Synopsis
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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Cast
- Sarah Wayne CalliesMaria
- Jeremy SistoMichael
- Sofia RosinskyLucy
- Logan CreranOliver
- Jax MalcolmOliver (voice)
- Suchitra PillaiPiki
- Javier BotetMyrtu
- Vijay GuptaAghori
- Anup Kumar SharmaAghori
- Rahil GilaniAghori
Recommendations
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
The true horror of The Other Side of the Door is that Maria, too, has kicked off a vicious cycle of unnatural destruction, as the movie makes clear in its hard-hitting final punchline. - 60
Empire
A solid haunting-possession movie with good character work and unusual local colour, this works in a few surprises, sufficient scares and a nicely barbed punchline. - 60
The Guardian
There are no prizes for guessing what happens, but it’s a smart scary movie that relies on atmosphere and characterisation – not just jump-scares – for its effect. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
With its measured pacing, focus on family and repurposing of familiar horror conventions, the film represents a rather adult offering that can’t manage any memorable frights until well into the first hour of running time. - 40
Austin Chronicle
Effective performances by the principals are unable to surmount the movie’s many cliches, although the actors render them more endurable. A more evocative title for this Hindu Gothic might be: "Mommies Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things." - 38
RogerEbert.com
To her credit, Callies has an accessible presence and tries to provide more pathos and humanity than were supplied on the page, even as her character makes increasingly idiotic decisions in the name of parental love. - 38
Movie Nation
A few frights pay off, but most don’t. The performances are TV-series flat — designed for close-ups. - 30
Screen Daily
Mothers will do anything for their children, but this film’s simplistic brand of horror never makes that devotion compelling or frightening.
