The Gate (1987)

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This week, VHS_Jase and Jason Roy Gaston unearth a slab of pure ‘80s/‘90s horror cheese with *The Gate* (1987)—a movie that bravely asks the question, “What if your backyard opened a portal to Hell, and your best defense was a kid with a model rocket?”

We dive headfirst into this delightful mess of stop-motion demons, melting faces, and suburban doom while marveling at the fresh-faced, pre-*Blade*, teeny-tiny baby version of Stephen Dorff. Seriously, he looks like he should be losing baby teeth, not fighting evil forces from another dimension. Someone give that kid a juice box and maybe a holy relic.

From questionable parenting choices to ancient demonic incantations conveniently hidden on metal records, *The Gate* is a glorious reminder that the ’90s were weird, horror was weirder, and kids were apparently just allowed to open interdimensional rifts after school. So dust off your Trapper Keeper, light your candle of banishment, and join us in *The VHS Vault*!

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