Review of The Devil's Doorway (2018) by Jluis_001 — 18 Jul 2018

I'm not a supporter of found footage, I have said that several times before, but I've still seen enough films of that narrative device, mostly horror films.

I wasn't planning to see this one but I saw the trailer and it interested me enough, I liked what I saw, so I decided to watch it. In addition it only lasted 76 minutes, so there was no problem with that.

I will not explain much about this film but I can say that although it doesn't innovate at all, the film is better constructed than many other films that use the same narrative resource.

The story doesn't have the biggest logic in the world and uses too much the jump scares to frighten you but what I really liked about this film is that it has a lot of something I always demand from every horror film that I see, something that should be basic and yet they find difficult to achieve: atmosphere, just that, and the atmosphere of this film is quite creepy, also the fact that it was decided this film should look like a recording from the 60's adds even more power to that atmosphere because the resource is successful and credible.

I reiterated, it's not a great horror film and the ending as always with found footage films is disappointing but I think it deserves a small chance to be seen.