[A] movie for the ages? Not really. It’s a little too formulaic for that. Is it good fun? Hell, yeah. It delivers the requisite shocks, and overall it’s ... a solid example of the venerable disparate-people-trapped-with-a-monster school of horror,

| Jan 20, 2025

“Hell Hole” suffers from clunky editing and awkward pacing. The CGI, though used sparingly, is embarrassing.

| Oct 28, 2024

Well worth sticking your face into Hell Hole, as there is a prize inside the box of wood chips.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Oct 11, 2024

This is the kind of fun film that makes a perfect horror fan’s Saturday night.

| Sep 14, 2024

Hell Hole demonstrates how to make an economical but propulsive horror movie that is thoughtful but not pretentious, and often intentionally amusing.

| Original Score: B | Aug 30, 2024

Not short on imagination, it may be silly, but it’s gleefully wild in its approach to B-movie monster movie nonsense as well.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Aug 28, 2024

It’s kind of a disappointment, despite having some undeniable positives that should make it an easy watch for horror heads.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 27, 2024

When it focuses on the monster and the dramatic tension surrounding who will be next to go, Hell Hole really shines. Plus – spoiler alert – people explode, and that’s always a boon in my book.

| Aug 27, 2024

A lot of blablabla doesn’t necessarily torpedo a movie, but in Hell Hole, it’s just blah. Same goes for the creature effects, scares, kills and comedy.

| Aug 27, 2024

No two Adams Family films have been the same yet and this is maybe the most fun they have had yet exploring the goopier side of horror with a relaxed approach that welcomely takes a more absurdist than full on frightful approach to an internal invader.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 25, 2024

Hell Hole has a little more going on in the subtext than one might imagine.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 23, 2024

The Adams Family's latest horror movie, Hell Hole, might just be the wildest body horror story since John Carpenter's The Thing, minus a few issues.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 23, 2024

Hell Hole is an outrageous creature feature that sometimes veers into silliness, even as it conveys important political messages.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Aug 22, 2024

In true Adams Family fashion, Hell Hole bends their heavy metal sensibilities and knack for stomach-turning imagery into one of the year's tastiest treats.

| Aug 22, 2024

It may not feel like the most emblematic of the family’s close-knit filmmaking style, but it is undeniably branded by their touch, rife with naturalistic dialogue and sludge metal galore.

| Original Score: B | Aug 22, 2024

Hell Hole is a familiar sort of tale, of course, but it contains a few twists ... that make it distinct and surprisingly relevant.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 22, 2024

Existing as a labour of love isn’t enough by itself to earn any film a pass mark, but when the result is a committed piece of indie genre work with a suitably silly sense of the macabre, this gets the job done.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 21, 2024

While Hell Hole is not the family’s best film, it is proof that they’re still among the most fascinating and consistently entertaining players in the horror game.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Aug 21, 2024

Talky and mostly uninteresting, asking viewers to participate in what’s basically a filmed play with a cast of unseasoned actors.

| Original Score: D | Aug 21, 2024

Cowriter (with daughter Lulu)/directors John Adams and Toby Poser ("Where the Devil Roams") take a more light-hearted approach to their latest, a creature feature with plenty of gore and tongue-in-cheek homage to B movies that have come before.

| Original Score: B- | Aug 21, 2024