The Hill and the Hole

2019
1h 20m

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Working one last job for the Bureau of Land Management, archaeologist TOM DIGBY finds himself confronted with a strange man-made hill on an old ranch in a remote corner of New Mexico. After ... Read allWorking one last job for the Bureau of Land Management, archaeologist TOM DIGBY finds himself confronted with a strange man-made hill on an old ranch in a remote corner of New Mexico. After being brutally attacked by the ranch's owner and posse, TOM escapes the ranch and hill's m... Read allWorking one last job for the Bureau of Land Management, archaeologist TOM DIGBY finds himself confronted with a strange man-made hill on an old ranch in a remote corner of New Mexico. After being brutally attacked by the ranch's owner and posse, TOM escapes the ranch and hill's mysterious power- only to be trapped in the surrounding town. The problem is, TOM DIGBY can... Read all

Directors
- Bill Darmon
- Christopher Ernst
Writers
- Bill Darmon
- Fritz Leiber Jr.
Stars

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IMDb RATING

4.0/10

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Directors
- Bill Darmon
- Christopher Ernst
Writers
- Bill Darmon
- Fritz Leiber Jr.
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win total

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1fdc2

Painfully inept!

There's no science here to even approximate science fiction. Even the handling and use of land surveyor's tools (theodolite) is woefully ignorant; demonstrating that no attempt was even made to approach any sort of science or intellectual reality.

Don't waste your time... or eyesight.

4screwless

I don't even normally write movie reviews.

I don't know if it's the acting, the direction or the script (or all three), but this movie has some of the weakest, awkward and poorly timed dialogue I've ever seen. It's like the main character never rehearsed before making this. He just showed up and read his (poorly written) lines and they went with the first take. The soundtrack, cinematography and editing are great, but even they can't save this movie from feeling like the most boring, slow thriller I've seen in a long time. Also the scares and special effects are corny as hell.

9wvu1313

Strange

If you have read anything by Fritz Lieber then you understand the strange.

5okie-22843

David Lynch it's not

I won't say it's a waste of your 90 minutes but don't expect Twin Peaks, X-files or Close Encounters. The story has tension and potential but it feels that they wrote out the 1 or 2 explanations that would have made the finale pay off. It sets an eerie mood and each character is weirder than the previous one but there's a plot hole you can't see but you know it's there. It's a fun little indie but don't expect to be satisfied by the ending.

2markbohamed

A STRONG 1 AND A WEAK 2

I have NO IDEA where these high ratings come from, maybe from friends of the director. It was a movie that seemed 3 hours long and that's never a good thing if you are waiting for the ending. I would look to watch a different movie this was a science fiction at best and it was done very poorly!!