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title: "The Cellar Door"
brand: "james dumontmichelle tomlinson"
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# The Cellar Door

**Brand:** james dumontmichelle tomlinson
**Price:** ¥5339
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- **What is this?** The Cellar Door by james dumontmichelle tomlinson
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Product Description          The girl next door, having coffee, lunch with a friend, shopping, unaware she is becoming an obsession. She has been chosen. A young woman awakes to find herself imprisoned in a serial killer's basement. She is not the first to be entrapped in this diabolical torture chamber. She is not the first to captivate his perverse affection, Herman has been searching for the perfect girl, but all he's collected are pieces - a chunk of hair; a severed finger; a jar of blood - and now, the alluring and beautiful Rudy. Imprisoned in a wooden cage and yet refusing to play along in his twisted game, she has only her wits to use against his savage and murderous insanity. Will she win the desperate, hallucinatory game of cat and mouse and escape through the Cellar Door, or die trying?             Review          The Cellar Door is a riveting and intense horror/thriller that delivers on all fronts, and make sure you get your hands on this Independent film that plays much bigger and better than any big budget Hollywood film in its genre in recent memory. The cinematography is fantastic. The cast was just as impressive. Intelligent and gripping. --angelfire.com/pq/moviereviews/The Cellar Door is a smart, well-made thriller in a time when thrillers aren t smart or well made. A brilliantly tense opening sequence. DuMont does a superb job with the character. Childlike one moment, terrifying the next but always believable. Ms. Tomlinson is fascinating to watch in this role. A smart, taut exercise in psychological terror. --screamTv.netOne of the best new horror films of 2007. Michelle Tomlinson s groundbreaking performance in the girl-trapped-by-a-serial killer The Cellar Door has officially dubbed her the Pretty/Scary One to Watch for this year. Superb acting. What makes this film so amazingly engaging is the combination of intelligent dialogue and talented actors to deliver them. Rarely seen even in a big-budget Hollywood picture, there is a definite chemistry of character between Tomlinson's Michelle and DuMont's Herman. The Cellar Door looks great and has some really beautiful special effects. It's definitely a horror film of some substantial terror with the attention to detail and gorgeous set design. The Cellar Door belongs on the shelf next to all the other good new horror movies like SAW, Slither, and Open Water. Its way above Hostel when it comes to drama, and its light years beyond Captivity, Black Christmas, and The Hitcher remake when it comes to filmmaking. --pretty-scary.net

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## Customer Reviews

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    Better Than Captivity But Worse Than Hostel
  

*by C***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 1, 2009*

A low-budget serial killer flick that focus's on the relationship between captor & captured instead of torture.Almost the entire movie takes place in Captain Psycho's basement,so there isn't much in the way of scenery, just a cage.But it's a nice cage.He "got an A in shop class".A cage where he keeps women.Well one woman at a time, till they die, or try to escape.And during their luxurious stay he collectss pieces of them.(You don't want to know what that means, but it's not what you think)The movie starts off as he loses his last venture,and continues as he finds, stalks, and captures a new obsession (all of this is in the first 5 -10 minutes)The rest of the movie plays out like a less outlandish, infinitely better version of Captivity,No bizarre torture scenes, no high tech surveillance equipment, or twist endings you could see a mile off shore.Just a psycho, an altar, a beautiful woman, and a cage.Not a terrible amount of gore.There's enough though to keep a gorehound's appetite sated, but not enough to be considered overly gory.Like another reviewer here stated; the creator of this flick is someone who deserves a bigger budget to work with.There is a very minimalist approach to this story, but it's one that works.This movie makes a loaf out of a slice of bread.In both the positive (budget) and negative (plot) sense.At the very least it's worth a rental.A purchase if you like torture flicks.MORAL OF THE STORY:If you love something.... lock it your basement.If it stays it'll love you forever,If it dies it was never meant to be.ALSO RECOMMENDED:Broken, Captivity, Gag, Schramm, Otis, Maniac, Live Feed, Hostel, Turistas, Saw 1-5, Borderland, Salo, Martyrs,Last House on the Left, Seed, Family, Frailty, Bloodsucking Freaks, Strangeland, Snuff 102, P2, May, Roman,

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    The Cellar Door made me snore
  

*by G***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 20, 2019*

What a bore was The Cellar Door (2007). The lead male (James DuMont) and female (Michelle Tomlinson) said in an interview that they were drawn to the script, and in particular, the relationship between the captor and captive was unique compared to other serial killer movies. I disagree. To me, what killed this film WAS the script--dull, unintriguing. The acting was okay, although DuMont's performance had room for improvement; he said his character invited sympathy, but in reality his death didn't come soon enough. Most of the special effects were good. The bloodied wedding dress and the ginormous lesion in DuMont's head that bafflingly didn't bleed were unrealistic in contrast to the overall tone of the film that seemed to take a realsitic approach.I could be wrong, but this movie seemed to borrow some content from Schramm: Into the Mind of a Serial Killer (1993), which is a far better film--far, far. The critical quotes on the DVD case (Monterey Media Inc. version) were nothing more than a marketing scam/scheme that purported The Cellar Door was in the same vein as Saw (2004) and Slither (2006) and "way better than Hostel" (2005)--I'm not a big fan of Hostel, but that claim was really f'd-up bunk. Thank god for the interviews, which were more interesting than the film and made me feel like this investment was somewhat worthwhile.

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    One of the Best Horror Flicks of 2007
  

*by S***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 14, 2007*

"The Cellar Door" is a gripping game of cat and mouse.  It features amazing performances, a clever script, and first-class direction.  This movie didn't get much press initially, but make sure you catch it on DVD.  You won't be sorry.  Michelle Tomlinson and James Dumont create subtle, nuanced characters in this smart independent thriller where you're never sure what's what.  A very smart flick...with a killer ending.

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