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Oscar Bloomfield, Film Studies PhD Student & Casual Academic, Deakin University

New horror film Went Up The Hill is a chilling exploration of trauma and memory

Kirsty Griffin

Evocative of the familiar nursery rhyme Jack and Jill, New Zealand-born filmmaker Samuel Van Grinsven’s Went Up the Hill is a hauntingly tender play on the “ghost story” genre.

Went Up the Hill explores the darkest corners of trauma. It is set almost entirely within the confines of a home in New Zealand’s Canterbury High Country, overlooking Lake Pearson.

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