Thread: Alex Winter’s The Gate

[excerpt from Russ Fischer] Alex Winter (yeah, that Bill and Ted Alex Winter) has found financing for his proposed 3D remake of The Gate, which origially starred a very young and round-faced Stephen Dorff as a kid who finds a gate to a prison containing ancient demons. Naturally, they want to take over the world, just like the army of remakes we’ve been facing down for the last few years.
We don’t know much about the plot details. The original followed Glen (Dorff), his sister Al (Christa Denton) and Glen’s friend Terry (Louis Tripp) and their fight against demons unleashed from an unusual gate found when an old tree is removed from Glen’s backyard. The kids learn the truth about the tiny demons from a metal record which is actually a demonic tome called The Dark Book. No better way to engage and make fun of mid-’80s paranoia about that satanic metal music! The film was fun and creepy, with some great practical effects. H2O has hired Pixomondo (2012, Ninja Assassin) to do the effects this time, but I expect they’ll be largely digital. Let’s hope for at least a few good practical demon dolls.