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Four teens summon forth a diminuitive, demonic minion from The Other Side to do their bidding and grant their wishes, but of course, they must all ultimately pay the price...Four teens summon forth a diminuitive, demonic minion from The Other Side to do their bidding and grant their wishes, but of course, they must all ultimately pay the price...Four teens summon forth a diminuitive, demonic minion from The Other Side to do their bidding and grant their wishes, but of course, they must all ultimately pay the price...
Pamela Adlon
- Liz
- (as Pamela Segall)
Todd Postlethwaite
- Wine Steward
- (as Todd Waite)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFilming took place in late 1988, but the film sat unreleased for several years. It was first released in Europe prior to its release in the US.
- GoofsWhen Johnny squeezes the "zit" on his face, the goo obviously squirts from his fingers, not his face.
- Crazy creditsAt the end of the movie the hero is raised from the dead at his funeral, and then two others who were also killed climb out of the coffin. After the credits a hamster that was sacrificed earlier in the movie crawls out of the coffin as well.
- Alternate versionsThe film was originally rated "PG-13" but scenes of drug use were added to be re-rated "R" by the MPAA to make the film look more appealing to horror fans.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Return to the Nightmare: A Look Back at Gate II (2018)
- SoundtracksScreamin'
by John Ballinger and George Blondheim
Performed by Tim Baker & The Torontones
Frostbyte Music
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Not so good
My review was written in February 1992 after a Gramercy neighborhood screening in Manhattan.
After three years on the shelf, "Gate II" opens to reveal an idiotic horror film boasting solid monster effects. The original, released in 1987, notably ran neck and ncec at the box office with "Ishtar". Lame Duck sequel is better suited to video action.
Louis Tripp encorres his role, now playing a nerdy teen (the original film was a PG-13 entry with young kids as protagonists). He chants ancient incantations in a spooky old hose to summon demons and their minions from another dimension.
Michael Nankin, scripter of both "Gate" pics, taes (without acknowledgement) as his launch point the lore of H. P. Lovecraft. There is a trinity of demons that has been confined behind a gate for billions of years, eager to reclaim Earth.
Nankin's storyline here is stupid, however. Student of demonology Tripp calls up this evil merely to be granted moes wishes, notably getting his alcoholic airplane pilot dad back on his feet. Tripp's teen buddies Simon Reynolds and James Villemaire misuse the cute little minion that Tripp calls up to get them money for a night on the town.
Gimmick is that wishes are granted only temporarily, with the booty and money literally turning into excrement. All three heroes are ultimately possessed by the trinity of demons, who plan to sacrifice Pamela Segall to bring about Hell on Earth. Film's trick ending is especially silly.
Saving grace is the monster work, including a mix of live action and puppetry to create the graceful, realistic movement of the tiny minion. Less successful is Randy Cook's creation of a 10-foot monster (the demon that possesses Villemaire), a reptilian creature that pays homage to the Venusian fashioned by Ray Harryhausen in 1957 for "20 Million Miles to Earth". Photography and design work are good.
Acting is uneven, with leads Tripp and Segall convincing, while Reynolds and Villemaire are ridiculous as stereotyped teens. Only sop to the film's north-of-the-border origins is Tripp amusingly donning hockey gear for protection to battle the minion.
After three years on the shelf, "Gate II" opens to reveal an idiotic horror film boasting solid monster effects. The original, released in 1987, notably ran neck and ncec at the box office with "Ishtar". Lame Duck sequel is better suited to video action.
Louis Tripp encorres his role, now playing a nerdy teen (the original film was a PG-13 entry with young kids as protagonists). He chants ancient incantations in a spooky old hose to summon demons and their minions from another dimension.
Michael Nankin, scripter of both "Gate" pics, taes (without acknowledgement) as his launch point the lore of H. P. Lovecraft. There is a trinity of demons that has been confined behind a gate for billions of years, eager to reclaim Earth.
Nankin's storyline here is stupid, however. Student of demonology Tripp calls up this evil merely to be granted moes wishes, notably getting his alcoholic airplane pilot dad back on his feet. Tripp's teen buddies Simon Reynolds and James Villemaire misuse the cute little minion that Tripp calls up to get them money for a night on the town.
Gimmick is that wishes are granted only temporarily, with the booty and money literally turning into excrement. All three heroes are ultimately possessed by the trinity of demons, who plan to sacrifice Pamela Segall to bring about Hell on Earth. Film's trick ending is especially silly.
Saving grace is the monster work, including a mix of live action and puppetry to create the graceful, realistic movement of the tiny minion. Less successful is Randy Cook's creation of a 10-foot monster (the demon that possesses Villemaire), a reptilian creature that pays homage to the Venusian fashioned by Ray Harryhausen in 1957 for "20 Million Miles to Earth". Photography and design work are good.
Acting is uneven, with leads Tripp and Segall convincing, while Reynolds and Villemaire are ridiculous as stereotyped teens. Only sop to the film's north-of-the-border origins is Tripp amusingly donning hockey gear for protection to battle the minion.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Gate II: Return to the Nightmare
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $6,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,032,973
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,053,175
- Mar 1, 1992
- Gross worldwide
- $2,032,973
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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