The Devil's Doorway

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The Devil's Doorway

Released Jul 13, 2018

1h 17m

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Northern Ireland, 1960: Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton are dispatched by the Vatican to investigate reports of a miracle, a statue of the Virgin Mary weeping blood, at a remote Catholic asylum for immoral women. Armed with 16mm film cameras to record their findings, the priests instead discover a depraved horror show of sadistic nuns, satanism and demonic possession. Supernatural forces are at work here, but they are not the doing of God.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Aislinn Clarke's confident and sinister debut...[is] more concerned with her three principal characters and their twisting moral ambiguities than it is in unleashing a bunch of nonsensical cheap scares.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 19, 2018

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Fionnuala Halligan

Screen International

Two strong leads, the doubting priest Lalor Roddy and the Nurse Ratchet-like Mother Superior played with gusto by Helena Bereen, help distinguish this Exorcist update and mark Clarke as a talent to watch.

Jul 12, 2018

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

Despite its brief running time, the movie feels dragged out; like the priests, it will eventually lose its way.

Jul 12, 2018

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David Day

Horror Movie Talk

It’s clear that director Aislinn Clarke cared about this movie, it just didn’t translate very well.

Rated: 4/10

Jul 25, 2025

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Emma Wolfe

SpookyAstronauts

This film is so predictable and it doesn't even bother to cover its own tracks.

Rated: 5/10

Apr 9, 2021

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Alix Turner

Ready Steady Cut

Two priests investigate a miracle at a Magdalene Laundry in 1960 Ireland and meet something evil in a beautifully made but ultimately messy film.

Rated: 2.5/5

Feb 2, 2021

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Jason W

I love the way this is shot and presented. The framing and look is amazing and very much takes you into the 60s vibe. The acting was great. The bad...some of the cuts during longer segments are quite noticeable as well as some of the camera framing is way too perfect for an amateur Priest camera man to have set up on the fly. My one major gripe with this film, as with most "found footage" style movies, is the score over top of the scenes. If it were true found footage, there would be zero musical strings swelling to a loud climax to enhance scares. Otherwise it is a great film and very well done.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/19/25

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Tyler B

This one’s a stand out for the horror genres, “lost footage”style.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

07/15/25

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Callum M

Great movie for those from Ireland, this holds lots of potential to old “wives tails” told around the island of Ireland. Would struggle in other demographics but as an Irish man i really rnjoyed this!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/30/24

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Robson C

Em 1960, a Igreja Católica recebe uma carta anônima informando que em um lar irlandês que recebe mulheres órfãs, grávidas solteiras ou com distúrbios mentais tem uma imagem da Virgem Maria que sangra pelos olhos. São enviados os padres Thomas e John para investigar a veracidade dos fatos. Porém lá outros fatos terríveis são descobertos. O filme se cerca de vários clichês do gênero, principalmente do subgênero found fottage. Porém aí está um dos seus grandes acertos. A imagem é mais quadrada, devido aos equipamentos utilizados naquela época, bem como a granularidade da mesma. O elenco é desconhecido, mas estão muito bem, principalmente a atriz que faz a Madre Superiora, que se transforma de alguém mais resignada e simpática para algo mais maquiavélico. Há uma boa reconstituição de época, um bom trabalho de fotografia e direção de arte para criar o clima de tensão. Os efeitos são práticos e bem assustadores. No fim, mesmo com os clichês, tudo foi bem trabalhado para criar um bom filme de terror.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/12/24

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prawnda s

here's a note for the writers/director: if the best dialogue you can come up with is someone shouting another person's name over and over again, perhaps you should go back to your day job.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/28/23

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Darren B

Like a found footage hammer house of horror!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/15/23

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Northern Ireland, 1960: Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton are dispatched by the Vatican to investigate reports of a miracle, a statue of the Virgin Mary weeping blood, at a remote Catholic asylum for immoral women. Armed with 16mm film cameras to record their findings, the priests instead discover a depraved horror show of sadistic nuns, satanism and demonic possession. Supernatural forces are at work here, but they are not the doing of God.

Director: Aislinn Clarke
Producer: Michael B. Jackson, Martin Brennan, Katy Jackson
Screenwriter: Aislinn Clarke, Martin Brennan, Michael B. Jackson
Distributor: IFC Midnight
Production Co: IFC Films
Genre: Horror
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 13, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 13, 2018
Runtime: 1h 17m

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