Movie Review: Other Side of the Door

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, whenever it is you've found this entry.  Today, 9/4, I am watching The Other Side of the Door (2016).  It stars Sarah Wayne Callies, Jeremy Sisto and Sofia Rosinsky.  "After her young son is killed in a tragic accident, a woman learns of a ritual which will bring him back to say goodbye, but when she disobeys a sacred warning, she upsets the balance between life and death."  It currently has a 5.3/10 over on IMDB.  I know very little of the flick so I have no expectations.

• A simple no would have been fine little one
• Is it wrong that I'm already bored and what Lori....I mean whatever Sarah's character dead?
• That kid is kind of creepy in that close up like that
• Cowards way out Lori! (Yes I'll call her Lori throughout this, get used to it!)

• Not only did she just dig up her son she also is burning him up/cremating him
• Wait....they are going to EAT her son and she is going with that
• Yep just keep walking past all those dead birds, probably not a sign
• That match lets of a LOT of light
• Lori...what have you done?
• She is talking to a stuff tiger...that was buried with her brother...and she isn't troubled by this
• BORED!
• So is this Carls dad?
• What kind of weird thing was she just doing?  Random chanting
• Yeah that is normal, not the evil spirit you let loose throwing around the toy chest
• She is bipolar in this flick like The Walking Dead
• So Lori is okay with this demon spawn in her house?
• Gotta get energy to manifest itself somehow, why not birds and plants
• Oliver is just protecting his sister
• Lucy has a really weird voice
• Oliver bit her?  That was uncalled for!
• Apparently hell doesn't have piano lessons because Oliver still sucks
• I don't think Khan did anything to deserve that!
• Lori can never keep track of her kids.  Where's Carl?  Where's Luce?
• Lori isn't stopping her from getting ahold of Oliver
• This movie makes no sense!  
• BORED!
• This is what happens when you feed strays, they keep coming back for more!
• Well this took a turn to the extreme quickly!
• Good grief, did the husband actually do the same thing Lori did?

Let me start by saying that the idea of this flick is amazing.  The idea of that you can bring the dead back to talk to but not see is a great concept and then by bringing them back it causes an imbalance also good.  However, the execution was HORRIBLE!

Why was Myrtu after Lori at all till the end?  She wasn't in her way of getting to Oliver ever!  I just don't understand it.  Also why didn't Piki tell Lori everything?  Like when she could open the door. What would would happen if she did open the door.  Things like that, you know REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS!

The execution of the entire flick was bad and I'm sorry but Lori just isn't a strong enough actress to carry a film on her own.

Overall I give it a 3/10.  Great idea but beyond that not good.  I'd say to avoid this unless you have NOTHING else to watch...then I'd go watch something you've seen before!