

John and the Hole
While exploring the neighboring woods, 13-year-old John discovers an unfinished bunker — a deep hole in the ground. Seemingly without provocation, he drugs his affluent parents and older sister and drags their unconscious bodies into the bunker, where he holds them captive. As they anxiously wait for John to free them from the hole, the boy returns home, where he can finally do what he wants.
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5.4/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
- $25.4K
- Language
- English
- massachusetts
- bunker
- family relationships
- coming of age
- based on short story
- disturbed teenager
- internal conflict
- abduction
- family captivity
- psychological detachment
- emotional void
- parents under threat
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival29 Jan 2021
- Theatrical (limited)NR6 Aug 2021
- Digital / OTTNR6 Aug 2021
- PhysicalNR15 Mar 2022
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical (limited)158 Oct 2021
- Digital / OTT158 Oct 2021
BrazilBR
- Digital / OTT18VOD20 Dec 2021
FranceFR
- Theatrical (limited)Deauville Film Festival10 Sept 2021
- Digital / OTTVOD6 Apr 2022
- Digital / OTT10MyCanal13 Jun 2022
GermanyDE
- Physical1225 Aug 2022
IndonesiaID
- Digital / OTTSundance Film Festival: Asia26 Sept 2021
MexicoMX
- TheatricalC6 Aug 2021
PolandPL
- PremiereNew Horizons International Film Festival13 Aug 2021
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/166 Aug 2021
SpainES
- Theatrical1220 Dec 2021
SwedenSE
- Theatrical156 Aug 2021
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John and the Hole was released on 6 August 2021.
Audience reviews
3- M6/10
Manuel São Bento
1/30/2021
If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com This edition of Sundance has already delivered a few ambiguous, atmospheric films (Human Factors, In The Earth), but none has surprised or impacted me in a positive way so far. John and the Hole comes close to get a good reaction from me, but it also holds another massive bunker filled with way too many open questions…
- L6/10
Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
3/9/2021
“John and the Hole” has a maddening ambiguity that seems a whole lot like lazy storytelling rather than a well thought out narrative. Director Pascual Sisto‘s unsettling story of a 13-year-old who drugs his family and dumps them in an unfinished bunker in the woods is a nightmare tale of young teenage angst, and the film’s imperfections are partially what make it so interesting. John (Charlie Shotwell, in a chilli…
- J2/10
janandsteve
3/3/2024
I started watching this film ,I thought it was going to be good and interesting , but I had the keep fast forwarding it ,the end was a bit wierd they never asked him why he did it , overall was crap ! ! ,
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