Cellar Door

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Cellar Door

R

Released Nov 1

1h 37m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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A wealthy homeowner offers to give his beautiful estate to a couple who's looking for a fresh start. However, their dream home comes with one unusual caveat -- they can never open the cellar door.

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Peyton Robinson

RogerEbert.com

With less textbook dedication to its metaphors and more sleight of hand in its structure, “Cellar Door” would accomplish the tension it intends, but its bland approach fails to inspire investment.

Rated: 1.5/4

Nov 1, 2024

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Dennis Harvey

Variety

Vaughn Stein’s thriller is too simplistic and implausible to provide any chills. But despite some lurid eventual plot elements, it’s also too blandly slick in a TV-movie mode to offer much trashy fun.

Oct 31, 2024

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Inane psychological thriller.

Rated: C

Nov 14, 2024

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Ruben Peralta Rigaud

Cocalecas

Despite the flaws in its narrative, the film remains entertaining and visually captivating, thanks to the talent of its cast and Stein's direction, who knows how to build disturbing atmospheres. [Full review in Spanish]

Nov 6, 2024

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Insidious and very silly, this glossy thriller works overtime to crank up suspense, even as it's difficult to take seriously.

Rated: 2.5/5

Nov 5, 2024

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Alex Maidy

JoBlo's Movie Network

I would have liked Cellar Door more if the cellar door actually served any purpose to the story. Instead, what the door represents becomes more of a heavy-handed metaphor than a relevant part of the plot.

Rated: 4/10

Nov 4, 2024

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Blakely W

The definition of a nothing movie that should be played in the background whole you look at your phone. The titular Cellar Door is more of a red herring than any meaningful plot device.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/13/24

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David M

Loved it, would watch again

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/05/24

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tm11999 M

pretty good. i understand most movie reviewers are stupid complainers who are just nitpickers for the sake of nitpicking. fine tooth combing every scene for mistakes so they can sound erudite. disregard all opinion from now on from the younger half of millennials and 100% of gen Z and gen alpha. these "people" are morons and in reality should be used for fuel. jordana brewster is a fit hottie who might now be 44 years old but i don't care. this is a good story and how these people deal with an unusual choice. watch it, you'll like it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/05/24

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Christian G

This is what happens when dumb wealthy people have access to making movies. Horrible. It’s what shallow people think depth is. Nothing about this was interesting or clever. I really can’t believe this was made.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/05/24

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The G

The movie's singular rule—“Just don’t open the cellar door”—is paradoxically both the center of attention and a total misdirection. One would expect that such a warning would be pivotal to the story, propelling the plot with intense anticipation. Instead, it plays no significant role at all, leaving viewers scratching their heads. How does a film build its entire narrative on a concept that never materializes into anything meaningful? The result is a frustratingly aimless experience with no payoff, no tension, and an underwhelming narrative arc. In the end, Cellar Door fails to deliver on every front, leaving audiences with more questions than thrills and a lingering sense of wasted time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/05/24

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Indiana J

Yikes. It felt like the movie even forgot the title as it meandered painfully with hallmark ch production values. Hard pass

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/03/24

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Vaughn Stein

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Jordana Brewster

Sera

Scott Speedman

John

Laurence Fishburne

Emmett

Addison Timlin

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Chris Conner

Paul MacManus

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Synopsis

A wealthy homeowner offers to give his beautiful estate to a couple who's looking for a fresh start. However, their dream home comes with one unusual caveat -- they can never open the cellar door.

Director: Vaughn Stein
Producer: Tom Butterfield, John Papsidera, Craig Perry, Sheila Hanahan
Screenwriter: Sam Scott, Lori Evans Taylor
Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Co: Practical Pictures, Cosmic Arena Productions, Culmination Productions
Rating: R (Language|Some Violence|Sexual Content)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 1, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2024
Runtime: 1h 37m

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