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Cellar Door

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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 11/01/2024
1.5/4
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. Go to Full Review
Dennis Harvey Variety 10/31/2024
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. Go to Full Review
Jeffrey M. Anderson Common Sense Media 12/25/2024
2/5
What starts out as a provocative idea for a movie soon turns into a soggy soap opera, focusing on ill-behaved characters and loosening its suspenseful grip to the point of nothingness. Go to Full Review
James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk 11/27/2024
2.5/4
has an absolute howler of a premise that just … almost … works. Go to Full Review
Rudy Valdez Willamette Week 11/20/2024
Cellar Door might not have passed final inspection without its ending. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 11/14/2024
C
Inane psychological thriller. Go to Full Review
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E M @EmMovies Dec 7 The movie was good for what it was, a thriller! I thought it could've really benefitted from a stronger actress in the lead role. Jordana Brewster just didn't give enough range for the character. But the story was pretty tight. Nice philosophical discourse on what makes a home. See more Romijn v @Romijn Dec 4 Garbage, terrible, awfull See more Ildi H Nov 15 What a ridiculous movie and Scott is a terrible actor. He's not even nice to look at. See more Sam A Aug 19 Did a good job if hooking me in. Lots of suspense and build up. No action happens though, it's a slow build up of suspense and is mis sold as a horror, when really it's a thriller. So overall it was a good watch and I would recommend. The film focuses more of the question of what would you do if you were told to not look into the cellar See more Brad G Aug 8 This film had me on the edge of my seat, because I was itching to leave. The film left me wanting more; more time because I wasted an hour and 40 odd minutes of my life. The ending left me satisfied, because it finally ended. See more Natalia O Jul 18 Exceeded my expectations, kept me in suspense and I had a lot of guesses about the ending - but it totally surprised me. On top of that - despite low budget, was shot and directed well. You understand the message only at the end, we obsess over an unimportant matter to ignore a greater problem. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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 (Some Violence|Sexual Content|Language)
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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