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The Hole

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Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter. From TMDB

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  • Noir Haunted Shack ♬ @noirbeachshack.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2026

    Movie marquee for Ace in the Hole (1951) See it next weekend on TCM'S #NoirAlley presented by @eddiemuller.bsky.social and @joshmankiewicz.bsky.social #FilmNoir #TCMParty #NewspaperNoir

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  • Noir Haunted Shack ♬ @noirbeachshack.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    My reaction to Eddie saying Ace in the Hole is not a film noir after I've been referring to it as #FilmNoir all week in my posts... #NoirAlley #AceInTheHole #TCMParty

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  • Joe Dante @thejoedante.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    My family adventure/horror movie The Hole was first unleashed in 3D OTD 15 years ago!! Who here saw it during its limited theatrical run? Who caught up with it later? We've got a fresh Bruce Dern still from the flick up now at my Renfield Productions shop! www.renfieldcollection.com/product-page...

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  • Darrell Clem @darrellclem.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    First watch: ACE IN THE HOLE (1951) What a wild ride, so riveting start to finish that I place it among director Billy Wilder's top-tier films. Kirk Douglas, as Chuck Tatum, is in top form as a cynical, disgraced newspaper reporter trying to revive his career ... #FilmSky #MovieSky #suspense

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  • Ryan ⚾️🌪️ @5dogwooddrive.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2026

    Top 25 Film Noir, Personal Favorites 1) Sunset Boulevard 2) Laura 3) Detour 4) The Prowler 5) The Asphalt Jungle 6) Ace in the Hole 7) The Killers 8) Raw Deal 9) Nightmare Alley 10) The Amazing Mr. X 11) Le Trou 12) The Reckless Moment 13) They Live By Night 14) Kiss Me Deadly 15) The Third Man

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  • Sean Gilman @theendofcinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 18, 2026

    The @grandillusioncinema.org is playing Tsai Ming-liang's The Hole on 35mm at the SIFF Film Center today and Sunday. (RIP Grace Chang). grandillusioncinema.org/film/the-hol...

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  • Trailers From Hell @trailersfromhell.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    Happy 3-D release anniversary to The Hole! @thejoedante.bsky.social’s 3-D horror film arrived in theaters on 10/7/2011, following its original 2009 premiere at the Venice Film Festival. trailersfromhell.com/the-hole-us/ trailersfromhell.com/the-hole-ita... trailersfromhell.com/the-hole-bri...

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  • editaurus @davesegal.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 14, 2026

    Holy shit, Tom Stern's Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth And Nothing Butt doc made me choke up more than any film I've seen since My Left Foot (1989). Just watching Teresa and King drumming in sync triggered deep emotions. Saw BHS ~7x in the '80s—best, craziest shows, etc.

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  • Abbott and Costello Meet MikeZilla Minus Zero (#15584) @mikeymcfilms.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2026

    @omacolt.bsky.social #OctoberMovieChallenge 21- a mine in movie ACE IN THE HOLE

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  • Dr Darren Gray @drdarrengray.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    41 - The Hole in the Ground (2019) Lee Cronin’s superb feature film debut. Atmospheric, eerie and completely engaging. Fantastic work. #100HorrorMoviesin92Days #HorrorSky

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  • P.G. Wodelouse @pgwodelouse.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    Did multiple Ali G hand flicks in uberapproval at the ending of Ace in the Hole (Wilder, 1951) A blackly cynical, richly layered allegory about the worst aspects of humanity Masterpiece

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  • Grand Illusion Cinema @grandillusioncinema.orgBluesky · Sep 13, 2026

    The @grandillusioncinema.org & @siffnews.bsky.social present a brand new 35mm print of Tsai Ming-Liang’s THE HOLE. September 18 & 20 at the SIFF Film Center. “Impressive a quarter century ago, it seems even more so today.” J. Hoberman, The New York Times grandillusioncinema.org/film/the-hol...

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  • Benjamin @bennnyc.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    #TCMParty Billy Wilder's 1951 film noir masterpiece Ace in the Hole (originally starring Kirk Douglas) was a notorious box-office disaster upon its initial release.

