The Hole in the Ground (2019)

Sarah and her son Chris move into a home near the woods.  One day Chris disappears. When Sarah goes to look for him, she finds a massive hole in the ground.  When Chris suddenly shows up, Sarah is relieved but as the days go by she wonders if he’s okay since his behavior has changed.

One day on the way home from school, their neighbor is standing in the road. When Sarah gets out to help her,  the woman tells Sarah Chris is not her son. He may look like him, but he’s been replaced.  While Sarah doesn’t believe her, Chris’s odd behavior and strange noises in the house at night make her start questioning what is going on.  He looks like her son, but he doesn’t act like her son  and doesn’t recognize their little rituals. 

This is a decent flick that uses atmosphere rather than gore.  Although I will never understand why you would tell the thing that replaced your son that you know he’s not your son. That is just asking for trouble.  Also I found the most horrifying thing about the movie that she’s trying to remove the wall paper with a metal spatula.