Storyline
An all-expenses-paid international search for a rare copy of the book, 'The Nine Gates of the Shadow Kingdom' brings an unscrupulous book dealer deep into a world of murder, double-dealing and satanic worship.
Directors
Cast
Catherine Benguigui, Johnny Depp, Emanuel Booz, Frank Langella, James Russo, Joe Sheridan, Lena Olin, Barbara Jefford, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jack Taylor, José López Rodero, Willy Holt, Allen Garfield, Tony Amoni, Jacques Dacqmine, Rebecca Pauly, Maria Ducceschi, Jacques Collard, Dominique Pozzetto, Lino Ribeiro de Sousa, Asil Raïs, Bernard Richier, Marinette Richier
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Reviews
80
Amusing, ultra-deadpan entertainment. The director was lucky enough to have a cast who were in on the joke and tuned in to his wavelength.
75
Elegant, scary fun.
65
TNT RoughCut
Fairly enjoyable as an old-fashioned horror yarn -- or, if that doesn't work for you, as a black comedy about an obsessive collector.
60
Compulsively watchable and its occasional lapses into that familiar Polanskian overkill are almost charming.
40
About as scary as a sock-puppet re-enactment of "The Blair Witch Project," and not nearly as funny.