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  • thebabaduchess🎩 @thebabaduchess.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    Movie 47- The Hole in the Ground #100HorrorMoviesin92Days #HorrorSky #FilmSky boxd.it/hq9c

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  • sportswalkthe.bsky.social @sportswalkthe.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    So are you going on a Billy Wilder run? Don't forget Sunset Blvd, Double Indemnity and Ace in the Hole. (And Stalag 17, One, Two, Three, Witness for the Prosecution...And, if you want to see a romance movie filmed amid the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, A Foreign Affair.)

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  • Preferred Rob @nockergeek.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2026

    #Folktober movie 14: The Hole in the Ground (2019). A single Irish mom fears that her son is no longer what he seems. Fae horror is an underserved genre, and this film sits at the intersection of that, psychological horror, and pure monster film. A bit of a slow burn, but a good watch overall.

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  • teamrickandilsa.bsky.social @teamrickandilsa.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2026

    Ace In The Hole next week? I will be seated! All-time great movie. And very relevant in 2026. #NoirAlley #TCMParty

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  • Aah BOOO Rah, Scary PDX Stereotype @acjaggard.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2026

    Yo PDX. Film! "Ace in the Hole" hollywoodtheatre.org/show/ace-in-... "The Devils" laketheatercafe.com "Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother", "Phantasm" www.academytheaterpdx.com/movies/ "Last Unicorn", "Heavy Metal" morelandtheater.com "The Living Dead Girl" cstpdx.com/event/the-li...

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  • 9511-rafa-v.bsky.social @9511-rafa-v.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    @eddiemuller.bsky.social Just saw your intro for Ace In The Hole at Noir Alley. There is another major difference between this film and regular noir films: Ace In The Hole has NO NIGHT SCENES! Can you think of any other noir film with no night scenes? Blasphemous!!!

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  • Terence Towles Canote @mercurie80.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2026

    After #TheLongNight I am thankful that next week's movie is Ace in the Hole. #TCMParty #NoirAlley

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  • Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 11, 2026

    TONIGHT & TOMORROW (two shows only!) we're running a new 35mm print of Tsai Ming-liang's 1998 film THE HOLE, only now getting its first U.S. theatrical release! J. Hoberman suggests the film is "a blissful dose of morphine administered as the world goes down the drain." Showtime 7:30pm, no trailers.

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  • Chuck Eddy @chuckeddytor.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 9, 2026

    Dug this back out 'cause I went to see the new documentary The Hole Truth…And Nothing Butt last weekend and thought it was an excellent movie: hilarious, heartbreaking, colorful, creative. My metal book cannibalized parts of this old Spin review, but not all of it. Think I underrated them a little.

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  • philiphalpenny75.bsky.social @philiphalpenny75.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 28, 2026

    Wonderful quote...dark film. Kirk, in 'Ace In the Hole' was trying to win any prizes for diplomacy either...

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  • Jeff Lundenberger @jlundenberger.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    Wilder is one of my favorite directors and SLIH is one of my favorite movies. ACE IN THE HOLE is really good but really cynical and dark. Great performance by Jan Sterling, delivering possibly one of the best lines in any Wilder movie. Definitely worth a watch.

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  • Dennis Hartley @denofcinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    #TCMParty DVR Alert! Tonight on TCM's "Noir Alley": ACE IN THE HOLE (9:30 pm PST). Billy Wilder’s 1951 film is one of the bleakest noirs ever made ("I don't go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons."). It made my list of "The 15 Sweatiest Film Noirs (and Neo Noirs)". www.denofcinema.com/big-heat-10-...

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  • Desktop Hippie @desktophippie.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 18, 2026

    Attended a VERY cool improvised film editing improvised composing event at the Hole in the Wall. Apparently the whole experience will be on YouTube so will link it when I find it. #CultureNight #Kilkenny

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  • Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 12, 2026

    Yes, or the movie Ace in the Hole

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  • Webster Film Series @wufilmseries.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2026

    September! 1+13: The Battle of Algiers 3: Hundreds of Beavers 4-6: Barbara Forever 10: Winter Hymns (w/ director!) 11-12: The Hole (35mm print!) 15: Medium Cool 18-20: Filipiñiana Wajda Centennial: 17: Kanał 22: Ashes & Diamonds 24: The Promised Land 25: Man of Marble 26: Man of Iron 27: Danton

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  • Dan LK, WXXT Morning Show Host @2ndlevelbard.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    (It occurs to me that you could make a solid little mini-film festival starting with Unwelcome, The Hole in the Ground, and Fréwaka. And others, I'm sure; an astonishing number of recent horror films have "rural Ireland" and its folklore as a starting point.)

