The Hole

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.

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Joe Dante directed The Hole in 2009. See Joe Dante's full filmography, where to start with Joe Dante, or where to go after you've seen everything by Joe Dante.

The Hole was released in 2009 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 92 minutes.