Jon Plowman I can't believe I actually sat through this entire movie. What a total waste of time. I think it's the first horror I've ever seen that manages to be both completely boring, while simultaneously constructed almost entirely out of horror movie clichés: small town, check. Dysfunctional family moves into new home, check. Snotty kids, check. Distracted single mother, check. Precocious perky next-door teen girl, check. Creepy little dead girl, check. Creepy evil animated doll, check. Creepy old guy who knows too much, check. Complete failure to act intelligently around supernatural threat, check. About the only thing the film makers didn't use was the screaming cat trope. That's probably the only shock of the entire movie.Best moment of the movie: when Dane accidentally backs into Julie's boobs, and there's a resounding metallic CLANG on the soundtrack.Worst moment: most of the rest of the film could qualify, but probably the worst worst was the entirely flat performances in monotone voices from the cast during the climactic scenes. Oh, and Bruce Dern - who is less than Oscar material at his best - gets a Special Mention for the single worst performance of his career. Give it up, Bruce. It's time to retire, because you're just embarrassing yourself now.The direction was dull, the story trite and boring, the script poorly written with some truly atrocious dialogue, the music was awful, the performances from the entire cast were poor. The cinematography was undistinguished. The special effects weren't the worst part of the whole movie, which doesn't say much.If you're twelve and your parents don't mind you watching scary stuff, you might not find this a complete waste of time. If you're not twelve and you have a brain, you can do far better.

poe426 In the televersion of Stephen king's IT, we find that Pennywise the Clown (very well played by Tim Curry) is able to tap into and make manifest the deepest and darkest of childhood fears. It wasn't all that original an idea back then, and it's even less so after all these years- yet that's the gist of THE HOLE. This is Horror Light at its worst. There's not a single character worth investing in in this movie: all of the Child Actors come across as Child Actors as they recite some of the BLANDEST, most uninteresting lines ever spoken- and the kid called "Smooch" was the worst of the bunch. Bruce Dern (who was completely forgettable in another recent misfire, NEBRASKA) is just going through the motions in a bit part. The production values are impressive, indeed, but that's not enough to make this one worth the time it takes to get through it. Dante can do better.

TheMarwood The Hole took years to find a US distributor, which Dante attributes to a saturated 3D market - where his small film never had a chance, but regardless of what dimension it's playing in, it's not very good. It feels like it's made for television and looks cheap and the over lit digital cinematography murders any atmosphere. Chris Massoglia is an unappealing lead and is out shined by the young Nathan Gamble. The film would have probably worked better if the leads were both around 10 years old, as an older teen keeping the plot of the movie away from his mom is too silly. Here and there The Hole ratchets up a few scenes of tension, but the last act suffers from a rushed 'face your fears' end and the results are hokey and about as frightening as a Goosebumps episode. Not a good return to the director's chair for Dante.

nightcrawlercyp One of the best movies I saw lately. The only reason I do not give a full 10 points is that the end of the movie seemed hurried. Seeing the long intro, they could have added an extra 30 minutes.It has been said before but the idea is great. It reminds a bit of Freddy Krueger and a lot of "They" and resides primarily on one question: What if your fears would become real? And when we grow up we are told that monster do not really exist, and that the only monsters hold an human face. The reality is that even if monsters exist or not as an adult you are trained to ignore them. It is PAP (Problem of Another Person). It is similar in a way to the idea from the anime Melody of Oblivion. As I said great movie, but this idea could have been exploited much better.