Gates of Paradise

Drake is grown up. Heaven (Johannah Newmarch) wants to leave Farthinggale Manor in the past. She is still hiding the family secrets from her daughter Annie (Lizzie Boys) who is turning 18. Annie loves her 'brother', Fanny's son Luke, who is moving away to college. Heaven and Logan are killed in a car crash. Annie is crippled and taken in by Tony Tatterton (Jason Priestley) who hires Drake to run the toy factory. Miss Broadfield (Daphne Zuniga) is the cruel nurse who intends to isolate Annie as Tony gets more disturbed and tells her self-serving lies.

This feels like a reboot as it introduces a new generation. Most of the previous actors are gone except for Priestley in old man makeup. Lizzie Boys is pretty good and who doesn't want Daphne Zuniga. After a quick story push, it basically becomes Misery. In a way, it is different than V.C. Andrews' writing. She often dealt with incest but this one undoes an incestuous relationship. It's also a much more simplified story and it is better for the movie's sake. The simplicity allows the story to breathe. It is rebooting in the good sense of the word.

I too, like most of the viewers didn't like the choice of actors playing Heaven and Logan. It would've been better having the original cast including the original Fanny.

This is definitely the worst episode out of the series. It was like a mix of Misery and Fiona Dourif in the chucky movies!

Too much focus on Annie and didn't enjoy the tone of step father Tony's disgusting thoughts and actions. That could've been portrayed better and not so vile.

I have watched and enjoyed all of the prequels but I did not enjoy this one at all. Hated that Annalise Basso did not play Heaven in this one. Lizzie Boys that played Heaven's There was really nothing about this movie that made sense to me.

Did they try to get a different person to play the title character and slip her in as if no one would notice? You might get away with that on home and away but surely not on a Tele series.

It's hard to watch. The characters of Heaven and Fanny that developed in the first two movies are bad fillers in this one. The acting is painful to watch.