Set in the early 1890s and serial killer William Colcott (Richard Brake - Barbarian, 3 From Hell) becomes the first, and only, British prisoner to be executed by the new experimental method of electrocution.
But when fellow prisoners at the jail, as well as some of the guards, start dieing under very mystrerious circumstances. They begin to suspect that Colcott's dabblings in the occult may have something to do with it and he may not be quite as dead as they first suspected.
Post mortem photographer Frederick Ladbroke (John Rhys-Davies - Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Lord of the Rings trilogy) and his assistant Emma Wickes (Elena Delia - House of Shadows) think they may have captured something in one of their photos of the deceased and end up assisting a bizarre psychic medium (Michael Yare - TV's Line of Duty) and the prison chaplain in trying to exorcise Colcott's spirit from the prison, before the evil can spread beyond it's walls.
As mentioned earlier, the film was very reminiscent of Wes Craven's 1989 film Shocker, albeit set in Victorian London. Though competantly filmed and well acted, which defintely benefits from the inclusion of John Rhys-Davies and Richard Brake, the film isn't really all that scary and, aside from a small number of gory scenes, felt more like a period drama one could typically see on the TV on a Sunday afternoon.
If you enjoyed the likes of The Woman in Black, you should probably enjoy this. But most mainstream horror fans may find it a bit slow (nit pickers will also note that the electric chair was never used in the UK).
THE GATES is available now from all good Digital outlets, courtesy of 101 films.
View the trailer on YouTube.
You can watch the film on Amazon.co.uk
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