The Gate (1987)
Three young children accidentally release a horde of nasty, pint-sized demons from a hole in a suburban backyard. What follows is a classic battle between good and evil as the three kids struggle to overcome a nightmarish hell that is literally taking over the Earth.
- Tibor Takács
- Nancy Eagles
- Michael Nankin
Rating: 6.004/10 by 372 users
Alternative Title:
Die Pforte (The Gate) - DE
ザ・ゲート - JP
Der Gate - Die Unterirdischen - DE
Non Aprite Quel Cancello - IT
Seytan Kapisi - TR
The Gate - Das Tor Zur Holle - DE
La Fissure - FR
La Puerta - ES
La Entrada Maldita - AR
Paholaisen Portti - FI
Wrota - GR
Za Gēto - JP
Country:
Canada
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 26 minutes
Budget: $2,500,000
Revenue: $13,539,458
Plot Keyword: legend, eye, babysitter, stop motion, demon, sibling, backyard, record album, dawn, geode, eye gouging, occult, dead dog, moth, mud mask, hand, canuxploitation
Not too shabby. Stephen Dorff is one of my favorites (in a long list of favorites mind you but one of my favorites none the less) so it was interesting to see him as a child in this one. He's pretty good no Elijah Wood in his age or anything but perfectly decent for the lead in this. It's a bit on the slow side but it's got some cool ideas and if I saw it as a kid I'm sure I'd appreciate it even more, might even been scary to me back then cause even though the cast are mostly kids it is rather dark in tone and manages to not feel too cheesy. I (re?)watched Critters some weeks ago and I didn't think it held up very well in 2017 but this one did just fine.
