The Gate
1987 · Movie · PG-13 · 86 min · ★ 6.1 · 58% critics
When a few kids uncover a strange rock in their suburban backyard, they accidentally open a hole that lets small, nasty creatures loose. With the adults away and their home turning into a nightmare, they scramble to protect themselves and stop the chaos from spreading any further.
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Details
- Years
- 1987
- Release date
- 1987-04-21
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 58/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (417 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a kid-friendly, demon-filled 80s horror ride with creative monsters and a mix of scares and laughs, similar to Critters or Gremlins 2: The New Batch; Not for you if you need tight plotting or serious terror.
Pros: inventive creature effects; kid-focused thrills; fun 80s vibe | Cons: slow early stretch; thin story logic; noisy, grating moments
Themes
- legend
- eye
- babysitter
- stop motion
- demon
- sibling
- backyard
- record album
- dawn
- geode
- eye gouging
- occult
- +5 more
Cast & crew
Stephen Dorff
as Glen
Christa Denton
as Al
Louis Tripp
as Terrence "Terry" Chandler
Kelly Rowan
as Lori Lee
Jennifer Irwin
as Linda Lee
Deborah Grover
as Mom
Ingrid Veninger
as Paula
Linda Goranson
as Terry's Mom
- SD
Scot Denton
as Dad
- SF
Sean Fagan
as Eric
Directed by Tibor Takács