The Other Side of the Door

The Other Side of the Door

2016 · 96 min · EN · R · 5.5 (896 votes)
Dir. Johannes Roberts · Starring Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sisto, Sofia Rosinsky, Logan Creran, Jax Malcolm, Suchitra Pillai · Music Joseph Bishara

It was never meant to be opened.

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Grieving over the loss of her son, a mother struggles with her feelings for her daughter and her husband. She seeks out a ritual that allows her say goodbye to her dead child, opening the veil between the world of the dead and the living. Her daughter becomes the focus of terror. She must now protect against the evil that was once her beloved son.

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This film plunges you into a profound, suffocating grief, slowly twisting it into a palpable dread. It's a journey through the desperate lengths of a mother's love, where cultural rituals open a terrifying door to the unknown. The atmosphere is heavy, unsettling, and imbued with a pervasive sense of tragic consequence, making for a deeply disquieting experience.

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