JOHN AND THE HOLE (15)
Preview
Argentine screenwriter Nicolas Giacobone, who shared the Oscar for best original screenplay for Birdman, expands his short story El Pozo into the script of this featurelength drama directed by Pascual Sisto about a disturbed boy, who traps his family underground.
Thirteen-year-old John (Charlie Shotwell) is emotionally distant from his parents Brad (Michael C Hall) and Anna (Jennifer Ehle) and sister Laurie (Taissa Farmiga). Using an expensive drone, gifted to him, the disaffected teenager stumbles upon a large hole in the woods that surround the family’s impressive New England home.
This discovery sows the seeds of a diabolical plan.
He drugs his family and drags Brad, Anna and Laurie into the bunker, where they become his prize specimens, entirely at his mercy.
While the rest of the clan fights for survival, John savours his newfound freedom and takes charge of his twisted destiny.
In cinemas from Friday