The Gate

The Gate

1987-04-21 • 1h 26m • PG-13 •
Horror Fantasy
6.1
User Score
405 votes

"Pray it's not too late."

Overview

Three young children accidentally release a horde of nasty, pint-sized demons from a hole in a suburban backyard. What follows is a classic battle between good and evil as the three kids struggle to overcome a nightmarish hell that is literally taking over the Earth.

Tibor Takács

Director

Michael Nankin

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$2,500,000

Revenue

$13,539,458

Runtime

1h 26m

Release Date

1987-04-21

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Reviews

Dan_Tebasco

Dan_Tebasco

2017-03-16T13:42:33.968Z

Not too shabby. Stephen Dorff is one of my favorites (in a long list of favorites mind you but one of my favorites none the less) so it was interesting to see him as a child in this one. He's pretty good no Elijah Wood in his age or anything but perfectly decent for the lead in this. It's a bit on the slow side but it's got some cool ideas and if I saw it as a kid I'm sure I'd appreciate it even more, might even been scary to me back then cause even though the cast are mostly kids it is rather dark in tone and manages to not feel too cheesy. I (re?)watched Critters some weeks ago and I didn't think it held up very well in 2017 but this one did just fine.