Special Report: Head Like a Hole (2024)

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The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

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🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Mike talks with director Stefan MacDonald-Labelle about Head Like a Hole (2024), a microbudget psychological horror film about a man hired to monitor a mysterious hole in a basement wall. They discuss the film’s existential themes, low-budget ingenuity, and the challenges of blurring reality and delusion.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.2	Shut it off.
0:25.4	Turn it off.
0:27.6	Turn it off.
0:31.6	Hey, everyone! Would you describe yourself as someone with an open mind?
0:49.3	To a point.
0:52.3	I want you to look at that wall.
0:55.8	Tell me what you see.
0:58.2	I believe there is a small hole in the wall.
1:02.8	This anomaly is your research subject.
1:07.3	I need you to observe this hole.
1:10.6	Scrutonize it.
1:11.6	If something abnormal occurs, it's you who will define and report it.
1:22.6	None of you know what you're doing here. Hey, this is insane and dangerous.
1:29.2	Nobody is going to abandon you here.
1:32.8	Be a mental explorer.
1:37.8	Chart the neglected waters of your subconscious.
1:42.3	And then maybe, just maybe,
1:46.4	you'll figure it all out.
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