The Pale Door

Released Aug 21, 2020

1h 36m

Horror

Western

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After a botched train robbery, two brothers leading a gang of cowboys must survive the night in a ghost town inhabited by a coven of witches.

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Critics Consensus

Beyond The Pale Door lies an intriguing western/horror hybrid -- albeit one that struggles to fashion its halves into a compelling whole.

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Mark W

Enjoyable. No real plot, but a fun way to spend an afternoon.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/26/20

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B J

This was quite enjoyable a really original concept. With a bigger budget could be better. Well I liked it

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/24

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Jeffrey P

I enjoy westerns and horror films but horror westerns just don't do anything for me. Too much fear and crying, and the replacement of western grit with horror mystery just... does not compute. Does not compute! DOES NOT COMPUTE!

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/11/23

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Hugo S

After a failed train robbery, a gang of outlaws must survive the night in a ghost town inhabited by a coven of witches. "The Pale Door" is a tedious horror western with no substance to offer beyond its entertaining second half: a fight between witches and cowboys.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/23/23

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Brad P

The Pale Door is a wildly entertaining combination of great practical effects and an outstanding cast that is sure to please any horror fan.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Dara L

What an awful movie. It makes you really appreciate good movies because it shows you how terrible movies can be. I wanted to rip my eyes out and my ears off my face the entire time. Sometimes I wonder with my movie picks, am I a masochist? The accents were all over the place, one of the characters attempted a cajun accent, I think, but he came out sounding like a medieval grape nut. you can tell they spent their entire budget on the single fight scene involving all the witches. The other half of their budget went to special effects like making a man bust into a bunch of crows. Should've spent more money on the writing instead.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/13/22

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Aaron B. Koontz

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Becca James

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The Pale Door is a raucous ride through a different type of wild west.

Sep 16, 2020

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Tomris Laffly

RogerEbert.com

Koontz's command over the material is so absent that it is at times hard to distinguish his film from a spoofy Western-themed fair where a group of friends play dress-up for amusement.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 21, 2020

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Matthew Monagle

Austin Chronicle

As a B-horror movie, The Pale Door holds its own. As a Western, however, the film struggles.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 20, 2020

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Steven Warner

In Review Online

The whole enterprise would be amusing if it weren't so pathetically miscalculated...There's simply nothing funny or horrific to be found here.

Jun 5, 2021

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Witney Seibold

Critically Acclaimed Podcast

Half revisionist western, half lurid witch thriller, 'The Pale Door' settles in a space where it is disappointingly neither.

Mar 30, 2021

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Jonathan DeHaan

Nightmare on Film Street

I want to live a world with more western horror movies and I want them all to be as fun and freaky as The Pale Door. Yee-haw!

Rated: 7/10

Mar 1, 2021

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Synopsis

After a botched train robbery, two brothers leading a gang of cowboys must survive the night in a ghost town inhabited by a coven of witches.

Director: Aaron B. Koontz
Producer: Giles Daoust, Catherine Dumonceaux, Tyler Gould, Matthew Helderman
Screenwriter: Aaron B. Koontz
Distributor: RLJE Films
Production Co: Title Media, Paper Street Pictures, BondIt Media Capital, Storyteller Media
Genre: Horror, Western
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 21, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 21, 2020
Runtime: 1h 36m

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