The Hole Page #3

Synopsis: Susan and her sons Dane and Lucas Thompson move from Brooklyn to Bensonville, in the countryside. Dane is upset with the constant changes of address and the family has lived in many cities. Lucas and Dane befriend their next door neighbor, the gorgeous Julie and the brothers find a bottomless hole in the basement of their house locked with several padlocks. They take the locks off and soon they are haunted by their darkest fears. Further, they believe that the hole might be a gateway to hell.
Director(s): Joe Dante
Production: Hole LLC.
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
PG-13
Year:
2009
92 min
$1,603,580
Website
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Maybe mom did it?

Yeah... like she could have just shoved this thing.

Or Satan's just pissed off.

We're just blocking his gateway to hell.

I bet he's strong.

Is that yours?

No.

Let's see how Satan

does with nails.

So... what do you do now?

I want to find out why the

hell's there's a hole in my basement.

That weird guy you said that lived here before?

Creepy Freddy? - Creepy Carl?

Yeah!

Where is this glove factory?

"Private Land", "No Trespassing"

It's locked.

Let's go home.

Somebody have done that before.

Yeah! That somebody always gets in trouble too.

It's Bensonville?

What are they gonna do? Send a cop?

So how do you know where'll we're going?

Bensonville is my playground, my friends.

Okay! So this Freaky Freddy dude...

- Creepy Carl.

Yeah! Whatever!

He's like crazy, right?

I guess...

Used to be pretty normal.

I don't know ... gone a little nuts!

We'll hear him screaming from next door.

And then one day he disappeared and moved out here.

You like?

Creepy Carl sure keeps it cold in here.

That is a lot of wattage.

Is that him?

Yeah...

Carl?

Carl?

Hi!

I'm Julie.

Remember me?

I see your name...

- Ya! I remember.

We're really sorry to bother you like this...

We just have to ask you about your old house.

What about it?

Let's just leave!

I'm... I'm Dane and the...

I live in the house now.

We found your hole and we...

You took the locks off?

- Yeah.

You can't take the locks off.

We're just trying to figure out where it leads or...

What... what's under there.

The Darkness!

It saw you! Didn't it?

Didn't it?

- No! We... we...

We saw a little girl okay. You can relax.

No, no. It saw you.

You shouldn't have done it. You shouldn't have opened it!

God dammit! Why did you open it!

Look, Okay. We just want to know,

if you build the hole...

And what's it about...

- Nobody build the hole!

The hole has been there since the world's first scream!

And now it's gonna come for us!

The darkness is gonna come for all of us!

It's coming for you!

Hey!

And it's gonna kill you.

Okay.

- It's coming for all of us!

ALL OF US !

It's coming for me.

The darkness will come?

What's that about?

I don't know.

I wish we hadn't talk to him.

What you guys do today?

Just hung out.

Yeah! Did you have fun?

Well! It doesn't seem like I'm the

only one who's gonna be doing the talking this evening.

What do you two feel about having the house to yourselves?

For a day or two?

Bad...

Well!

I've got an offer to go and do some training

in hospital thats out of town.

You know. So that I can get certified

so I can make some more money.

You got enough money.

Yeah! Not the way you've been eating lately sweetie.

Is a... that doctor going?

Yes, he will be there I believe.

We'll be fine.

You two can have lots of fun.

There will be other people there from the hospital. Dane.

Right.

- Yes! right.

- Why can't I come with you?

- Because we're trying answers for the staffs from the hospital.

Besides, I need someone here to keep

an eye on the house for me.

Don't want to keep an eye on the home.

Those are...

Ouch...

What is wrong?

- Nothing

We'll be fine. Have fun.

I can stay if you want me to Dane.

I don't want you to stay.

- Yeah, and you don't want me to go either. So...

What am I supposed to do?

I just don't get it.

After everythings that's happen and...

After what happened to Lucas,

it's just...

Not every man is your father.

How do you know?

Because you're not.

You're not an animal.

We can't be scared forever. Okay.

I'm not scared.

I'm not done!

Not yet!

I'm not done!

