Child denizens of 1980’s suburbia, Glen (Stephen Dorff) and
his friend Terry (Louis Tripp) discover a large hole in Glen’s back yard after
workmen remove a large tree. Digging down into the hole a bit, they find a
geode. After a series of events
involving incantations and a dead dog getting dropped down the hole, Glen and
Terry find themselves facing down a demonic invasion. Hordes of tiny demons, shape
shifters, zombies, plus one not so tiny demon want into our world and Glen and Terry have only the sage advice of a
heavy metal album to help them.
I have seen ‘The Gate’ more times than I can count and I
love it every time. It perfectly captures the eeriness of being a latchkey kid
in 80’s, the strange isolation of living in housing developments, and the true
nerdiness of being an adolescent heavy metal fan. Although familiarity has
dulled the horror for me, the movie still has a lot of scary moments as the
supernatural attacks slowly ramp-up. The demons still look good, being a mixture
of stop-motion and actors with giant props. The end just skirts with being a
bit too hokey for its own good but this is essentially a PG-13 kid’s movie, so
it’s forgivable.
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