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Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Mischa Redfern I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Leofwine_draca A highly disappointing children's horror film, especially so given the calibre of cult director Joe Dante. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that this is Dante's worst film, at least of the ones I've (usually) had the pleasure of watching so far.The big problem with THE HOLE is the script, written by the same guy who brought us VACANCY and VACANCY 2. It has the same paucity of imagination as either of those movies; I feel that the writer was brought up on the fun-filled adventures of the 1980s and tries to recapture the same spirit here, but despite flashes of inspiration the results never gel.Not that Dante doesn't try; indeed there are occasional glimpses of his old magic at work, but they're few and far between. The first half of the film is the best, a slow exercise in gradual build-up that benefits from a decent performance from the child actor Nathan Gamble. Unfortunately, that same slowness continues into the second half, where the promise of a spectacular denouement never arrives and it all ends in the most lacklustre way imaginable.The horror is limited to old tropes borrowed from the likes of POLTERGEIST and THE RING and there's no imagination to be found anywhere. The CGI effects are pretty poor and although I saw this in 2D it appeared that the 3D wasn't up to much either. Altogether a very poor effort from a usually reliable source.

shtove Basically it's a Disney plot for 12 year olds with a couple of scary bits to market it as a horror.The darkness in the bottomless Hole forces people to face up to their past. And of course in the end the heroes pull through, better for their experience.A lot of horror clichés - the abandoned fair ground, the spooky little girl (which was well done at first), people walking out of the shadowy basement when they should be running.I liked the actors, and the production had plenty of money behind it. But the story was confused, lacking a reason for this supernatural force and ending weakly as if it were all a dream. There was too much music to create effect, and the swing between horror and flippant comedy did not work.

gavin6942 A pair of brothers stumble upon a mysterious hole in their basement that leads to the darkest corridors of their fears and nightmares.Although most of the cast here is unknown, there are some great character actors: Bruce Dern as Creepy Carl and Dick Miller briefly as the pizza guy (I would have liked to see more, but at least he appeared -- a Dante film without Dick Miller just is not right).Certain aspects of the film I did not care for, as it felt too modern and not Dante's strongest work. The computer graphics on the clown were good, but not great, and I would rather have seen a practical effect. Also, the first several minutes of the film just seemed like any other movie and did not have the "Dante feel".I hate to be critical, though, because overall it is a pretty good film and really brings to mind some great 1980s horror films. Primarily "The Gate" (another hole to hell story), but just the concept of kids facing off against the bad guys. The 80s and early 90s were great for that, and it was nice to see Dante try to capture that here. Not sure it was completely successful, but still pretty good.

m-a-elsewhere A promising set-up with some sprightly, well-edited scripting by Mark L. Smith goes sadly awry in the movie's second half, degenerating into a series of contrived, loosely connected vignettes when each of the young protagonists must face separate horror scenarios. Hackneyed and lackluster, the result is depressingly reminiscent of HOUSE, TROLL, WAXWORK, and all such tepidly similar episodic monster flicks from back in the '80s. Director Joe Dante has since claimed that his intent was a return to "suburban horror" of 30 years ago; even if true, the movie would have been best left in its time capsule, wrapped in Hammertime harem pants.