What are you looking for?

My sketchbook.

Maybe at Creepy Carl's.

Stay here.

Hello?

He's really gone?

Are you sure?

Yeah.

Maybe we should think of something else for a little while?

You can go swiming at my place.

C'mon get in Lucas.

Let's forget it for a little while.

This one kinda looks like a hand.

Whose hand?

C'mon, it's because you can. Boss.

Try and get your brother.

The biggest splash wins!

C'mon!

- Okay, okay.

Cute.

Ready?

Did you see that?

- Nice splash, man!

C'mon, Dane. This was supposed to help you

separate yourself about the hole.

I'm not worried about it. I'm just trying to figure it out.

Stop looking at that and play.

Or go home and jump in your hole.

Or you're scared you are going to lose.

Nice splash.

Who's just here?

Nobody.

They're probably just from my dad.

Yeah.

Charlie.

You're killing me.

Lucas!

Yeah okay.

You alright?

- The clown's in there.

The puppet. In the pool. It grabbed me.

Tried to pull me into the hole.

Kid. It's just your foot. Your foot

probably got stuck in the drain... - No!

It's in there.

It grabbed me.

It pulled me. Wouldn't let go.

- I'll take him home.

- I'm so sorry, Lucas.

- Hello?

- Hey, how is he?

He's been asleep since he got here.

Anything I can do?

No! I think I'm just gonna... you know let him sleep.

Hang out here a little bit.

Call me if you need anything. Okay?

Alright, thanks. Bye.

State Prison - New Jersey

Hello Boy

Shhh... Someone's in the house.

Stay here.

Dane...

Dane.

Hey, son.

What's your name?

Lucas.

- You come go down here, Lucas?

Are you the one that called?

My brother... I think.

He said somebody's in the house.

Did your brother said who it was?

I'm looking for this person. Right here.

That one there, on the right.

I don't want her to get hurt.

You think that's who your brother saw?

Hey! I thought I told you to stay here.

He's down there.

What?

- He gave me this!

Where are you going?

- What do you think?

You said the nails will keep it closed.

You said no one can come forward.

Julie...

My head got broken.

Daddy?

Don't let him hear you.

He'll make us go to bed.

I want to stay up and play.

Julie.

Save me, Julie.

Julie.

She can't be true, she can't be true,

she can't be true.

She... She's dead.

She can't be true

Who?

- Annie ... Annie Smith.

We used to be best friends.

We done everything together. And...

What happened?

I let her fall.

Julie!

I know what I have to do now.

Stay in the house!

- I don't want to stay in the house.

Just stay in the yard then.

Annie!

Julie!

Julie!

Julie, what are you doing?

Julie!

Oh, my god...

You got to be careful, Jul (Julie).

I know.

Sorry.

That's okay.

Just a ride, just like before.

You let me fall!

No!

Hang on!

Annie, hold on!

You should have saved me.

I know! I wanted to.

But you didn't. You just sat there crying!

Even when the policeman heard us, when he fell !

I tried.

I couldn't

You let me die!

I was scared.

Was so scared.

No more scared anymore?

No.

Not anymore.

That's good.

Julie!

Bye, Julie.

Lucas.

Dane?

Where are you?

In the basement. C'mon!

Dane?

I'm over here.

I was looking for you.

You want a piece of me?

Stop it!

Strike one!

I really don't like clowns.

I think it likes whatever you're afraid of.

What?

It's like you look in the hole,

and it knows you somehow.

It brings your fears to life.

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Mark L. Smith

He wrote and directed the 2006 film Séance, which won the Festival Prize at the Eureka Springs Digital Film Festival and the Horror Genre Award at ShockFest. Since then he has worked as a screenwriter. Smith's writing credits include the 2007 horror film Vacancy and its prequel, Vacancy 2: The First Cut, and the 2009 Joe Dante film, The Hole. Together with Alejandro González Iñárritu, he co-wrote The Revenant, based in part on the novel of the same name by Michael Punke. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy and Will Poulter. Shooting began in September 2014. The film was released on December 25, 2015. more…

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