The Hollow (2015)

Something happens when Sarah, Marley and Emma visit their aunt Cora. A strange creature is killing people one by one. The only way to survive from the creature: to hide until dawn.

Director:

Sheldon Wilson

Writers:

Rick Suvalle, Sheldon Wilson

Stars:

Stephanie Hunt, Sarah Dugdale, Alisha Newton

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Stephanie Hunt	...	Sarah
Sarah Dugdale	...	Marley
Alisha Newton	...	Emma
Hilary Jardine	...	Nicole
Richard Harmon	...	Seth
Jonathan Whitesell	...	Alex
Deborah Kara Unger	...	Aunt Cora
Dylan Playfair	...	Toby
Michael Adamthwaite	...	Eddy
Garry Chalk	...	Donald
Laine MacNeil	...	Jill
John Hainsworth	...	Hardware Store Owner
Veronika Hadrava	...	Bloody Woman
Natasha Zacher	...	Girl

Storyline

It's Halloween eve on Shelter Island, and the small town is preparing for a killer storm. But the dark clouds gathering over the island are bringing with them a curse a hundred years in waiting. As the woods give birth to an ungodly and insatiable creature of fire, bones, and earth, three sisters must scramble to stay alive through the long dark night of the Hollow. For it's not something you can kill. It's only something you can try and survive.

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Plot Keywords:

gagged | island | small town | thunder | forest | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The prices in the diner where the kids are hiding are in Canadian dollars but are still astronomical, with a 17 dollar hamburger and a 70 dollar pint of ice cream.

User Reviews

Silver Screen Loving Monster

Before I tell you what this movie was let me tell you what it wasn't. It wasn't scary, it wasn't a horror, it wasn't suspenseful, it wasn't thrilling, it wasn't intriguing, and it wasn't good. I didn't know it was possible to feel the complete apathy I felt watching this.

Here's what it was: it was terrible. Mind bogglingly terrible.

I know that movies have their clichés, I get it, but this movie didn't even remain consistent with the rules it established. A poor CGI, fire mouthed, tree limbed beast is killing all the Islanders. Gauging the corpses everywhere it is a pretty efficient killer--well until three clueless sisters come along, then it becomes a stalking, creeping killer. The type of killer that gives its prey plenty of time to run, hide or devise a plan. The type of killer that's easily distracted by other prey simply because it's on the screen.

I was simply amazed at the CGI monster's ability to make this movie last 85 minutes. It truly knew that it was on screen and it milked it for all it was worth. It stopped and posed elaborately. It growled and roared and screamed. It showed a full array of monster emotion thereby giving it credibility. Sadly, I don't think it will get a star on the Monster Walk of Fame. It's still no Blob, Alien, Predator, Pennywise or just about every other film creature. In fact it was just lame.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 October 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Praznina

Filming Locations:

Manzer St. & Donatelli Ave. Mission British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lighthouse Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Color:

Color