Seana Kerslake stepped out on the red carpet at The Lighthouse Cinema for the Irish premiere of The Hole in the Ground.
The actress was joined by her fellow cast members Simone Kirby, James Quinn Markey, Steve Wall, and the film’s director Lee Cronin.
The Irish filmmaker’s feature debut premiered at the renowned Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah recently – where it was met with overwhelmingly positive reactions from critics and audiences alike.
Starring Seána Kerslake (A Date For Mad Mary), James Quinn Markey (Vikings), James Cosmo (T2 Trainspotting), Simone Kirby (Jimmy’s Hall), Steve Wall (An Klondike) and Kati Outinen (Le Havre), Cronin co-wrote the film with Stephen Shields.
Critical reviews have compared the film to Hereditary, The Witch and The Babadook, and are touting it to be one of the great horrors of the year.
The Hole In The Ground follows Sarah O’Neill (Seána Kerslake) who is trying to escape her broken past by building a new life on the fringes of a backwood rural town with her young son Chris (James Quinn Markey).
A terrifying encounter with a mysterious neighbour shatters her fragile security, throwing Sarah into a spiralling nightmare of paranoia and mistrust, as she tries to uncover if the disturbing changes in her little boy are connected to an ominous sinkhole buried deep in the forest that borders their home.
The film was shot on location in Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow, and was produced by Conor Barry and John Keville for Savage Productions, with Benoit Roland and Ulla Simonen for Wrong Men and MADE.
The film was funded by Screen Ireland, the BAI and Headgear Films with support coming from Wallimages and the Finnish Film Foundation.
Wildcard Distribution will be releasing the film in Irish cinemas from Friday 1st March.
