Stephen Dorff,
Christa Denton,
Louis Tripp,
Kelly Rowan,
Jennifer Irwin
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During a boring, routine weekend, young Glen (Stephen Dorff) and his best buddy, Terry (Louis Tripp), decide to explore Glen's backyard. Before long, the boys come across a strange hole in the ground ... read more
DVD Release Date: November 26, 2003
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January 20, 2011I'm not going to call this a good movie by any means, but it's fun and imaginative and carries a strong sense of nostalgia about it. Oddly difficult to hate.
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March 12, 2010A gateway to Hell opens in a suburban kid's backyard. Horror aimed at preteens and young teens, and it's decent on that level; the claymation mini-demons are memorable.
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September 14, 2009I was only 7 back when "The Gate" first came out, and I've been watching it off and on since then. Me and my mom used to rent horror movies all the time and watch them together, and "The Gate" was one of the many that we both liked.
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August 8, 2007A brother and his older sister are looking after the homestead when the parents are away, and end up opening up a nasty hole in their backyard. There's lots of little creatures which come out and battle the kids. A decent enough 80's kids' horror flick, which had impressive speci... read more
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June 24, 2007This just goes to show what mischief little kids get into when you leave them on their own.
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January 7, 2007Giving this one the benefit of the doubt -- I saw it once, in the theatre when it was first release and can remember very little about it. Two stars is probably being kind.
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September 14, 2008The Gate stars a very young Stephen Dorff in what i found to be a very cool yet really cheesy horror movie from the 80's that centers around a kid and his friend who find a stone in his backyard they dig further just to later find out they have opened the gateway to a hell like w... read more
Critic Reviews
October 16, 2009
Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton, Dread Central
October 10, 2009
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
I saw this movie in the theater in 1987 and thought it was pretty bad back then; it's still pretty bad, but the visual effects hold up pretty well. Full Review
February 18, 2008
Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is
worse than i expected
June 14, 2007
Douglas Pratt, DVDLaser
It is not a great horror film, but you never get the urge to turn it off, either.
July 26, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Goofy kid's stuff horror flick.
January 5, 2004
Nicolas Lacroix, EnPrimeur.ca
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