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  • Bri (she/they) @palguy87.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    film center. I haven't had any problems with their projectors for repertory stuff though i havent seen a ton lately (The Hole looked great, I thought). What problems have you noticed?

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  • Alexander Wiggan @alexwiggan.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2026

    Onto Joe Dante’s excellent (and overlooked) fantasy horror, The Hole. This one came out in 2009 and didn’t get the praise it deserves, but is truly a creepy little film. It’s also one to recommend to teens who want something unsettling but not gory for Halloween (team it up with the Gremlins films).

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  • Kay Miranda Gilbert @kaymirandagilbert.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 2, 2026

    PROTEST SONGS #547: Miners, Labor Movement The 1987 film Matewan takes its story from a 1920 miners' strike in West Virginia, to dramatize the human cost of labor organizing in mining towns. Director John Sayles and Mason Daring wrote "Fire in the Hole" for the soundtrack, performed by bluegrass

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  • Mel Selfe @melselfe.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    Oh no. That kind of thing does not belong in a Billy Wilder movie. Ace in the Hole is the full 20 minutes, and its fans like it that way.

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  • Tyler - Fathomless @fathomlessmetal.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    That movie is so goddamn good. Speaking of Kirk Douglas Criterion films, have you seen Ace in the Hole?

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  • Happy HalloCEEn🎃 @ceeceeceeceecee.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2026

    Now watching; John and the Hole

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  • Andy Horbal @prdglcinephile.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 15, 2026

    New on ye olde blog: "Ithaca Film Journal: 10/15/26." Local theatrical highlights include 35mm prints of Youssef Chahine’s DESTINY + Tsai Ming-liang’s THE HOLE at Cornell Cinema, and my latest "home video" recommendation = BEAU TRAVAIL. prodigalcinephile.com/2026/10/15/i...

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  • John Hodson @mgcroadster.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    No better template than ACE IN THE HOLE; a film telling how the press manipulates fact to suit a narrative of their own creation. Then, almost subliminally, focus on the consumers of that output and how they've been suckered, dumbed down, and thus *everyone* is complicit, everyone is guilty.

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  • NEVER FAILED TO FAIL! @levidownes.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2026

    Wow so my ps5 refuses to play this copy of The Hole also. Im gonna try it in my DVD player in the morning because I feel like its an issue with this specific movie and my ps5 as Ive been watching my DVDs in it fine otherwise...

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  • BBAD @bbad777.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 1, 2026

    Today scary watch/rewatch is John and The Hole! youtu.be/uddPHOuQh7E?...

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  • Some Random Susan @anysusan.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    Watched Kirk Douglas in the movie “Ace in the Hole” for the first time today. Should be required viewing for every Communications student with cautionary commentary crafted to make sure they don’t mistake it for “one weird trick to succeed in journalism”

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  • BlueWest @bluewest18.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    That long focus shot at the end of Ace in the Hole is my favorite final shot of any film. Eat your heart out, Orson Welles.

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  • JonSam @jonsam1961b.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    This is a bit interesting.. Dizzy Gillespie Animated Film +++++ On Nuclear War - from jazz great Dizzy Gillespie Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1963 “The Hole” - 15 min. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGB3... Two workers discussing nuclear war. One voiced by Dizzy

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  • Screen Slate SF Bay @screenslatesf.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 14, 2026

    And the round-up, featuring Joan Chen talking Body Heat in person, a long-lost Joan Crawford film, SFAI at ATA, Brydie O'Conner in person for her Barbara Hammer doc, Twilight and Ed Wood and The Hole and American Astronaut on 35mm, Critterfest, and more: www.screenslate.com/articles/sep...

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  • Ned Jordan @nedjordanMastodon · Jun 13, 2025

    Game Review: The Hole - The Hole is a 45 minute horror game that is short, but incredibly sweet! #games #horror #TheHole https://www.gamerstemple.com/reviews/the-hole-review?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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  • MTHart @[email protected]Mastodon · Sep 23, 2024

    While flippin' channels on Amazon I came across this. "The Hole" 2009 Not a bad horror flick and worth the watch IMHO. #horror #horrormoviesandchill #thehole

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  • Jamie Summers 🍿 @jaylovesscreensMastodon · Oct 17, 2023

    #thehole #cinemastodon #filmastodon #movies My ★★★ review of The Hole on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/50Mye3

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