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Went Up the Hill

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Abandoned as a child, Jack travels to remote New Zealand to attend the funeral of his estranged mother Elizabeth. There he meets her widow, Jill, who has questions of her own. Over the nights that follow, Elizabeth returns and possesses Jack and Jill, using each of their bodies to speak to the other. Jill faces Elizabeth's suicide, while Jack confronts his abandonment. As they learn she is trapped in limbo, Jack begins to doubt Elizabeth's reason for returning. Caught in a life-threatening nocturnal dance, Jack and Jill must find a way to let go of Elizabeth's hold before she pushes them to the edge.

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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 Caryn James The Hollywood Reporter Went Up a Hill is, after all, a ghost story, but one shaped in a fresh and artful way by a director who, in his second film, already has the control of a master. Sep 6, 2024 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews More strange than scary. Rated: B Jan 31, 2025 Full Review Amber Wilkinson Screen International Van Grinsven grips the mood so tightly it feels almost bruising; an appropriate sensation for what we will soon learn about Elizabeth’s attitude to others. Nov 13, 2024 Full Review Nadine Whitney The Curb Went Up the Hill is a note-perfect Gothic: stunning, uneasy, and harrowing. An elegant and challenging ghost story rising from the frozen New Zealand firmament with a unique timbre in Australasian filmmaking. Rated: 4/5 Oct 31, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Abandoned as a child, Jack travels to remote New Zealand to attend the funeral of his estranged mother Elizabeth. There he meets her widow, Jill, who has questions of her own. Over the nights that follow, Elizabeth returns and possesses Jack and Jill, using each of their bodies to speak to the other. Jill faces Elizabeth's suicide, while Jack confronts his abandonment. As they learn she is trapped in limbo, Jack begins to doubt Elizabeth's reason for returning. Caught in a life-threatening nocturnal dance, Jack and Jill must find a way to let go of Elizabeth's hold before she pushes them to the edge.
Director
Samuel Van Grinsven
Producer
Vicky Pope, Samantha Jennings, Kristina Ceyton
Screenwriter
Samuel Van Grinsven, Jory Anast
Genre
Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 39m