The Devil's Doorway

Name: The Devil's Doorway
Genre: Horror
Released: July 13, 2018
Duration: 76 min
Rating: 48
Cast: Carleen Melaugh, Ciaran Flynn, Dearbhail Lynch, Helena Bereen, Lalor Roddy

2018

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NR	IFC Midnight \| Release Date: July 13, 2018

Starring: Carleen Melaugh, Ciaran Flynn, Dearbhail Lynch, Helena Bereen, Lalor Roddy, Lauren Coe

Summary: What unholy terrors lurk behind the walls of a secretive Irish convent? Northern Ireland, 1960: Father Thomas Riley (Lalor Roddy) and Father John Thornton (Ciaran Flynn) are dispatched by the Vatican to investigate reports of a miracle—a statue of the Virgin Mary weeping blood—at a remote Catholic asylum for “immoral” women. Armed with 16mmWhat unholy terrors lurk behind the walls of a secretive Irish convent? Northern Ireland, 1960: Father Thomas Riley (Lalor Roddy) and Father John Thornton (Ciaran Flynn) are dispatched by the Vatican to investigate reports of a miracle—a statue of the Virgin Mary weeping blood—at a remote Catholic asylum for “immoral” women. Armed with 16mm film cameras to record their findings, the priests instead discover a depraved horror show of sadistic nuns, satanism, and demonic possession. Supernatural forces are at work here—but they are not the doing of God. [IFC Midnight]… Expand

Director: Aislinn Clarke

Genre(s): Horror

Rating: NR

Runtime: 76 min

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Screen International - Fionnuala Halligan

Jul 12, 2018

It takes its narrative cue from the Bon Secours mother-and-baby home in Tuam, County Galway in which “significant” numbers of dead children have been discovered. Even though this is placed within a potentially-exploitative genre framework, it is still handled with sensitivity and sympathy by this latest female director to flesh out horror tropes. Read full review

Los Angeles Times - Noel Murray

Jul 12, 2018

Roddy and Bereen in particular give fully fleshed-out performances, playing agents of a religious institution they both disrespect in subtle and blatant ways. Clarke and company inject some old-fashioned scares into the context of a deeper moral rot. Read full review

The New York Times - Jeannette Catsoulis

Jul 12, 2018

This smart but uneven horror movie has little interest in fun. Read full review

The Hollywood Reporter - Frank Scheck

Jul 11, 2018

All the well-crafted effort has unfortunately been expended on a tired and overly familiar story that never registers as anything more than a compendium of horror-film clichés. Read full review

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JLuis_001

Jul 19, 2018

I'm not a supporter of found footage, I have said that several times before, but I've still seen enough films of that narrative device, mostly horror films.

I wasn't planning to see this one but I saw the trailer and it interested me enough, I liked what I saw, so I decided to watch it. InI'm not a supporter of found footage, I have said that several times before, but I've still seen enough films of that narrative device, mostly horror films.

I wasn't planning to see this one but I saw the trailer and it interested me enough, I liked what I saw, so I decided to watch it. In addition it only lasted 76 minutes, so there was no problem with that.

I will not explain much about this film but I can say that although it doesn't innovate at all, the film is better constructed than many other films that use the same narrative resource.

The story doesn't have the biggest logic in the world and uses too much the jump scares to frighten you but what I really liked about this film is that it has a lot of something I always demand from every horror film that I see, something that should be basic and yet they find difficult to achieve: atmosphere, just that, and the atmosphere of this film is quite creepy, also the fact that it was decided this film should look like a recording from the 60's adds even more power to that atmosphere because the resource is successful and credible.

I reiterated, it's not a great horror film and the ending as always with found footage films is disappointing but I think it deserves a small chance to be seen.… Expand

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Damiankosior

Jul 19, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In my opinion "The Devil's Doorway" is a very poorly executed movie. This movie is a mix of Ryan Murphy's "American Horror Story Asylum" and Roman Polanski's "Rosemary's Baby". From devil worshipping nuns, to asylums haunted by children, it has all been done before, making this movie not even original in storyline. The main protagonists, have absolutely no fundamentals, which makes them anonymous and quite boring to be honest. Father John's story about being raised in the orphanage could have expanded in a couple different ways, but all we see is him trying to run away from the truth. I don't recommend watching this movie unless you want to be bored with hopeless running around with a camera and people of the church being belligerent.… Expand

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