The Open Door (2008)
5/10
WHAT YOU ARE SEEKING IS SEEKING YOU.
7 December 2018
Warning: Spoilers
The film opens with a family murder/suicide. It claims these happen every full moon in clusters in different communities. The reason is the apparent urban legend pirate radio station which eerily operates during that one night from sundown to sunrise, granting callers their wish in what is an apparent monkey's paw type of fashion.

Sweet Angelica (Catherine Munden) wants to go to a party with the kids from high school. Mom (Kate Enggren) has her grounded for missing curfew. Angelica's best friend and bad influence is Staci (Sarah Christine Smith) who post provocative photos on the web (mom says it's porn) and specializes in conversations with men behind bars. She claims, "Having a job is sooo Mexican."

The sad acting and dialouge can be seen in the mother-daughter conflict scene. Angelica is mesmerized by the Oracle radio transmission on FM 99.9 as she sits at home grounded. Riled by a staged photo sent by her "friend" Staci, Angelica calls the Oracle. Then low budget things start to happen which might make you say, "I wish I had never seen this film."

The real dark characters are the voices at The Open Door. They remained voices and never achieved the cult status that bad guys need to produce viable sequels. They missed a golden opportunity.

Occasional F-bomb, no sex or nudity. Killing, not much blood.
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