Though no one can see him, Hollow Face lurks in the corners, desperately desiring love but only knowing how to spread fear and hate. He creeps into the life of John Farrow after Farrow’s beloved 12-year-old daughter Mia is assaulted in their home. The line between the real and the imaginary blurs as fissures start to open within the family unit. It seems that no security measure can keep Hollow Face out.
Direction
Fresnadillo's twin narratives finally crash together beautifully.
Production
Hollow Face design: simple, empty, permanently unsettling.
Acting
Ella Purnell carries the film's emotional weight at thirteen.
Director
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo made this between 28 Weeks Later and his abandoned BioShock adaptation; you can feel the video game DNA in Hollow Face's movements.
The film was marketed as straight horror but plays more like Guillermo del Toro's Spanish ghost stories mixed with The Orphanage's domestic grief—explaining why audiences expecting jumpscares felt betrayed.
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