Episode 197-Hollow Gate (1988)

Dark Night of the Podcast · Oct 30, 2026 · 1h 42m · transcript

Troy and Roger visit Hollow Gate (1988), an obscure, direct to video Halloween slasher that somehow manages to feel like it has absolutely no Halloween spirit. The guys tear into its disjointed storytelling, painfully simplistic script, underdeveloped killer, and characters who make decisions that seem to change depending on what the plot needs. There are some bright spots, including a surprisingly effective kill, a field sequence that turns genuinely nasty, and a couple of moments that look far better than this ultra low budget production probably has any right to. But between the endless…