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The Gate( 1987)

TV-MAHorrorFantasy
60%
User
Score

Pray it's not too late.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Stephen Dorff

      Glen

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      Christa Denton

      Al

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      Louis Tripp

      Terrence "Terry" Chandler

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      Kelly Rowan

      Lori Lee

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      Jennifer Irwin

      Linda Lee

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      Deborah Grover

      Mom

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      Ingrid Veninger

      Paula

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      Linda Goranson

      Terry's Mom

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      Scot Denton

      Dad

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      Sean Fagan

      Eric

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      Carl Kraines

      Workman

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      Andrew Gunn

      Brad

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    A review by Dan_Tebasco

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    Written by Dan_Tebasco on Thu Mar 16 2017
    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 a...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    2500000.00

    Revenue

    13539458.00

    Keywords

    • legend
    • eye
    • babysitter
    • stop motion
    • demon
    • sibling
    • backyard
    • record album
    • dawn
    • geode
    • eye gouging
    • occult
    • dead dog
    • moth
    • mud mask
    • hand
    • canuxploitation