The Hole (2009)
What Are You So Afraid Of?
After moving into a new neighbourhood, brothers Dane & Lucas and their neighbour Julie discover a bottomless hole in the basement of their home. They find that once the hole is exposed, evil is unleashed. With strange shadows lurking around every corner and nightmares coming to life, they are forced to come face to face with their darkest fears to put an end to the mystery of THE HOLE.
The Hole keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing fear, trauma, family, abuse.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
Same subject, different rung
The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.
Also bends a rule of reality
Other films that change a standing rule of their world — ranked first by those bending it at the same rung.
Girl in the Basement (2021)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Insidious (2011)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
Smile (2022)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)alters at E8 · same rung · loose
