Went Up the Hill

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Went Up the Hill

2025,

1h 40m,

Mystery & Thriller/

Romance/

Fantasy/

Drama

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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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Heavy on mood and light on answers, Went Up the Hill is a heady ghost story that weaves an intoxicating spell for those patient enough to surrender to its languid rhythms.

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

Sep 11, 2025

3/5

By the time we got to the exciting bit, the sense of menace was rapidly dissipating and dread was beginning to lapse into self-consciousness.

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Sheila O'Malley

RogerEbert.com

Aug 15, 2025

3.5/4

‘Went Up the Hill' doesn’t just explore grief, it expresses it.

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Clayton Dillard

Slant Magazine

Aug 10, 2025

3/4

Samuel Van Grinsven’s Went Up the Hill is characterized by a starkly precise aesthetic and withholding approach to the ghost story.

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Christos Tsiolkas

The Saturday Paper

Jul 16, 2026

It may be that the obligations that Van Grinsven and Anast feel to telling stories of trauma undermine their skills as storytellers. Went Up the Hill is too damn timid for a gothic ghost story. It’s sexless and it doesn’t scare us at all.

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Graeme Tuckett

The Post NZ

Jan 1, 2026

2.5/5

It's a very fine line between a film being artful and enigmatic, and an impenetrable load of unintentionally hilarious wallop.

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Alex Saveliev

Film Threat

Oct 15, 2025

5/10

What should have been spicy turns out kind of bland.

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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.

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)

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