The Pale Door

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The Pale Door

2020

1h 36m

Horror

Western

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After a botched train robbery, two brothers leading a gang of cowboys must survive the night in a ghost town inhabited by a coven of witches.

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Critics Consensus

Beyond The Pale Door lies an intriguing western/horror hybrid -- albeit one that struggles to fashion its halves into a compelling whole.

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Becca James

Chicago Reader

09/16/2020

The Pale Door is a raucous ride through a different type of wild west.

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Tomris Laffly

RogerEbert.com

08/21/2020

1/4

Koontz's command over the material is so absent that it is at times hard to distinguish his film from a spoofy Western-themed fair where a group of friends play dress-up for amusement.

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Matthew Monagle

Austin Chronicle

08/20/2020

3/5

As a B-horror movie, The Pale Door holds its own. As a Western, however, the film struggles.

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Rocco T. Thompson

Rue Morgue Magazine

07/03/2024

Truly great Horror Westerns likely number in the single digits, and, despite his best intentions, Aaron B. Koontz’s The Pale Door is another such stringy cut of supernatural cowpokery that should be more fun than it is.

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Steven Warner

In Review Online

06/05/2021

The whole enterprise would be amusing if it weren't so pathetically miscalculated...There's simply nothing funny or horrific to be found here.

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Witney Seibold

Critically Acclaimed Podcast

03/30/2021

Half revisionist western, half lurid witch thriller, 'The Pale Door' settles in a space where it is disappointingly neither.

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Mark W

08/26/2020

Enjoyable. No real plot, but a fun way to spend an afternoon.

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acsdoug D

@acsdoug Oct 9

On top of the weak story and lame dialogue they through some melodramatic subplots that make this one of the wussiest horror/western movies ever. Hell, it even looks like it was filmed back east somewhere.

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Natasha P

@RT13058371 03/27/2025

Just not good. It wasn't corny enough to be a fun, low budget horror. It wasn't interesting or original enough to be a good movie. Overall just disappointing. The acting was terrible. The entire thing looked like it was filmed in one of those Western facade photo areas, using rented costumes. It was certainly the cleanest Western I've ever seen. Everything and everyone was very tidy. It was actually distractingly neat at times, like everything just had a fresh scrub and power wash.

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Jeffrey P

@vanillavoodoo1 11/11/2023

I enjoy westerns and horror films but horror westerns just don't do anything for me. Too much fear and crying, and the replacement of western grit with horror mystery just... does not compute. Does not compute! DOES NOT COMPUTE!

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Hugo S

@Hugo_Shudder 05/23/2023

After a failed train robbery, a gang of outlaws must survive the night in a ghost town inhabited by a coven of witches. "The Pale Door" is a tedious horror western with no substance to offer beyond its entertaining second half: a fight between witches and cowboys.

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Brad P

@Bradster69 02/27/2023

The Pale Door is a wildly entertaining combination of great practical effects and an outstanding cast that is sure to please any horror fan.

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Synopsis

After a botched train robbery, two brothers leading a gang of cowboys must survive the night in a ghost town inhabited by a coven of witches.

Director: Aaron B. Koontz
Producer: Cameron Burns, Roman Dent, Aaron B. Koontz, James Norrie, Ashleigh Snead, Matt Thomas
Screenwriter: Aaron B. Koontz
Distributor: RLJE Films
Production Co: Storyteller Media, BondIt Media Capital, Paper Street Pictures, Title Media
Genre: Horror, Western
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 21, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 21, 2020
Runtime: 1h 36m