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The Cellar Door (2007) -- A young woman, kidnapped and imprisoned in a wooden cell by a perverse serial killer, must use her wits to try and escape.

Overview

User Rating:
4.3/10   575 votes
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Director:
Matt Zettell
Writer:
Christopher Nelson (writer)
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Release Date:
2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Thriller more
Plot:
The girl next door, having coffee, lunch with a friend, shopping, unaware she is becoming an obsession... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins more
User Comments:
A Rip-off of a Well-Known Storyline, but with Top-Notch Performances and Solid Screenplay more

Cast

  (Credited cast)

James DuMont ... Herman

Michelle Tomlinson ... Rudy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Melina Bielefelt ... Missionary #1
Annie Coffey ... Cashier Wendy
Algernon D'Ammassa ... Missionary #2

Christina Reynolds ... Jennifer
Heather Sconyers ... Christa
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong bloody violence and terror, and language.
Runtime:
Netherlands:85 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
USA:R | Germany:18 | UK:18
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Rudy: Get out, dog!
Herman: I never had a dog.
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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
A Rip-off of a Well-Known Storyline, but with Top-Notch Performances and Solid Screenplay, 5 September 2008
7/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In California, the psychopath Herman (James DuMont) stalks the young Rudy (Michelle Tomlinson) and her mate Christa (Heather Sconyers) along a day and a night and finally he chooses Rudy to be his next victim. He breaks in their house and uses ether to kidnap Rudy, bringing her to the basement of his house. When she awakes, she discovers that she is imprisoned in a wooden cage in a cellar and subjected to sick games of the deranged Herman. Rudy decides to play the game looking for a chance to escape from Herman's claw.

I do not know how many times I have seen the storyline of "The Cellar Door"; maybe the original version of this theme (a man that abducts a woman for his own pleasure) is William Wyler's masterpiece "The Collector", which has become extremely violent and sadistic as years go by. I recall recently watching at least the franchise "Saw", "Captivity", "Broken" and "Sportkill" that are rip-off of the classic storyline. However, I liked "The Cellar Door" because the writer Christopher Nelson and the director Matt Zettell were able to make an extremely low-budget theatrical movie supported by a solid screenplay and mostly by top-notch performances of the unknown James DuMont and Michelle Tomlinson. Their mouse-and-cat game is great and in the end it was worthwhile watching this simple but effective film that works perfectly on DVD. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "O Porão" ("The Cellar")

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