# The Hole (2009)

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**Runtime**: 92 min
**Genres**: Thriller, Adventure, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Joe Dante
**Written by**: Mark L. Smith
**Starring**: Chris Massoglia, Nathan Gamble, Haley Bennett, Teri Polo, Bruce Dern, Quinn Lord

> *What Are You So Afraid Of?*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Basement floorboards. Summer dusk. A padlock. Two brothers and the girl next door find a dark abyss in their new home. Soon, waking nightmares stalk the children, each phobia crawling from the depths. Dante’s late-period kid-horror plays like a Goosebumps episode directed by Bava.

**Mood tags**: dread, outsider, playful

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