Film Review – Cellar Door

The screenplay for “Cellar Door” provides a terrific hook for suspense. It’s a “Twilight Zone”-style offering of ominous evil, setting up the feature for a macabre exploration of escalating curiosity and madness as a married couple is confronted by possible doom contained within a forbidden area of their new house. Writers Sam Scott and Lori Evans Taylor certainly know how to draw an audience in via their imagination for mystery, but they struggle during the rest of the film. “Cellar Door” isn’t the movie it initially promises to be, as the material looks to explore the dangers of the unknown and the challenges of married life, with the latter taking over the offering. Those expecting an active genre viewing experience are left with little in the effort, which hopes to become a more refined thriller, and that creative choice doesn’t yield much excitement. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com