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Forgive Me, for I knew not what I did. Yup, thats me under tons of rubber and goo. Shot on one long day in North Hollywood in front of a green screen, I played, the Demon, at The door. Thats my Blair Witch line, uttered with as much emotion as I could, fed to Me by the director himself. Under that 10 pound rubber mask, I huffed and I puffed and howled, because the contact lenses of the original make up design were unwearable. I got paid nothing, so I'm still proud of what was done. You get what Your paid for here. I did a favor for a friend and never heard from said friend again. Hope He's O.K. What a shock to see it at a Highland Park Blockbuster several years later, actually release on the unsuspecting public. Sheeeesh!!!

Morris Everett

Ok, first of all, this b-movie is very very bad. I don't know what kind of a retarded bunch of lobotomized apes could ever conceive this utter sh*t, but what the hell, what's done is done, and I'm here to review this piece of crap.

The film starts with this prologue with a corny voiceover and Star Wars like words against a space backdrop (the voice and the words aren't even synchronized!) The story is very lame, basically telling about the war between Lucifer and God and how Lucifer is banished to hell, and then comes this Eye of Satan (or what have you) which supposedly frees the Devil and his demons so that they can enslave mankind (Is it just me or does this sound like Lord of the Rings)

Anyways, we cut to some place in a CGI Middle East where archaeologists dig for this eye of satan, something goes wrong when some very typical Islamic terrorist (which is a white guy, funny eh?) shoots a coupla scientists. The gate of hell is opened and a bunch of demons are released (They look like a cross between Predator AND Alien, not the kind of demons I had in mind)

The whole movie is just about how 2 macho marines and a female scientist (funny that they are always young twenty-something females with big tits) kill the demons.

This movie is terrible, but not a complete waste of time though, because there are some scenes which will leave you rolling on the floor laughing, such as the rapping devil and the black marine ripping each other off, funny how most of the demons and the monsters act like foul-mouthed thugs (there was a lot of "yeah i'm gonna F**k your daughter like how I f**ked the Blair Witch) The end of the movie is completely ludicrous and amusing, but I won't give it away.

The CGI in the movie is amongst the worst I've ever seen in any film, mini-series, pc game or flash animation. Some of the stuff could be done on microsoft paintbrush, but this altogether adds to the humor when you point out its utter trashiness. At some point (or most) I feel really bad for the director for creating this, or anyone involved for...umm, getting involved. But in the end it was a joyous experience. I give it a * out of *****, i would have give it a 0 if it didn't make me laugh this hard, which this film succeeded in doing.

ps. can't believe i wrote so much for this crap.

I've got to do something about my obsession with ultra-low budget cinema. For every Death Bed, there's at least a dozen Demons at the Door, and after this brain-frying example of cinemasochism, I really have to wonder if it's worth it.

DatD starts out with an expository scroll letting us know how Lucifer got in trouble with God and got himself thrown out of heaven, and now rules hell as Satan and wars against God and Man (just in case any of that is news to you). Oh, and there's a fancy macguffin which will give Satan the power to move about freely on Earth. But don't bother paying too close attention, 'cause were gonna cover this material at least three more times in dialogue.

In fact, repetition seems to be the watchword for DatD scripters. We get the same dialogue, situations, attitudes, and effects, over and over. Spraying your characters from head to toe with green demon goo can be campy fun the first time, but it gets old fast.

The cast is no particular help, either. Even if they could collectively act their way out of a paper bag, the characters they've been given are confused and unlikeable. Let's see, we've got the Marine sergeant who's locked in an eternal pissing contest with the rest of the world, his sidekick who serves little real purpose other than to receive racist insults from the demons, a bland and uninteresting scientist, the scientist's daughter, who starts out weak, useless and uninformed, but then halfway through the movie suddenly transforms into Super Ninja Archaeologist. And there's the Archangel Uriel, who you think would be more help, but who abandons everyone else to their fates after the first reel. Way to go, Forces of Good!

