Review: The Gates (2023)
By William Pattison
This time I got a WOKE period piece ghost story about the
invention of the EVP recorder…
A serial killer has been sentenced to death by electric
chair in London in the 1890s, but in his final hours, he puts a curse on the
prison he is in, and all of those in it.
I found this to be an amazingly entertaining period ghost story even though it played with history to have a black guy as a high ranking member of the British Paranormal Society. Robert Brake is excellent as the satanic serial killer ghost though he is horribly under used in this film. That atmosphere in the prison where the story takes place is well done. There were scenes that were very reminisce of The Evil Dead, which is also a bonus, since this film could have been a very dry watch like a lot of British horror. It was also wonderful to see John Rhys-Davies as the post mortum photographer/inventor/paranormal investigator. Even with the WOKE issue I can highly recommend this film, no alcoholic beverages or wacky weed required…
