Went Up the Hill (2025)
1h 40m
Running Time
August 21, 2025Release Date
Went Up the Hill (2025)
1h 40m
Running Time
August 21, 2025Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
After being abandoned as a child, Jack ventures to remote New Zealand to attend the funeral of his estranged mother and there meets her grieving widow, Jill. His search for answers becomes dangerous when his mother’s ghost returns to inhabit both Jack and Jill, using each of their bodies to speak to the other, and instigating a life-threatening nocturnal dance between the three of them.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Dacre Montgomery
Jack / Executive Producer
Vicky Krieps
Jill / Executive Producer
Sarah Peirse
Helen
Arlo Green
Oli
Nikki Barrett
Casting
Samuel Van Grinsven
Writer / Director
Samuel Van Grinsven
Director
Vicky Pope
Producer
Kirsty Cameron
Costume Design
Samantha Jennings
Producer
Daniel Negret
Executive Producer
Compton Ross
Executive Producer
Stu Turner
Casting
Hanan Townshend
Composer
Sherree Phillips
Production Design
Tyson Perkins
Director of Photography
Kristina Ceyton
Producer
Phil Hunt
Executive Producer
Jory Anast
Writer
Dany Cooper
Editor
Michelle Freeman
Set Decoration
Felix Cope
Grip
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Went Up the Hill is a 2024 Australian–New Zealand thriller drama film directed by Samuel Van Grinsven. The film stars Dacre Montgomery as Jack, a man returning to his native New Zealand to attend the funeral of his birth mother, from whom he was taken away and placed into foster care; he meets his mother's widow Jill (Vicky Krieps) for the first time, only for his mother to return in spirit form and inhabit both Jack and Jill, using each of their bodies to speak to the other.
The cast also includes Sarah Peirse, Arlo Green and Finlay Grey.