In the end, the movie gives up any pretense of making sense, veering off into a bizarre harrowing-of-hell sequence that I hope was intended to be funny, but it's not, really. Just kinda stupid and pathetic, like the rest of this film. One to avoid.

In general, I think the digital revolution is a good thing. Somewhere in the world, the next Sam Raimi is creating a horror masterpiece using just a digital movie camera, a home computer and a copy of Final Cut Pro. Hopefully very soon, someone is going to reinvigorate indie horror on a small budget and I can't wait to see it.

This is not that movie.

You know you're in trouble from the first frame of this movie. There's some kind of ridiculous voice over about angels that plays over some really terrible CG shots of the Earth from space and some kind of comet. Then, it cuts to a shot of two archaeologists working on some kind of dig. Apparently they have discovered some kind of ancient door, which they are brushing clean of sand. Take a stock shot of the desert and superimpose a picture of two people with paint brushes in the lower left corner. That's the way this shot looks.

Reading one of the other comments, I was led to believe that the lead "actor", Richard Benedetto, is some kind of established comedian. If I were Richard, I wouldn't quit my day job. Physically, he's a low rent combination of Lou Ferrrigno and Frank Stallone. His acting is the only horrifying part of this whole movie. I'm also not buying the idea that this was meant to be funny. The movie only sways into an absurd comedy in the last half hour. I think someone probably watched the first hour and realized that it wasn't working as a horror movie, so they rewrote the ending to make it into a screwball comedy thing.

The effects are obviously done on a home computer, but not anything that was made before 1979. These look like they were done on an Atari 800. These effects are worse than anything you'll see on a third graders flash animation site. The lighting is horrible. It's as if they couldn't afford a light bulb over 40 watts or they didn't know how to open up the aperture on the camera. They tried to fix this in post by blasting the image with as much light as possible, which just makes it grainy. There are shots in the movie that are so grainy that you'd swear there was sand in your TV screen.

Clearly, the writer and director were influenced by Sam Raimi, but they also seem to love the lowbrow comedy of Trey Parker. Their attempt to create a movie that combines South Park and Evil Dead is a questionable goal to begin with... the result is worse than you can imagine.

I work at Blockbuster, so I get free rentals. I saw this and said "what the heck, it's free". I haven't laughed this much in a very long time. Horribly bad computer effects paired up with horrible dialog and horrible acting makes for a very funny movie about a battle between humans and the hordes of Hell. If I had to compare it to something I'd compare it to Evil Dead 2. The gallons of green demon blood, the chainsaw, the possessed hand, are all in this movie. And the ending is so unexpected and ludicrous that it caps off the excellent hilarity of this movie. If you're looking for laughs and can put up with horrible acting and effects, watch this movie. You won't regret it.

This movie sucks. It was not funny (like some of you are saying), and it is most definitely not scary. The acting sucks, the effects SUCKED, and so did everything else. The music didn't help much. It seemed as if they just had a soundtrack of one band and played it throughout the movie. Let me give you some examples of why it sucked: It has the Aqua Team Hunger force floating objects effect It's graphics of the monsters are worse than Evil Dead's. The acting was not good at all. A monster tried to have sex with a girl (which wasn't funny, just stupid) There was 'cool' music playing during dull scenes etc.. I recommend that you avoid this movie at all costs.

After watching this movie two thoughts crossed my mind. The first one being why did I rent this? the second one being. "I think i am dumber now then 2 hours before." This movie was so bad words are hard to find to explain it, but I will do my best. The dialog was horrible, full of really bad one liners. The plot sucked beyond all reason. The special effects were done with micro soft paint. If I had made this movie, I wouldn't show it to my friends, relatives, family or anybody. if i had anything to do with this movie I would keep it a secret to the grave. There is one scene where a monster comes out to attack one of the soldiers, but you can see his HUMAN FOOT. A boot must have fallen off or something, but it is right there in the open. This movie was a waste of my time. If I could get those two hours back of my life I would. This film should be burned and barred for life.

