Contamination vs The Hole in the Ground
Contamination has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.6/10 for The Hole in the Ground). The Hole in the Ground is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 47m. The Hole in the Ground is the older of the two (2019 against 2025). Both are horror movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Contamination | The Hole in the Ground | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.6/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 47m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Action, Horror, Science Fiction | Horror |
| Country | Canada | – |
| Director | David Heacock, Neil Chase | Lee Cronin |
| Main cast | Elizabeth Chamberlain, Neil Chase, Brandon Horth, S-Raj Kumar, Tyler Sabourin | Eoin Macken, Simone Kirby, James Cosmo, Kati Outinen, Seána Kerslake |
Synopsis
Contamination
A top secret Alaskan lab goes dark due to an unexplained incident, prompting the military to send a black ops team to recover sensitive data and destroy the lab, only to find their ranks infected with a deadly alien virus.
The Hole in the Ground
Trying to escape her broken past, Sarah O’Neill is building a new life on the fringes of a backwood rural town with her young son Chris. A terrifying encounter with a mysterious neighbour shatters her fragile security, throwing Sarah into a spiralling nightmare of paranoia and mistrust, as she tries to uncover if the disturbing changes in her little boy are connected to an ominous sinkhole buried deep in the forest that borders their home.
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