Monday, 27 February 2017

VOD: Beyond The Gates (dir: Jackson Stewart, 2017)

"How are you holding up?"
"Not well."

This pastiche of 1990s VHS-era videotape-based boardgaming and indeed of DTV movies of that era tries hard but just misses the mark by having deliberately lethargic pacing and underplaying that goes just a bit too far, and missing the truly lurid style and presentation of the time.  For the most part, it is just too slow and dull, but wait for the final act: the last thirty-five minutes contain five well-realised gloopy physical gore gags that are fun at least, even though they are not enough to save the film overall. 

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