The Gate

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The Gate is a 1987 supernatural horror film about children who accidentally unleash demonic forces from a mysterious hole in their backyard.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
The Gate canonical 4
The Gate II: Trespassers 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
supernatural horror film ⓘ
antagonist demons ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay by Michael Nankin ⓘ
cinematographyBy Thomas Vámos ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Canada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
director Tibor Takács ⓘ
distributor New Century Entertainment ⓘ
editedBy Véronique Lange ⓘ
filmingLocation Canada ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ
genre horror film ⓘ
supernatural horror film ⓘ
hasSequel The Gate II: Trespassers ⓘ
linked to: The Gate
mainCharacter Al ⓘ
Glen ⓘ
Terry ⓘ
MPAARating PG-13 ⓘ
musicBy Michael Hoenig ⓘ
notableFor use of forced perspective creature effects ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary Children accidentally unleash demonic forces from a mysterious hole in their backyard ⓘ
producer John Kemeny ⓘ
William Marshall ⓘ
productionCompany Alliance Entertainment ⓘ
releaseDate 1987-05-15 ⓘ
releaseYear 1987 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 85 ⓘ
screenwriter Michael Nankin ⓘ
setting backyard ⓘ
suburban house ⓘ
specialEffectsType practical effects ⓘ
stop-motion animation ⓘ
stars Christa Denton ⓘ
Jennifer Irwin ⓘ
Kelly Rowan ⓘ
Louis Tripp ⓘ
Stephen Dorff ⓘ
theme childhood fears ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
occult ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stephen Dorff → notableWork → The Gate ⓘ
Kelly Rowan → hasActedIn → The Gate II: Trespassers ⓘ
linked to: The Gate
The Gate → hasSequel → The Gate II: Trespassers ⓘ
linked to: The Gate
Andras Hamori → produced → The Gate ⓘ
Andras Hamori → produced → The Gate II: Trespassers ⓘ
linked to: The Gate
Vestron Pictures → notableWork → The Gate ⓘ