10 Horror Movies That Deserved To Become Cult Classics (But Didn’t)

10. The Gate

A charming fantasy horror with an almost all child/teenage cast, The Gate (1987) threw into the melting pot influences from movies such as Poltergeist (1982), Weird Science (1985) and Labyrinth (1986). The end result is a film which should be looked back on with nostalgic glory, but is one that unfortunately got nudged out of the limelight by the plethora of other fine movies from the era.

The Gate stars a young Stephen Dorff (Blade) as an adolescent boy who is left home alone with his older teenage sister, while their parents take a weekend trip away. But the recent removal of a large tree in their garden has unwittingly opened a gateway to a hellish dimension, and the siblings are in for a shocking surprise as their house becomes over-run with demons and a supernatural force.

When looking back, the effects are fairly basic and cheesy throughout, but this really only adds to the modest charm of a genre movie which deserves to be considered a cult classic, as The Gate is a fine representation of '80s shtick. There are a number of memorable scenes, and the film has plenty to offer as a gateway horror movie which will whet the appetite of younger blossoming fans of the genre. It’s short, sharp and paced well from start to finish, and decades later The Gate still remains a lot of fun to re-watch