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The Doorway [VHS]

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

If you like campy, independant horror flicks, you should enjoy this one. Not too cheesy and not too serious- The acting is pretty good and the special effects are decent. The storyline is fairly well-developed for a movie of this nature. I thought the ending was very good. Also reccommended: The Seven Doors of Death and The Dead Hate The Living.

I don't understand why people are knocking this picture.

Five minutes into it, I knew I wasn't watching a straight horror film...but a clever black comedy.

The writer-director and the actors are playing this one strictly tongue-in-cheek...and they make it work.

And, for those people who didn't "get it" while watching the movie, the Coda at the end was designed to let them in on the joke.

Too bad they weren't astute enough to realize that.

Michael Druxman has created a great ride for his audience with "The Doorway." A great thriller mixed with black comedy. A welcome rebirth of the scary films of the 1950's. Don Maloney brought a comedic break to this supernatural thriller which made for a great balance. I found "The Doorway" to be a very entertaining independent film. It's a great addition to my existing film collection.

Even though this isn't usually my favorite type of movie, I was asked by a friend to watch it with him and was more than pleasantly surprised at how good The Doorway really is. The characters were three-dimensional and did not seem to be put into the action for the sole purpose of being killed. The frightening moments made me jump, but the black humor made the entire movie watching experience an enjoyable one. I just don't plan to go into the basement alone for quite some time! Condsidering the usually restrictrive nature of the genre, Mr. Druxman has created a surprisingly intelligent horror film that expects the audience to have a higher than room-temperature IQ.

Well, what can I say. I am going to try to be honest here. I guess I could be biased because one of the actors is my brother. "The Doorway" is your typical cheesy b horror film, but has flashes of intelligence. Its more of a black comedy and takes a few interesting turns. The characters actually try to think, and make some wise choices, ie running out of the house when an evil demon comes after them. They only return to the house by force fromoutside people.

The acting is decent. Some stronger than others. And the effects are reasonably effective. You could do worse on a Friday night. Add "The Doorway" to your cheesy b horror film night, it'll please.

this has the 1980's horror film type, oppossed to the 1990's or 2000s. i think this movie was pretty good but not that great. The last demon in the movie didnt look very scary. i think that they should have used some special effects to make his eyes glow or burn or something to make him look more scary. it was pretty obvious it was a person inside. i know theres no such thing as a demon, but they could have at least tried to make it LOOK real. i didnt like the "cheap" way they ended the movie. instead of the actors acting out the ending scene.. instead it is written and the viewer has to READ the complete ending. i watched this movie with my parents cuz i didnt think it had nudity. running into TRICK horror movie covers in the 90s, i didnt think the cover would give as promised. if u are experienced with 1980 horror flicks, then you can tell that the cover of this vhs tape, had nudity in it. they had some really good looking girls here too. at the beginning, this movie was more funny than scary for the first.. 10 mins of the movie. i think it has a little bit of everything. and based on the reviews i seen on amazon, i have to tell one thing to most of the reviewers that say bad things about movies with even just one scene of nudity. i dont see ANYTHING wrong about having nudity in a movie. i cant understand how nudity can make a movie horrible

OK, agreed, I've seen worse.

It is very typical horror movie, when everyone should be running for the door they're gathering their things - or going to the cellar. When they went back into the house for the third time I was a little annoyed.

It wasn't that bad of a movie; however, they cheezed out at the end when they put words up telling what happened to the leftover characters...except I'm not sure if anyone really cared...I know I didn't.

If you're into cheesy horror films, then this movie is a good rental. If anything, you'll get your money's worth sitting around with a group of friends and laughing at the cheesiness of it all.

Perhaps the only two good things about the film were Chris Harmony's acting and the gratuitous nudity!

Set in Ireland of all places, THE DOORWAY is a howler, but at the same time, it's pretty bad. Roy Scheider must have been on vacation and decided he needed some extra spending money. Scheider's worst performance, more than likely. But he's not in it too much, and that leaves us with the likes of Don Maloney, Lauren Woodland, Christian Harmony and the howlingly funny Teresa DePriest. Teresa plays a double role, first as the demon Elizabeth Van Buren, and then her psychic descendant Lydia. Watching dePriest make demon faces while taunting Maloney is hilarious. She looks like a little baby trying to make funny faces at mommy, it's very very funny.
The script is not important; the sex scenes are obviously used as padding, and are about as erotic as celery and onions. Rent this one, but don't spend good money on it, though!

The number one movie ever. The guy who plays Charlie is brill. People should give an actor of his range, excellance and spelling ability more work.