Sunday, October 20, 2024

31 Days of 2024 Horror - Day 20 - Hell Hole (2024)

  This movie is just okay until about the one hour mark where it suddenly morphs into pure hilarity.  Content warning: heavy gore, dead animal (horse), attempted suicide (gun)

An American fracking company in Serbia has been frustrated by both inclement weather washing out the road so they can't get their equipment to the site and by bureaucracy in the form of a pair of scientists making sure they don't disturb an endangered species.  They are finally given the okay to drill and immediately discover something organic beneath the soil, something that has been lying in wait since the previous century.

The CGI is janky, the dialogue isn't great, and the performances are pretty mid for about two-thirds of the movie.  I completely understand if that is too much time to spend before it gets good.  At no point is it unwatchable, but it is definitely C-list material until the third act. 

Readers, I laughed so hard I threw my back out.  Wild, shrieking, uncontrollable, bog-witch-in-the-night howls of laughter.  I encourage you to go in blind, like I did, but if you need more convincing, **SPOILERS FOLLOW** it's basically "what if unwanted pregnancy, but a man?" and post-Roe, it is very funny to see men react to the arguments women have heard for years.  **END SPOILERS**  It will definitely not be for everyone but if you like your horror monsters on the foam rubber side, gratuitous splatter gore, and an explicit reason why you never go ass-to-mouth, give Hell Hole a shot.  It's currently streaming on Shudder.

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