Excellent, a Must See

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

The other side of the Door: A US couple live in Mumbai, running an antique business. Their son drowns in a car accident when the mother (Sarah Wayne Callies) only manages to save the daughter, sort of a Sophie's Choice. Their Indian housekeeper offers Sarah one last chance to speak to her son through a series of rituals, the final one taking place in a ruined Hindu Temple. She must not open the door, only speak to her son's spirit through it. But of course she opens it. "Mommy, Oliver is back." 7/10.

Directed by Johannes Roberts and Roberts co-writes the screenplay with Ernest Riera. It stars Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sisto, Sofia Rosinsky and Suchitra Pillai.Still struggling to come to terms with the death of her young son, Maria (Callies) is told of an Indian ritual where she can say goodbye to her son one last time, under one condition. The condition is that the conversation will be on the other side of a door - a door which simply must not be opened...There were far worse horror films than this released in 2016, that's not to say this should be a selling point for The Other Side of the Door, but it at least is effective in what it does. The problems really are that it's all very cliché ridden, but how many horror films do not have clichés anyway? This is one for those who are just after a few genuine scares, some creeping dread like atmosphere, and a nifty ending. It doesn't tread any new ground, and it comes off like the bastard child of Ringu and Pet Sematary, but sometimes a safe horror with clichés is all you need for a decent night in with the lights off. 6.5/10

I remember going to the movie theater to watch "The Sixth Sense" by M. Night Shyamalan. I was not expecting a lot, no bias since I had not read any review and I was the first among my friends and family to watch it, so really good to be total unaware in a movie like that. Looking back, it is unbelievable that just turned the calendar to 2017. 2017!!! So, The Sixth Sense is almost reaching "the legal age". It is actually 18 in my country! And absolutely I have not watched a better movie of this genre ever since. Some horror movies are actually gore. Others are so cliché it is not worthy watching 5 minutes.This movie was so poorly made I can't understand that happens. It looks like some kid wrote it. They exaggerated in many of the scenes just pure nonsense and nothing adding up a good ghost story, it is even hard to rate this and be simple but I will try: "It is a bad horror movie". Just bad! Five is already a good rate for this. I am happy I saw it on TV and not in the theater.

Or, just go to Home Depot equivalent in India and DIY.Seriously. Why hadn't anyone thought about putting a lock on that door? So many people warn about opening it, so many followers spend their life cleaning up the mistakes of the visitors and nothing good comes from it. So lock it up, baby!Backing up, the movie's about a tragic loss of a child that leads the mother to a door she can speak to her ghost son. Only, like it's spelled out above, she isn't allowed to open the mystical door to the "other side." Would there be a movie if she didn't foolishly open it and chaos ensues for the remainder of the family until the returning ghost is busted?2016 is truly turning me around to my least subgenre of horror: ghost stories. Still not a fan, but after this very well shot movie and The Conjuring 2 that easily and triumphantly made up for not just The Conjuring 1, but many more of the same exact haunted house movies that's flooded the market for a decade now. Hollywood, you keep making intelligent and original ghost stories like these two and you'll finally earn my respect and dollars.Yes. I did like this movie. It's not perfect, though. It's got all the stereotypical ghost jump scares that stopped being scary in 2004…or even much before that. It's even got the corny, overlong egg-shaped mouth opening that never stops making me laugh – first seen for me in I Am Legend. And for only about 90 minutes, it seems longer than it should've been.But, the initial premise. Oh, dear God, the first premise. Not just original, well-acted and believable, but heartbreaking enough for any full-length movie. A mother of two is in a sinking car and has only one opportunity to save one of her children. This scenario alone brings this movie from just a haunted ghost story to an elevated and deep movie. That's the lead into the mother going to the ancient door to speak with her son – the one she had to sacrifice to save her daughter. Now, that premise, is also somewhat original, but it's also a double-edged sword: despite what she's been through, and who could ever put themselves into her shoes?, how dumb do you have to be to open a door that not only people warned you about, but also you believe enough to know this is about to get…terrible.The movie's worth watching. Mercifully it is around the hour and a half mark, so even though it drags in Act Two, it's quick enough to get all the better parts in.***Final thoughts: I hate seeing actors type-casted. I know a lot try their best to break from their mold and comfort-zone to avoid that, but even then, there are times I just simply can't get past their past. The lead here, Mother-May-I-Return-From-The-Dead?, is Sarah Wayne Callies. You may not recognize the name, but if you're a die-hard fan of The Walking Dead as I am, it might be as hard for you as it was for me to see her as anything but Rick Grimes' wife on the show. She does have depth, especially for the decision she had to make with her children, but dang it, she's just Lori Grimes to me.