The Devil's Doorway

2018
Unrated
1h 16m

IMDb RATING

5.3/10

4.2K

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In the fall of 1960, Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton were sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event in an Irish home for 'fallen women', only to uncover something mu... Read allIn the fall of 1960, Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton were sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event in an Irish home for 'fallen women', only to uncover something much more horrific.In the fall of 1960, Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton were sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event in an Irish home for 'fallen women', only to uncover something much more horrific.

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IMDb RATING

5.3/10

4.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 5 nominations

Eileen
(as Dearbhail Carr)

Charlie Bonner

Doctor Cleary

Cathy-Brennan Bradley

Sister Maria Agnes
(as Cathy Brennan Bradley)

Isaac Heslip

Ghost Boy 1

Iona Clarke

Ghost Girl

Maddox Gulliver

Ghost Boy 2

Daragh Merritt

Nun Body Double
(as Daragh Merrit)

Bobby Leigh

Doctor Flynn
(unconfirmed)

Director
- Aislinn Clarke
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Trivia
Clarke was concerned for the Galway premiere in 2018, for women in the age demographic who could have undergone the treatment depicted in the film; however, the film met with positive reception.

Quotes
Mother Superior: You've some neck on you. Coming into this home and casting aspersions on me. Who do you think you are? You send all the country's dirty wee secrets here, here to my home and sally off without a care in the world. Sweep it all under the carpet and they expect us to hide the dirty laundry. Isn't that it, Father? Leave all the dirty work to the women.
Father Thomas: Reverend Mother, I don't think that...
Mother Superior: No! You don't, do you? You worry about how we treat the girls. What about how you treat us? Leave us to hide all the messes and cover it all up and sworn and all holier-than-thou. Do you know how many of the church's messes that I personally have had to clean up? Do you know how many of the babies born here had fathers who were Fathers, Father?

Connections
Featured in The Found Footage Phenomenon (2021)

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Featured review

7/10

Pure Evil

I'm not big into found footage, but this one is sort of footage being shot, not found. The priests are genuine, not typical Hollywood Catholic priests. The Magdalene laundry was a real place, and it wouldn't surprise me if this kind of thing happened in those horror houses-there were more than one in Ireland until the early 1990s, I believe. You sort of know what is happening, but you still want to see it to the end. Very scary, a few minor jump scares, and one or two major ones. Ghoulish, hellish, and pure evil. And the fact that there is an atypical ending actually supports the integrity of the priests while bringing into stark relief the evil of the antagonists.