Don't Open the Door

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Audience Member I have a great affection for 70s rednexploitation/hicksploitation films, so my rating for this film may be a bit inflated in comparison to viewers who do not enjoy the likes of "Gator," "Walking Tall," or "Cockfighter." The story follows a young woman who moves into her grandmother's house only to find herself stalked by a madman. A madman with a creepy doll collection, which later figures into why he's stalking her. "Don't Open the Door" is an oddball low budget horror film that's best described an Italian Giallo crossed with "The Town That Dreaded Sundown." It has the low budget drive-in rural east Texas feel of a Charles B. Pierce film, but it also has some hints of Dario Argento and Mario Bava with colorful lighting schemes, inventive camera angles, and a whole lot of extreme close-ups. However, director S.F. Brownrigg is no Argento or Bava (or Pierce, for that matter) and this is certainly no "Bird with the Crystal Plumage." Still, the film does have some effectively creepy moments (including a creepy montage of dolls over the opening credits), but there's no escaping how amateurishly made the film is (and by amateurishly made, I mean badly made). Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review joe m Don't watch this movie! Unfortunately, I watched it all the way through in the hopes that there might be some coherence at the end - I was sorely disappointed. A young woman comes back to her hometown - where her mother was brutally murdered when she was 13 - to suddenly tend to her aged and sick grandmother. She meets up with a bunch of shady characters. The woman gives them all some sass but then turns into a quivering bowl of jello based on a few creepy phone calls. Absolutely inexplicable what the motive of the murder is - and why he wasn't caught years before! Just too many loose ends throughout the film. Skip this mush of a movie. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Just about as lousy a film as you're ever going to see. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member The worst film I have ever seen. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Just not enough to warrant a passing grade. Low budget and pointless, characters actions make little sense. If handled a little better could have improved the film some. A decent lead actress. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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