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The Other Side of the Door

R Released Mar 4, 2016 1h 36m Horror Mystery & Thriller TRAILER for List
36% Tomatometer 39 Reviews 30% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Maria (Sarah Wayne Callies) becomes consumed with guilt after losing her son Oliver (Logan Creran) in a tragic accident. She learns about a remote Hindu temple where visitors can communicate with the dead to say goodbye for the last time. The grieving mother disobeys a dire warning to never open the ancient door that serves as a mysterious portal. Her failure to follow the rules causes Oliver's restless spirit to return home and haunt the rest of his family (Jeremy Sisto, Sofia Rosinsky).
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Laden with flimsy jump scares and cheap stereotypes, The Other Side of the Door wastes solid work from Sarah Wayne Callies on thoroughly middling horror fare.

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Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com Even if this effort isn't quite up to snuff I still feel like [Roberts has] got a picture in him that potentially will be. Rated: 2/4 Aug 15, 2016 Full Review Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Effective performances by the principals are unable to surmount the movie's many cliches, although the actors render them more endurable. Rated: 2/5 Mar 10, 2016 Full Review Mark Kermode Observer (UK) Ghost-train fare - mostly mechanical and largely unsurprising. Rated: 2/5 Mar 6, 2016 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Bound to be forgotten by those who can get through its 96-minute runtime without walking out of the theater or shutting it off at home. Rated: 1/4 Apr 18, 2022 Full Review Anton Bitel Projected Figures ...this British-Indian co-production is full of thresholds and liminal spaces... Dec 7, 2020 Full Review Joey Keogh Wicked Horror With less than a 100-minute long run-time... a nonsensical premise, shoddy execution on practically every level and absolutely no scares whatsoever, The Other Side Of The Door is best avoided at all costs. Rated: 2/10 Oct 3, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Anon A Extremely underrated. Fun watch. The horror movie genre is very difficult to succeed in. While this movie employs a few cliches, it is not nearly as bad as these reviews make it out to be. Definitely worth watching, especially if you've already watched most of the popular movies of this genre. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/28/24 Full Review Herbert M Saw a TikTok recommendation so have it a chance despite the score here. Super confused at the hate, it's a fun jump scare, some fun twists, super watchable Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/15/23 Full Review Danielle H I enjoyed this movie a lot more than I expected based on its low score here. It was interesting, built tension really well, and while it had some jump scares it didn't rely on them to carry the movie. I'd definitely watch this again. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/13/23 Full Review Kikavelity The main character was a little bit dumb in the movie they didn't show the ritual if it was real or not but the movie'star plot was great and the scare's too Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/18/23 Full Review Lavi S i watched this when i was 8 and it didn't scare me at all so that's an indicator Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/02/22 Full Review Audience Member Plot summary: Mother who unfortunately lost her child can't follow simple instructions when she gets given one last chance to say a final goodbye and causes disaster upon her entire family due to her stupidity What part of "do not open the door" did she not understand Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Maria (Sarah Wayne Callies) becomes consumed with guilt after losing her son Oliver (Logan Creran) in a tragic accident. She learns about a remote Hindu temple where visitors can communicate with the dead to say goodbye for the last time. The grieving mother disobeys a dire warning to never open the ancient door that serves as a mysterious portal. Her failure to follow the rules causes Oliver's restless spirit to return home and haunt the rest of his family (Jeremy Sisto, Sofia Rosinsky).
Director
Johannes Roberts
Producer
Alexandre Aja, Rory Aitken, Ben Pugh
Screenwriter
Ernest Riera, Johannes Roberts
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
42, TSG Entertainment, Fire Axe Pictures
Rating
R (Some Bloody Violence)
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 4, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 13, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.0M
Runtime
1h 36m
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