The Other Side of the Door
Came
out; 2016
Time;
1 Hour 36 Minutes
Watched
on; Amazon
Rating;
R for some bloody violence
IMDB
Rating; 5.3/10
Rotten
Tomatoes Score;
Tomatoemeter:
39%.
Average
Rating: 4.8/10.
Reviews
Counted: 33.
Fresh;
13.
Rotten:
20.
31%
Liked it
Caution; Spoiler Alert
Synopsis; After her young son is
killed in a tragic accident, a women learns of a ritual which will bring him
back to say goodbye, but when she disobeys a sacred warning, she upsets the
balance between life and death.
Staring;
Sarah Wayne Callies as Maria
Jeremy Sisto as Michael
Sofia Rosinsky as Lucy
Logan Creran as Oliver
Suchitra Pillai as Piki
Storyline;
A family lives an idyllic
existence abroad until a tragic accident takes the life of their young son. The
inconsolable mother learns of an ancient ritual that will bring him back to say
a final goodbye. She travels to an ancient temple, where a door serves as a
mysterious portal between two worlds. But when she disobeys a sacred warning to
never open that door, she upsets the balance between life and death.
Thoughts;
The movie starts out with Maria and Michael in India. They
are talking about how beautiful it is there and Maria suggests that they move
and live there full time. Michael agrees! Cut to what seems to be a few years
later and they are living in India with their daughter. A family picture is
shown and you see a boy also in the picture but he isn’t in the movie.
The wife seems to attempt to commit suicide and is saved. In
the ambulance ride you see flash backs of a car accident that happened and how
Oliver died.
Their maid (I think it’s never really explained as to what
her roll in the family is) Piki tells Maria about a temple and a ritual where
Maria can speak to her son and say good bye. She gives her all the instructions
and one of them being, no matter what, don’t open the door until the sun comes
up.
Maria takes the trip to the graveyard with Piki and others
who dig up her son Oliver. The ritual needs the ashes of the dead so a ceremony
is preformed where they burn Oliver’s body.
While in the temple Maria explores a little bit and is
freaked out by a statue that she finds. She returns to the front by the door
when she hears knocking. It turns out that Oliver is on the other side of the door
speaking to her. They talk as Maria cries, then Oliver says he has to go. Of
course, Maria opens the door to find nothing there but a strange man who had
attended the ceremony earlier.
She runs home and then strange things start to happen. Lucy
finds a stuffed toy that Oliver loved (and was buried with) and then starts
talking to Oliver. All the plants and birds die along with the fish in their
pond. That’s when Piki confronts Maria and tells her what is needed to stop
everything from happening.
Maria refuses and while the family is out, Piki gathers
everything of Oliver’s and all pictures of Oliver into garbage bags to burn it.
Piki is killed but what appears to be her daughter.
Maria finishes what Piki started and while burning Oliver’s
things she realizes that her daughter is on a swing. Maria upon going to Lucy
realizes that she has been possessed. From here, Lucy kills the dog, tries to
kill her dad and the crazy people come in to try and kill Lucy (because she is
possessed by Oliver). Maria tells Oliver to leave Lucy alone and take her
instead, which is exactly what happens. Maria is then killed.
The movie ends with Maria waking up on stairs and then she
hears Michaels’s voice from behind the door telling her he has to see her one
more time.
This movie had a good creep factor. Lots of “what would you
do” type moments. It kept my attention. It had a pretty decent plot, decent
acting and a few jump scares.
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