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After moving to a new town and into a new house, brothers Dane and Lucas (Chris Massoglia and Nathan Gamble) discover there's a hidden trap door in their basement that appears to be covering a bottomless pit. After trying to work out what's in it with the neighbour girl Julie (Haley Bennett), they decide to leave it for the night, forgetting to re-bolt the locks. Soon, whatever was residing within escapes into their house and starts to use their worst nightmares against them.

With The Hole, Dante has created a fun family adventure that's also a terrifying experience for adults; like an unholy cross between Honey, I Shrunk The Kids and Poltergeist, all mixed together in some huge dark void. The Hole feeds on Dane, Julie and Lucas' deepest fears, releasing horrible panda-eyed little shoeless girls and a rather disturbing jester puppet. I believe the medical term for a fear of clowns is Coulrophobia, and if you're a sufferer, this really isn't the film for you.

After drawing on the regular Dante staples of teen romance and disturbing family trauma, the film's big finale (which brings to mind Dante's segment from the Twilight Zone movie) does fail to deliver on the initial set-up. The Hole may often work as a straight horror movie, but it is aimed at kids so it was never going to be too traumatic. However, with its creepy realisation of basic horrors and disturbing visions, The Hole will succeed in scaring the bejeezus out of kids, and may just prove equally as effective to those of a nervous disposition.
A wholly satisfying family adventure with plenty of scares along the way.
Verdict
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