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The Other Side of the Door

2016 · 96 min

A somber, dread-soaked supernatural horror that mines parental grief for slow-building scares and a tragic, cyclical sense of doom.

Directed by
Johannes Roberts
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Starring
Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sisto, Sofia Rosinsky
Tagline
It was never meant to be opened.
Overview
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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Stream in the UK
  • Disney Plus
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Johannes Roberts
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Starring
Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sisto, Sofia Rosinsky
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • guilt
  • death
  • family
  • isolation
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror8
Humour1
Realism4
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
horror, thriller
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
96 min
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