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* ''The Gate'' (1987)
* ''Gate II'' (made in 1988, finally released in 1990)
* A 2011 3D remake seems to have gotten lost in Development Hell.


==Summary==
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Inspired by the occult liner notes and lyrics to an obscure heavy metal record called "The Dark Book", two young boys accidentally complete a ritual that releases a horde of demons from a pit in their backyard serving as an inter-dimensional gateway for the demons to emerge from and dominate the Earth.


==Details==

* Release Date:  1987, 1990
* Country/Language:  Canada, English
* Genres/Technical:  Fantasy, Horror
* Starring:  Stephen Dorff, Louis Tripp, Christa Denton, Pamela Segall
* Director:  Tibor Takács
* Writer:  Michael Nankin
* Producer/Production Co:  John Kemeny
* View Trailer:  ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOX6-Rw5PWc link]), ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHfOJBo_l_I link])

==Ratings==
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* Rated:  PG-13 (PG-13 for Violence and mild Profanity)

Probably suitable for older children with some adult supervision:  the violence and profanity are relatively mild and the scares are not especially shocking by today's standards.


===Tentacle Ratings===
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* SS___ (Two Tentacles: Somewhat Lovecraftian)

Though not explicitly Lovecraftian, the franchise seems to borrow a little from H.P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, William Hope Hodgson, and other weird fiction writers in the backstory of alien "old ones" from beyond a gate waiting for a chance to claim the Earth through occult sorcery or (in the sequel) weird science.  In an odd spin on a standard weird fiction trope, a heavy metal record and its liner notes are used as the 1980s equivalent of a Mythos Tome.

''Note:  This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.''

===Reviews===
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* [[User:Ywhateley|Y.Whateley]]:  A fun, "Lovecraft-light" little 1980s film series that (along with ''[[Equinox (1970 film)|Equinox]]'') was one of my earlier exposures to "Lovecraftian" fantasy/horror, with the creative low-budget effects and the films' amiable and imaginative cult-film-friendly qualities being among the series' selling points.  Though not explicitly Lovecraftian, the franchise seems to borrow a little from H.P. Lovecraft, August Derleth, William Hope Hodgson, and other weird fiction writers in the backstory of alien "old ones" from beyond a gate waiting for a chance to claim the Earth through occult sorcery or (in the sequel) weird science.  In an odd spin on a standard weird fiction trope, a heavy metal record and its liner notes are used as the 1980s equivalent of a Mythos Tome.  Probably suitable for older children with some adult supervision:  the violence and profanity are relatively mild and the scares are not especially shocking by today's standards.


==Synopsis==
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THE GATE:  Inspired by the occult liner notes and lyrics to an obscure heavy metal record called "The Dark Book", two young boys accidentally complete a ritual that releases a horde of demons from a pit in their backyard serving as an inter-dimensional gateway for the demons to emerge from and dominate the Earth.

GATE 2:  One of the boys from the first film has studied enough demonology to try to re-open The Gate and compel a demonic minion to grant him the power to help his out-of-work father put his life back on track, but everything goes wrong when his classmates get involved in the ritual and discover that the minion's powers come with strings attached.


===Comments, Trivia, Dedication===
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==Associated Mythos Elements==
* [[Sacrifyx]]:  "The Dark Book"
* [[Gate Demon|Minion]]s
* [[Zombie]]s
* [[Gate Demon|Old God]]
* "[[Dark World]]"

==Keeper Notes==
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