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The Wrong Door
USA 1990
produced by James Groetsch, Shawn Korby, Bill Weiss for Sandman Productions
directed by James Groetsch, Shawn Korby, Bill Weiss
starring Matt Felmlee, Jeff Tatum, Loreal Steiner, Chris Hall, Jeannine Bourdaghs, George Wade, John Rosten (voice), Katie Witt (voice), Marie Dick, Joy Donley, Wendy Hardman, Dawn Harrison, Dawn Schimpp, Chad Talbot, Erik Teichroew, James Groetsch, Shawn Korby, Bill Weiss, Beth Korby (voice), Brook Berry, Karen Berry, Robin Keller, Eric Westerlund, James Bullock, Brad Perrin
written by James Groetsch, Shawn Korby, Bill Weiss, music by and special effects makeup by Shawn Korby
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Sound effects student Ted (Matt Felmlee) is hired to play the court
jester at a party - but accidently knocks on the wrong door, which is
opened by his secret crush Jennifer (Loreal Steiner), who manages to mouth
"help me" to him before the door's closed again and Ted is
dragged off to the party. After having done his duty at the party, he
returns to Jennifer's apartment - to find her supposedly lifeless body on
the floor, yet when he gets help, her body's gone, only to later pop up in
his car. Aparently Jennifer has been stabbed, but she's not quite dead yet
but hands Ted some keys before making a disappearing act. It's not long
though before Ted crosses paths with Jeff (Jeff Tatum) and his sidekick
Vic (Chris Hall). Turns out Jeff is looking for a certain tape that he
suspects Jennifer to have handed over to Ted and that he desparately
needs. Ted gets away from Jeff and Vic more out of pure luck than
everything else, and now goes looking for the tape himself - successfully
so, too. Only to find out on the tape Jeff confesses to a murder - and now
Jeff is after him ... Shot-on-video movies can be great fun for
sure - but unfortunately many of them are rather shoddily made, with
little in regards to interesting filmmaking and aiming for the lowest
common denominator. Not so The Wrong Door though, a film based on a
cleverly structured script that contains interesting character and story
arcs, camerawork that within given technical limitations goes for a
certain cinematic look, and a directorial effort that owes more to
thrillers of old than to any then current trends, choosing suspense over
spectacle. And without ever going the moronic route, the film has a fine
ironic twang to it, making it a well rounded-out piece of cool thriller
entertainment.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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