I was initially drawn to this 2022 horror movie, given the fact that it was a horror movie that I hadn't already seen, and also that the movie's cover was actually interesting enough.
The movie ran for 42 minutes, which felt rather long, as the movie's storyline wasn't really particularly entertaining. And the fact that the movie was filmed with an added yellow layer and a cheesy effect to make it look old, well that just didn't exactly help to make the movie any more enjoyable. The storyline in "Beyond the Gates of Hell" felt like something that was made up on the fly, as the crew progressed filming the movie with their parents digital home video camera.
Yeah, there was a permeating sense of low budget and amateurish film-making to "Beyond the Gates of Hell", for better or worse. It wasn't something I enjoyed, so it was somewhat of an annoyance actually.
I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, except for Brinke Stevens. However, the acting performances were generally as wooden and rigid as the storyline, so at least that counted for something.
Visually then you're not in for anything to write home about.
If you enjoy horror movies, you might want to skip on "Beyond the Gates of Hell" entirely.
My rating of writer and director Dustin Ferguson's 2022 movie "Beyond the Gates of Hell" lands on a two out of ten stars.
The movie ran for 42 minutes, which felt rather long, as the movie's storyline wasn't really particularly entertaining. And the fact that the movie was filmed with an added yellow layer and a cheesy effect to make it look old, well that just didn't exactly help to make the movie any more enjoyable. The storyline in "Beyond the Gates of Hell" felt like something that was made up on the fly, as the crew progressed filming the movie with their parents digital home video camera.
Yeah, there was a permeating sense of low budget and amateurish film-making to "Beyond the Gates of Hell", for better or worse. It wasn't something I enjoyed, so it was somewhat of an annoyance actually.
I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, except for Brinke Stevens. However, the acting performances were generally as wooden and rigid as the storyline, so at least that counted for something.
Visually then you're not in for anything to write home about.
If you enjoy horror movies, you might want to skip on "Beyond the Gates of Hell" entirely.
My rating of writer and director Dustin Ferguson's 2022 movie "Beyond the Gates of Hell" lands on a two out of ten stars.