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Went Up the Hill

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In this chilling ghost story, a recently deceased woman haunts her estranged son Jack (Dacre Montgomery of Stranger Things) and her grieving widow Jill (Vicky Krieps of Phantom Thread and Corsage). When the woman's spirit inhabits the survivors, the living must grapple with the destruction she left behind while fighting for their own survival. A Toronto International Film Festival premiere.
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Samuel Van Grinsven

Director

Vicky Krieps

Jill

Dacre Montgomery

Jack

Arlo Green

Ben

Sarah Peirse

Helen

Ally Xue

Veronica

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Clayton Dillard Slant Magazine Samuel Van Grinsven’s Went Up the Hill is characterized by a starkly precise aesthetic and withholding approach to the ghost story. Rated: 3/4 Aug 10, 2025 Full Review Steve Pond TheWrap Went Up the Hill is passionate and dark but also stubbornly elusive and illusive; it may get its title from a plainspoken nursery rhyme, but this is a movie that takes place in the shadows, both visually and narratively. Sep 11, 2024 Full Review Drew Gregory Autostraddle There are moments in this film that are genuinely terrifying — the story oscillating between quiet drama and horror. Sep 7, 2024 Full Review Frank J. Avella The Contending Went Up The Hill is supernatural weirdness personified and never really allows for a satisfying conclusion, but the two leads keep us enthralled throughout. Rated: B Apr 17, 2025 Full Review Carmen Paddock The Skinny Montgomery and Krieps, delivering a two-hander for most of the runtime, are excellently matched and find understated ways of conveying both their own characters’ disquiet and the other personality that invades. Rated: 3/5 Mar 6, 2025 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews More strange than scary. Rated: B Jan 31, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis In this chilling ghost story, a recently deceased woman haunts her estranged son Jack (Dacre Montgomery of Stranger Things) and her grieving widow Jill (Vicky Krieps of Phantom Thread and Corsage). When the woman's spirit inhabits the survivors, the living must grapple with the destruction she left behind while fighting for their own survival. A Toronto International Film Festival premiere.
Director
Samuel Van Grinsven
Producer
Vicky Pope, Samantha Jennings, Kristina Ceyton
Screenwriter
Samuel Van Grinsven, Jory Anast
Distributor
Greenwich Entertainment
Production Co
Causeway Films, POP Films
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Romance, Fantasy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 15, 2025, Limited
Runtime
1h 40m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.66:1)