I actually rented this terrible excuse for no budget film because I saw it advertised on Fangoria Magazine. Being a big fan of the magazine, and of good low budget film making, I try to never have too high expectations when watching Indie flicks.

This however was worse than I ever expected! I am about as positive and forgiving a person as anyone can ever meet, but even I can't find anything good about this movie. The plot, the acting, special effects, camera work, everything about this movie is just an absolute catastrophe! What in the world can possess anyone to create something this lousy! I just can't explain any of the above to myself. I was actually embarrassed for the people involved in this project simply because I know I'm not the only one who's experienced this disaster...

To top things off - the director of this movie is an effects man for SOTA - a special effects company that in the past has done fantastic work. I figured no matter how bad the movie would be - at least it would have that going for it --- boy was I wrong! I've seen low budget flicks from three decades ago that had better effects than this - I think someone with no experience and a "do it yourself" make-up effects instruction book from the seventy's could've done a better job! You've been warned - stay away from this vile wreck! It really is the worse movie ever made!

This movie is a mix of Monty python meets the evil dead in a city alley all on an obviously bare naked budget. the cheesiness of the cgi effects combined with the B movie atmosphere and camera work make for a hilarious movie. I haven't laughed this much in years.Its obviously tongue in cheek, the film makers must have had a blast making this one. Also the music by Insane Clown Posse really adds to the fun of the film.This is pure 80's camp horror at its finest. and the ending is so unpredictable that you will have to see it to believe it. Sure its cheaply made but it made me laugh =A LOT- check it out I can't recommend this more.

Dogs and horror. Think of Cujo. That seems like a pretty good combination, if done correctly of course...of course. Well, it seems someone forgot to mention that to the cast and crew of Demons at the Door. Well, let me be fair, it wasn't until after they had completely given up on this project that they gave the spotlight to Fido, so I guess that saves them some humiliation...I guess. Another combination that seemed to have waved bye-bye to this movie way before the beginning were acting and directing. Well...I can't be sure if it was the acting or the directing, maybe it was both, I can't honestly tell. I can be sure about casting though, nice job on the Middle Eastern, very believable????? Seriously, the guy was whiter than Commando Comedian. And please tell me what those demons were doing that the film kept showing over and over again. You remember, the ones that looked liked they were involved in an aerobics class. Were they trying to be scary or looking to dance with each other??? I go with dancing, because they didn't stop doing that the entire movie. ("" just mentally add those quotations in every time I use movie/film from now on) Even when the main "actor" was shooting them, all they did was dance back and forth. Damn you Castellano for shooting up a perfectly benign demon dance party!! I think what had happened was that the crew had accidentally tapped into a taping of "Richard Simmons does Hell Live" and decided to edit it into their movie for lack of content. Will Richard Simmons do anything?? Speaking of Hell, how the hell did this movie get into Blockbuster?? Is the director the VPs cousin?? Oh, and please tell me you didn't actually pay that dominatrix to be in your movie, that was by far the most horrible scene I have ever seen...ever!! I will be permanently scarred for the rest of my life, and I constantly have nightmares that the Weapons of Mass Destruction is sitting on my face!! You have succeeded in one thing crew/cast members of Demons at the Door. You have lowered that bar so much for B horror movies that anyone can now make them...seriously. I am not joking. There is now no limitation for someone wanting to making a movie. No special effects?? No problem..use windows Paint, Demons at the Door did.

This movie is so bad it makes me embarrassed to be from the same country in which it was made. I couldn't believe it. My friend and I rented it to make fun of the Insane Clown Posse (who did the horrible, not-synched up, tacked on soundtrack), but we had no idea what we were in for. I've seen bad movies before (Glitter, anyone?) but this was just too much. If you like watching idiots that can't act get splattered with green goo for 2 minute blurbs, in between swearing a lot and mispronouncing fictional biblical names, this is your film. If you like to see meatheads grappling with inanimate puppets, this is your film. But if you value your sanity, please refrain. This movie is ten levels of horrible beyond 'so bad it's good.' It's the worst thing that has ever occurred in human history. Worse than the holocaust, worse than any war, worse then Joe Don Baker, worse than driving tests... this movie is evil. I would rather eat this DVD than watch it again.

