The Hollow

"You cannot kill it, you can only survive it"

2015 1h 30m EN

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★4.7TMDB · 94

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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 one-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.

“You cannot kill it, you can only survive it”

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Cast

Stephanie Hunt
Sarah
Sarah Dugdale
Marley
Alisha Newton
Emma
Hilary Jardine
Nichole
Richard Harmon
Seth
Jonathan Whitesell
Alex
Deborah Kara Unger
Aunt Cora
Dylan Playfair
Toby

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sheldon Wilson
Writers: Sheldon Wilson, Rick Suvalle
Languages: English
Countries: Canada, United States of America

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Canada, United States of America.

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5 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Maneater Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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6 / 8

ERA

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Directed by Sheldon Wilson, shot by Eric J. Goldstein. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Hal Beckett. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Tony Dean Smith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sheldon Wilson directs. Eric J. Goldstein behind the camera. Hal Beckett scores. Tony Dean Smith cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Released 11 years ago.
4International production across 2 countries: Canada, United States of America.
5Part of the "Maneater Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Sheldon Wilson, shot by Eric J. Goldstein. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Hal Beckett. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Tony Dean Smith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Stephanie Hunt and Sarah Dugdale and Alisha Newton carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "You cannot kill it, you can only survive it".
11IMDB entry: tt4472596 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Only 94 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Eric J. Goldstein
Original score: Hal Beckett
Editing: Tony Dean Smith
Production design: Rick Whitfield
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $2,000,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Hollow (2015)

Part of

Maneater Collection

Maneater Series is the name, logo and line look given to a series of made-for-television natural horror films on DVD produced by RHI Entertainment for the Syfy Channel, and distributed by Vivendi Entertainment. The Maneater Series logo and line look were created under the direction of Danny Tubbs, the executive director of creative services of Vivendi Entertainment. The deal, made in October 2006, stipulated that the first ten films would premiere on the US-based channel in 2007, but due to a pre-licensing agreement, the first six actually premiered in Canada on the video on demand channel Movie Central on Demand. Most of the early films in the series were filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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Gimly2020-07-30
★ 3/10
I liked the spikey man but holy fuck was this bad. The bad stuff is supposed to stop once the storm is over, but there's no storm for more than 90% of the movie's runtime, and every character delivers their lines in a shrill scream before they even make it to the location where the scary stuff happens. Just an atrocious way to deal with this concept... DP with the silky-smooth flow, though. Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible.

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