Boys and girl learn backyard hole goes to hell. Year 1987 Video Release 2009-10-06 Genre Horror MPAA Rating PG-13 Color Color Runtime 86 Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis When best friends Glen and Terry stumble across a mysterious crystalline rock in Glen's backyard, they quickly dig up the newly sodden lawn searching for more precious stones. Instead, they unearth THE GATE an underground chamber of terrifying demonic evil. The teenagers soon understand what evil they've released as they are overcome with an assortment of horrific experiences. With fiendish followers invading suburbia, it's now up to the kids to discover the secret that can lock The Gate forever... if it's not too late. Director Tibor Takacs Cast Tibor Takacs; Stephen Dorff; Christa Denton; Louis Tripp; Kelly Rowan; Jennifer Irwin; Deborah Grover; Scot Denton