Despite reading other's comments I tried this film. Unfortunately those dismissing it as abject garbage were overstating the quality. The plot as described appeals to those intrigued by the ancients yet does nothing to whet their appetite. The acting is worse than a porn film, I half expected John Holmes to appear, even though he is dead, and show the guys how to do it (better). The special effects could have been produced using crayon on a flip chart and would not have been less impressive. The only redeeming feature is that it does end and not a moment too soon. Perhaps in future we can use this title as a euphemism for needing to defaecate immediately (cf prairie dogging). At least those of us unfortunate enough to ignore the warnings will understand just how imminent and severe the resultant discharge will be, even if no-one else does. In short beware! You could be wasting the last few precious minutes of your life.

must be the two who wrote favorable comments on this incredibly horrible and pathetic movie. I see no Monty Python (those guys were FUNNY) and cringed from the beginning to the end. The screenplay, audio, film quality, directing and acting were the worst I have ever seen. I couldn't understand half of what was being said, the director cut off the tops of everyone's heads until that was pretty much all I was looking for in each scene, the storyline was impossible to follow and of course, the typical girlie nude shot. If you guys really wanted to be funny, why not a guy nude shot? At least it would be something different. I think this movie was made by some tenth grade boys who borrowed their parent's camera and an old computer graphic program and did it all in one weekend. Note to the makers of this movie - PLEASE don't ever make another movie; keep your day jobs. I would have voted a 0 on this movie, but there wasn't one. I know it's only 2005, but I am nominating this for the worst movie of the century.

Demons at the Door (2004) is just another movie that takes space at your local mega video chain store. But unlike most d.v.d.s that fall into the low budget shot-on-video category, this one actually succeeds in one thing: entertainment. This movie is the kind of production those clowns at Asylum wished or fantasized their flicks could've, should've or would've be. Maybe in their feeble minds they think they crank out cool stuff when in reality it's just garbage.

Demons at The Door starts off badly. I was about to abort the movie (like I do to the trash from Asylum) when it started to get funny and gooey. Two agents and two scientists are stationed at the base of a major find. The problem is that it's the doorway to hell and the demons are loose and their ticked off big time. Can these two unlikely heroes save the world from demon domination?

This is a perfect example of making something out of nothing. If you have a small budget use what you have that cannot be bought with vast sums of money such as funny dialog. A movie with good dialog will over come budget boundaries. Any aspiring film maker should watch this movie and those from Troma to learn how to make a very watchable movie on such a tiny budget. Ladies and gentlemen, it can happen.

Recommended for some cheap laughs. Like a good low budget movie should!

i'm giving this movie 3 for 2 reason. I liked the soundtrack (ICP) and the main chick was hot. They used the same special effects that you see in Aqua Teen Hunger Force (for those of you who don't know it, it's a cartoon). The opening story was typed on a computer, hell my gf was even able to tell us what font they used lol. oh and the opening credits...LONGEST CREDITS EVER!!!! The acting was horrible and you'll never look at Satan the same way again. I was cracking up for a good part of the movie because it was just soooooo bad. If you're someone who likes to watch bad movies then you should see this. Especially if you have a thing for rapping demons.

I just saw the great movie "Demons at the Door". It was Hilarious and had more one-liners than any movie I've ever seen. It's a slapstick / horror spoof where nothing is sacred. You can tell the Director is a Star Trek fan by some of the 70's style special effects. Not to mention the star of "Demons at the Door", Rick Benedetto, was fabulous. He also was the co-star of the reality show "Life Without Shame" which, unfortunately was banned from television after 3 years of "off the wall pranks, insults and mayhem". I hope they come out with Demons at the Door II.

These comedians are way ahead of their time. I rate it *****