Door to the Other Side

source: Reclusion

This film is trying to be a mystery-thriller type movie that dabbles in the supernatural. Yet it is too shy to fully commit to one of those tropes. It attempts those themes not even half-ass, but maybe quarter-ass. That leaves a feeling of pointlessness and boredom by the end of the film. Combine those poorly executed themes with 99% of the movie being exceedingly quiet, slow paced and devoid of any interesting dialogue. Then sit through that for the entire film with zero payoff? We have a movie that I don't even want to try to get cute with what I should call it. It's just boring man.

I'm a big horror fan, and this i am predisposed to watching a LOT of bad movies. That being said, this wasnt the worst thing ive seen, however nothing about it seemed original or even scary. The entire concept felt half baked. A shut in neighbor gets help from his attractive neighbors in an attempt to re socialize. They dont explain how or why they care, how or why the neighbor suddenly became a shut in, or how or why he suddenly became haunted by annoying ghosts who like to say "boo!" The acting was "meh" and the only saving grace was the lead actress is gorgeous, but she never gets naked and her acting is high school play-level. Let me say this, for a shut in, "Tim" seems to be perfectly okay with leaving his house, he just doesnt have anywhere to really go. There's a lot about this movie to criticize, ultimately if you have nothing better to do, its a decent way to drift off to sleep but if you're looking for actual entertainment, i highly recommend you pass on this one.

Enjoyable movies are getting hard to find, sit back relax, this movie does the job. Spooky is good. Did a good job for what they had, I was actually surprised by how low the rating is, and I've seen plenty with higher rating that wasn't as good, so yeah I think it's getting trolled.

We see a young couple try to get an old reclusive man named Tim to come out of his shell, but it takes a while to figure out why they are trying to help him. He seems haunted by a supernatural force that makes him sick and short of breath, and he has flashbacks to pieces of something in the past that is suggested to have caused his trauma. Be patient with the plot development, as it is worth the payoff at the end. Not so likable was the main character Nick's boy scout like naivete, nor the rather useless presence of the psychiatrist in trying to unravel the mystery of what ails Tim.

This suuuuuuuucked!!! Nothing ever happened..? The idea was good just poor execution.. not scary at all.. every time you think something cool is about to happen it doesnt. Nothing explained,no real ending, no thrill, nothing! I was falling asleep the whole time.. Basically a movie about how a guy sleeps..

Plot spoiler review. Tim (Mitch Holden) has really bad sleep apnea which causes a "bridge" to the other side. The word "door" was not used. 19 years after his wife was taken, his house is being foreclosed because he didn't get a 15 year mortgage. We don't know what happened to his daughter until 45 minutes into the film..."she left." He is being seen by professionals at home and he hasn't been outside in 13 months. Boring? You might want to kill yourself to keep from watching it. Special effects include doors opening. Doors closing. Doors being banged on. People dressed up to look like ghosts. Orange rolling off a table. Scary stuff huh? Guide" No swearing, sex, or nudity.

I have to say that I did not expect this movie would give me such lasting impression, especially with that twist at the end. Though some viewers did mention that the plot twist was expected and overused, but when I saw the father (reclusive protagonist) gazing into his daughter's eyes, handing her the teddy bear she left behind, all the while knowing that death is upon him, I feel emotionally wrecked. It's like a metaphor to what parents give to their children: Life. And in place of that, parents know that each day as their children grow up more and more, their own death is coming. But still they pushed on and give unconditional love. Even willing to die for their children, or in this case, in the hands of his own daughter. I can't really quite put in words on exactly how this film makes me feel. All I know is that I feel incredibly moved and surprised about the way it turned out. Not many horror films can reach the same effect of making the audience tear up and frightened simultaneously. This movie did it for me, great job.

Great job! I absolutely love this movie. Thumbs up!!! I encourage people to watch this movie because you will be on the edge of your seat. I like the characters in the movie. They were authentic and scary. I love scary movies. This is a must see! If you are intrigued with paranormal activity then you will not be disappointed. The director also did a great job

I love films like this that surprise me with their originality and filmmaking. Though this is a budget film the director, Norman Lesperance, does an absolutely wonderful job of creating a decent horror movie. Which makes me wonder why this has such a low rating on IMDb, especially when the reviewers give it favourable reviews... just like myself. I'd like to know why the viewers are rating it so low. Tim played wonderfully by Mitch Holden, is an agoraphobic unable to leave his home and hardly speaks to people and is nearly incapable of acting and reacting to people. Thanks to his neighbours Tim and Joan, nicely portrayed by Nicholas Bianchi (who wrote the script) and Chelsea Gilligan respectively, he is slowly coerced out of his reclusive lifestyle. As time passes, we begin to see that not only is the house where a supernatural event occurred but it affected his wife and daughter; his wife died and his daughter ran away. There are secrets and surprises abound as the audience learns about power residing in the house and what it's capable of. This is a very well acted strong story of supernatural and paranormal incidents that adds to both haunted house and possession mythologies. This is not a fast action packed CGI special effects laden venture. It is an atmospheric and unnerving affair that makes you think. This is definitely a film to watch with the lights on low while wrapped up in your lover's arms. If you've watched The Haunting Of Hill House and enjoyed it then you will probably like this film too. A nice eerie film.