The Gate (1987)

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Directed by

Tibor Takács

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Stephen Dorff
Glen

Christa Denton
Al

Louis Tripp
Terrence 'Terry' Chandler

Kelly Rowan
Lori Lee

Jennifer Irwin
Linda Lee

Deborah Grover
Mom

Ingrid Veninger
Paula

Carl Kraines
Workman

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8 years, 2 months ago at Jan 15 20:17

djprojexion

The Gate was recently reissued on DVD as a "monstrous special edition" and featured some rather bizarre cover art. It depicts Glen down in the hole with the minions, but Glen was never down in the hole, it was actually Terry and why did they draw him in cargo shorts with hiking sandals? Did the artist even watch the movie? On the plus side, it features a nice widescreen transfer and some interesti... read more

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Kids, left home alone, accidentally unleash a horde of malevolent demons from a mysterious hole in their suburban backyard.

Release date: 21 April 1987
UPC: 096009090791

Tags: Horror (9), 1980s (6), Stop Motion (5), 1987 (5), Canada (4), Supernatural (3), Occult (3), Demons (3), Canadian (2), Students (2), Demon (2), Teen (2), Fantasy (1), Dumb (1), Children (1), Kids (1), Rated R (1), Child Actors (1), Smart (1), 85 Min (1)

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