source: The Pale Door

source: The Pale Door

There are actual actors in this movie - it has to be the material they're working with. Everyone comes off looking like they can't act or are overacting. Terrible terrible direction and script, the big problem is this thing looks like it was shot on a camcorder from 2006. When your cinematography is this bad, everyone looks worse. The cliched characters and bad dialog are cringe-worthy. Hard to get through, I defy you to watch this and not find yourself fast forwarding. I also defy you to make it to the end. I could not. It was terrible.

Could of been a decent film if it had a higher budget. The story isn't bad, it was just hard to watch. The camera work and sets looked too low budget. I turned the movie off about half way in. Pass on this one unless you like low budget horror films.

I like the plot even though it slightly mirrors the same plot of Robert Rodriguez' 1996 film called From Dusk til Dawn but with witches. Plus acting was pretty fair.

As the characters develop and you get that Bond, makes it tough to watch the Church scene but I was impressed with the Cast and the Story. Western Horror combo has punch. The Brothers Bond and Love is strong ! Stan Shaw plays Lester. Witch Costume Design Very Cool. Eery Sounds. on Amazon Prime.

The Pale Door has a somewhat cool poster and had a decent idea or two. Unfortunately that's about it in terms of the positives of the review. The negatives far outweigh them. The story takes close to 40 minutes to actually get going and is mostly boring. It's about a group of western outlaws who end up trapped in a cursed town inhabited by witches. They want to capture the youngest gang member who is the brother of the wounded leader and had only joined the rest of the gang in a heist for the first time. He is apparently pure hearted and would sustain the witches for a long time. The acting is nothing to write home about even though most of the main cast has worked on some very good movies in the past so the problem must be with the bad story, script and dialogue none of which are engaging or exciting. The action is kind of funny at times and so are the effects but not in a good way. More in a cringeworthy way. The sets look very fake and as someone already pointed out the clothes are all too clean. The story has a few similarities to From Dusk Till Dawn but that movie is superior in every possible way. It would be better to watch that instead. Overall this is best avoided or forgotten as soon as possible.

Why just why would anyone do this. Will someone please start making good movies again because this is an abomination to cinema.

The western/horror genre probably isn't utilized as often as it should be and when it is it's rare that it delivers anything worthwhile. That is not the case with The Pale Door by writer/director Aaron B. Koontz. The film does leave a little to be desired when it's over but that doesn't stop it from being an entertaining thrill ride, especially when you consider the limited locations available to spread it out and make that interest easily maintainable. I think this movie shows a director with real promise in the future. There's a handful of good scares and the performances are great. Ultimately, this probably won't go down in history as a classic but it's very much worth the watch.

Extremely disappointing! Jake the little brother literally killed the movie! The movie could have been much better than what it is. Cheap movie even though the idea was good. You could tell that the producer is not good. I am very disappointed to have wasted time watching this movie.