The Other Side of the Door

It might be trying to make a point. If so, it sure is hard to hear it over the noisy screeches and cheap jump scares.

Like all the best horror, The Other Side of the Door is concerned not just with what freaks us out on a gut level, but the deeply-repressed anxieties that truly terrify us.

So tasteless in its depiction of India that it makes 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' look like a triumph of racial awareness.

Along with writing partner Ernest Riera, Roberts pilfers odds and ends of Hindu religious practices and folklore to construct a middling ghost story that traces a vaguely Gothic outline, only to follow a wearyingly derivative trajectory.

The type of sporadically silly and patently predictable horror pic that would look like filler on Syfy's weekend lineup, "The Other Side of the Door" brings virtually nothing new to the supernatural genre.

There is Conjuring-style haunting. There's a creepy piano that plays itself. And there is an annoyingly liberal use of horror's cheapest gimmick, the jump-scare.

The Other Side of the Door ended up being an enjoyable viewing experience due to Roberts' ability to manipulate familiar tropes and give them a proper twist.

Even the most forgiving of horror fans may find it hard to locate something good in this turkey.

You can notice some effort in this film, but ultimately ends up being a product passing indifferent to us. [Full review in Spanish]

Feels like a horror genre cliche compilation: the family with the tragic past, the exotic location, and something forbidden that will atract the horrors of the night. [Full review in Spanish]

It is an unfortunate mix of other horror films and it wastes a very interesting story with serious narrative problems. [Full review in Spanish]