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      Hellgate

      R 1989 1h 36m Horror List
      Reviews 12% 250+ Ratings Audience Score Coeds and a guy (Ron Palillo) visit a tourist-trap ghost town full of ghouls, including the owner's daughter (Abigail Wolcott). Read More Read Less

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      Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Rampant continuity issues, editing blunders, badly placed slow-motion, completely random explosions, inappropriate actions and reactions, and nonsensical ghosts abound. Rated: 1/10 Sep 14, 2020 Full Review Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Rated: 1/5 Dec 8, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member A movie that was on the other side of my DVD of the (much better) film, The Pit. This direct to video movie concerns a young woman who is snatched by a gang of bikers and brutally murdered. Her father then discovers a crystal that can bring the dead back to life and uses it on his previously dead daughter. I read reviews of this film that mentioned that it's so terrible it's one of the worst films ever made. I'd like to say that these people obviously know nothing about cult cinema! This film has it's own vision that is completely intentional and not the result of inept incompetence. The whole film feels like it's been filmed through a haze of Mogadon. The brightly lit diner scenes at the start look so hazy it's like theres actually a fog on the set! Yes, some special effects are cheap and look it! But this is a low budget production aimed at the 'straight to video' market. Do the armchair film critics think all productions should be slick multi-million dollar affairs devoid of character or idiosyncracy? This feels like a feature length episode of The New Twilight Zone from the mid to late 80's. It also has a feel of Night of the Comet with it's own spaced out feel and atmosphere. There's also a Phantasm feel about proceedings with Josie (the resuscitated young lady) killing any unfortunate young men who visits her town at the behest of her father. It reminds me of The Tall Man turning into a young voluptuous woman to bump off young men in the graveyard attached to his mortuary. This movie is like no other. Weird? Yes. A true one-off? Yes. Bad? Certainly not. File under 'curio'. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Abigail Wolcott won the award for the most sexy Zombie ever !! but that is it... !!! Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review ryan s 1.5/5. The production design is great, but all the other highlights of Hellgate are because the movie is so bad that it is sometimes hilariously good. Great for a bad movie night, but that's about it. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The so called ghost town of Hellgate is very flawed. Is it an amusement park ghost town that is haunted or is it an actual town that is haunted, or is it an amusement park ghost town that was not haunted before and then became haunted or is an actual town that was not haunted before and then became haunted? I have no freaking idea and neither will you! Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Very Stupid but entertaining. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Very odd and intriguing late 80's-early 90's straight to video movie that touts "From the special effects team from Hellraiser 2". The F/X are actually quite good and part of the films charm. If you are into 80s style gore movies you will love every second of this. I would not recommend watching this if you are a passing horror fan. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Coeds and a guy (Ron Palillo) visit a tourist-trap ghost town full of ghouls, including the owner's daughter (Abigail Wolcott).
      Director
      William A. Levey
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 36m