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Dr Acula	The Gate	Lead	[-]
(12/13/07 9:45 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I find many touches in this film to be great - it may be the most dreamlike 80's horror outsite the the Elm Street films. Elements I like: the urban-legend style telling of how the cursed record was made by the doomed metal band; the believable geeky friends; the monsters are strange, particularly when the giant one falls to the ground and becomes a mass of little monsters; the way the house is slowly stuck in the neatherworld created by the gate that seemingly alters the laws of physics; the kid lead who makes some bad choices and seems to have no way of stopping hell from coming to earth. The sequel isn't the best in the world, but I give high marks to the original as a spooky and fun time at the movies.
Dr Borgo		#1	[-]
(12/14/07 1:05 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Got to agree with you. It has been a while since I watched it, but I remember liking it a lot. It is a fun little movie. Thanks for reminding me about this one. I'm thinkin' a double feature this weekend of The Gate and Monster Squad.
AlfredLynch		#2	[-]
(12/14/07 7:51 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	It HAS been a long time for me as well seeing this cool little late 80s movie. It's no masterpeice but it is alot of fun. I remeber really diggin that movie, I was maybey 13 when it came out so I was the perfect age to appreciate it. SO many great little movies from the 80s. I say great little becuase they are modest pictures but they have alot of originality and fun to them, even thouh these types are forgoton. Monster Squad yep that is anohter. You know what movie is kind a cool that is not scary at all is My Best Friend is A Vampire? That was a fun little movie from the 80's, not horror per se but..... well it is a Vampire theme. Where in the world would I find the Gate to rent in this day and age? Is it avaible on DVD? Since the movie stores changed over to DVDs many great little movies have gone lost. I have been really wanting to watch Terror Vision latlety but won't be finding that movie anytime soon.
Dr Borgo		#3	[-]
(12/16/07 2:36 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Where in the world would I find the Gate to rent in this day and age? Is it avaible on DVD? I came out on DVD a few years ago, but I have no idea where you could rent it. I doubt Blockbuster would carry it. Maybe Netflix?
yendor1152		#4	[-]
(12/20/07 10:56 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Is this the movie that starred a big-headed Stephen Dorff? Rod
skelton knaggs		#5	[-]
(12/20/07 12:41 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	yendor1152 wrote: Is this the movie that starred a big-headed Stephen Dorff? Rod You mistake FATHEAD with fat belly.
reddog122		#6	[-]
(06/29/09 6:01 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Just caught this on Showtime Beyond and I had forgotten how much fun this movie was. I remember my friends and I going to the theater to see Ishtar and somehow wound up seeing this instead ( don't worry I've suffered through Ishtar since) Terrific little sleeper with wonderful retro special effects and stop motion animation and some genuine scares along the way. This was Stephen Dorff's debut film This was directed by Tibor Takacs, who went to make the lesser Gate 2: The Trespassers, but also made the underrated I, Madman. He now seems to be making a living directing Sci-Fi Channel originals. "My revenge has spread over centuries, and has just begun!" Last Edited By: reddog122 06/30/09 4:45 PM. Edited 1 times.
capmonte		#7	[-]
(06/29/09 6:35 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Hey yeah, I saw one of Takacs' flicks yesterday on Sci-Fi, Ice Spiders I think it was. My interest waned about an hour in and I gave up. I'd like to see The Gate again, though. "The important question is not, are there aliens on other worlds? No. The important question is, do they have ray guns?"
Nickolas Cook		#8	[-]
(07/01/09 3:48 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	The Gate rocks! Still love it after all these years. I had a chance last year to see it on the big screen again when our local art house theater held their annual Scream-O-Rama, a dusk to dawn horror film festival. The Gate was only one of the movies they played that night. I got to also see Return of the Living Dead, Prom Night, Demons, Evil Dead 2, Near Dark. Nickolas Cook Moderator:Shocklines Writers Group MySpace My Books The Black Glove: a horror blog/magazine
G Vallejo		#9	[-]
(07/02/09 9:06 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I lvoe The Gate. I told my girlfriend about the special effects, so we set down to watch it. At first you just see some optical effects, which are dated and less than stellar. She began to roll her eyes at me. But when the little imps showed up, and seemed to pull on the kid's leg and stand right next to him, it seemed to real she almost gasped. "Told you!" I said. To this day, that's some of the best effects work I've seen from the 80s. Consider the true cost of living with Clown Phobia.
