While exploring the neighboring woods, 13-year-old John discovers an unfinished bunker — a deep hole in the ground. Seemingly without provocation, he drugs his affluent parents and older sister and drags their unconscious bodies into the bunker, where he holds them captive. As they anxiously wait for John to free them from the hole, the boy returns home, where he can finally do what he wants.
Directed by Pascual Sisto
massachusetts
bunker
family relationships
coming of age
based on short story
disturbed teenager
internal conflict
abduction
family captivity
psychological detachment
emotional void
parents under threat
manipulative behavior
identity confusion
power imbalance
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Cast
Charlie Shotwell
John
Taissa Farmiga
Laurie
Jennifer Ehle
Anna
Michael C. Hall
Brad
Lucien Spelman
Charlie
Ivy O'Brien
Peter
Pamela Jayne Morgan
Teacher
Georgia Lyman
Gloria
Samantha LeBretton
Lily
Tamara Hickey
Paula
Elijah Ungvary
Tennis Instructor
Crew
Pascual Sisto
Director
Nicolás Giacobone
Screenplay
Sara Shaw
Editor
Michael Bowes
Producer
Pascual Sisto
Executive Producer
Mark Roberts
Executive Producer
Nicolás Giacobone
Producer
Elika Portnoy
Producer
Sam Slater
Co-Producer
Rowan Riley
Co-Producer
Sam Daley
Colorist
Nicolás Giacobone
Short Story
Popular Reviews
98 reviews
Bridget Jones
1.0★ · 03/17/26
Hey, John, you should be glad you’re not my kid. 😊
Hey, John, you should be glad you’re not my kid. 😊
em
4.0★ · 03/03/26
i’d be a bad parent because instead of threatening to ground him, i’d threaten to dig that big hole back up and put him down there for a few days
i’d be a bad parent because instead of threatening to ground him, i’d threaten to dig that big hole back up and put him down there for a few days
Dan Cassidy
3.0★ · 02/18/26
excuse the fuck out of me…
you’re telling me nothing happened with the weird little bastard and the random girl who’s mum disappeared just like wandered? and did what? why did the mum leave?
i don’t know i’m being dense but this was like home alone for pretentious film school dickheads and without the sticky bandits so ultimately utter dross.
excuse the fuck out of me…
you’re telling me nothing happened with the weird little bastard and the random girl who’s mum disappeared just like wandered? and did what? why did the mum leave?
i don’t know i’m being dense but this was like home alone for pretentious film school dickheads and without the sticky bandits so ultimately utter dross.