual sense. Recalling Neil Marshall’s work in The Descent, we see a beautiful sense of visual symbolism with colors and composition. Cronin knows what he is trying to imply and we get a sense of it straight away while other things are more subtle.
Is Chris an imposter, will Sarah ever uncover the truth, and how is this all related to the ever-sinking crater in the nearby woods? I can say that this is an entirely fulfilling movie that takes folklore and applies modern logic. The Hole In the Ground surprised me, took me on a fun ride, and returned me, almost unshaken. This was a brilliantly satisfying monster movie.
The Hole in the Ground (2019) Directed by Lee Cronin. Written by Lee Cronin, Stephen Shields. Starring Seána Kerslake, James Quinn Markey, Simone Kirby, Kati Outinen. The Hole in the Ground screened at 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
7 out of 10 stars
I thought for certain at the end as she watched her son on his bike that the old man was going to hit him with his car, I mean the last time she spoke with him she told him Chris wasn’t her son and his wife hit “their” son with her car.
This movie was gay and david green was not scared so it didn’t meet any expectations
So you’re saying that the movie was filled with mirth and joy, and yet, some random person named David Green (who apparently shares the same name as you!) “was not scared”? To me, this Green chap must not be very bright if he was expecting a “gay” lighthearted romp to be simultaneously scary.
Perhaps, in “not being scared”, Green is unwittingly, subconsciously admitting that such gayness is nothing to fear, and to that I say: judos, good sir, for your enlightened viewpoint!
Well as I understand it, the mirrors always show the truth, or so we’re told the mom who went crazy beleaved.
I thought for sure we’d see the footage from the video camera, but clearly it captired something terrible or inhuman.
So she takes the pictures in the end because supposedly it would revel if her son was real or not (DSLR cameras like the one she was using have a mirror inside that work with the lens to take a pic).
As for the head burrying, I don’t know. We should do some research into Irish mythology to see if there’s any symbolism.
Personally, I was expecting to find at the end that the son was real, but the fake mom had been the one to make it out of the hole… That the last shot would be of her without her scar.
SPOILERS:
Also its important to note the importance of the mirrors in this film. Notice how all the mirrors are covered at the funeral for the crazy lady. This could imply that the townspeople are all changelings. I then wondered if these mirrors would be uncovered later in the film when Sarah goes to show the video recordings she received to the crazy ladies husband(James Cosmo aka Jeor Mormoent lol). The husband stands in the kitchen and if you look closely it appears a mirror has been removed. There is a nail in the wall and black dust showing a spot where something hung on the wall. I am not sure if this imply he also is a changeling? Also the very starting scene of the film Sarah and Chris leave an amusement park which appears to be abandoned or at least that no one visits anymore. The parking lot is completely empty which makes me think the entire town stays away from this place because of all the mirrors in the fun house. They’re all clones even the teacher from the play and her friends!!!!!
Stupid movie.
Can someone please explain the ending of the movie? Whats with all the mirrors like the other lady? Why was her head buried? I cannot find any synoposis with spoilers to explain. Help!
Well as I understand it, the mirrors always show the truth, or so we’re told the mom who went crazy beleaved.
I thought for sure we’d see the footage from the video camera, but clearly it captired something terrible or inhuman.
So she takes the pictures in the end because supposedly it would revel if her son was real or not (DSLR cameras like the one she was using have a mirror inside that work with the lens to take a pic).
As for the head burrying, I don’t know. We should do some research into Irish mythology to see if there’s any symbolism.
Personally, I was expecting to find at the end that the son was real, but the fake mom had been the one to make it out of the hole… That the last shot would be of her without her scar.