capmonte		#10	[-]
(08/16/09 3:58 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I found a used copy of The Gate at a local swap meet, and figured for $4 how could I refuse? As I watched it, I found myself thinking, "oh yeah, this is where such and such happens;" I hadn't seen it since the 80s as a teen and a lot of it really started coming back. I had forgotten that the first half of the film is a bit slow. It's a good 40 minutes or so until the monster stuff gets going, but when it does...boy howdy! It's almost an Evil Dead for the PG-13 set. Ditto on the imps, those things are creepy! There are some shots that had me scratching my head wondering how they did it...impressive effects for what I imagine must have been a low-budget movie,or was it? Fun stuff. I also remember having a crush on the big sister (I was only about 11 or 12 when it came out). "The important question is not, are there aliens on other worlds? No. The important question is, do they have ray guns?"
Victor Frankenstein		#11	[-]
(08/16/09 7:29 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I love the Gate, and interestingly enough, I had no idea there was a sequel....BUT I was at a used CD/DVD store at the beach this summer and they had a copy of The Gate 2 for $5. I have yet to watch it, but I will report back. (I don't have high expectations, as Dorff is not in it...)
capmonte		#12	[-]
(08/16/09 9:20 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Victor Frankenstein wrote: I love the Gate, and interestingly enough, I had no idea there was a sequel....BUT I was at a used CD/DVD store at the beach this summer and they had a copy of The Gate 2 for $5. I have yet to watch it, but I will report back. (I don't have high expectations, as Dorff is not in it...) I remember nothing about the sequel, other than not liking it. "The important question is not, are there aliens on other worlds? No. The important question is, do they have ray guns?"
Omega Man		#13	[-]
(08/17/09 12:00 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	THE GATE: MONSTROUS SPECIAL EDITION is being released on DVD this coming October (the 6th, I believe). "Dammit, it's jammed!" www.eccentric-cinema.com
capmonte		#14	[-]
(08/17/09 12:44 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Omega Man wrote: THE GATE: MONSTROUS SPECIAL EDITION is being released on DVD this coming October (the 6th, I believe). I thought about that when I saw the cheapie edition; watching it I decided I'm fine with that one. "The important question is not, are there aliens on other worlds? No. The important question is, do they have ray guns?"
Rakshasa		#15	[-]
(11/08/09 9:52 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Omega Man wrote: THE GATE: MONSTROUS SPECIAL EDITION is being released on DVD this coming October (the 6th, I believe). I just got THE GATE: MONSTROUS SPECIAL EDITION and watched it. Great fun!!! BTW ~ Most of the "minion" creature effects (referred to as "imps" in this thread) were not stop-motion at all, but rather FORCED PERSPECTIVE (ala Darby O'Gill And The Little People). They were also shot at slower frames-per-second so they would move in the bizarre fashion that they do. All of this effects info is covered in the extensive extras included on this new Special Edition of THE GATE. Highly recommended 80's monstuh fun! Fill that bucket with gas...
Cool Ghoul		#16	[-]
(11/09/09 10:32 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Rakshasa wrote: Omega Man wrote: THE GATE: MONSTROUS SPECIAL EDITION is being released on DVD this coming October (the 6th, I believe). I just got THE GATE: MONSTROUS SPECIAL EDITION and watched it. Great fun!!! BTW ~ Most of the "minion" creature effects (referred to as "imps" in this thread) were not stop-motion at all, but rather FORCED PERSPECTIVE (ala Darby O'Gill And The Little People). They were also shot at slower frames-per-second so they would move in the bizarre fashion that they do. All of this effects info is covered in the extensive extras included on this new Special Edition of THE GATE. Highly recommended 80's monstuh fun! Can't wait to get this. Myabe I'll find it in my stocking!

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