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[BD Review] Wrong Combination For ‘Locker 13’
“Our choices make us who we are” is the overall running theme in Locker 13. While each story focuses on life choices, and most include a direct nod to a locker #13, the wrap around story is the most interesting aspect. Simply put, Archie has warned Skip to stay away from his locker. Of course, the locker is magical and is a portal to an alternate reality where it is the previous day. And, of course, when Skip opens the locker, he greets an initially identical version of himself. As the nights progress, the alternate Skip’s life becomes increasingly better while the other Skip’s gets worse. It leads him to make a drastic choice.
The film was originally released in 2009 and has just been released on DVD. Locker 13 suffers where most modern anthologies do, as there simply isn’t enough to hold each story and link it to the next. The idea that a choice is being made in each story doesn’t resonate strongly enough to makes connections. The acting, direction and writing varies from story to story – and Schroder’s segment is probably the strongest simply because the basis of the story is an homage to a classic tale. But, still, the title Locker 13, obviously taken from Archie’s locker number, doesn’t string together for each story. It could be there are too many other ideas floating in the multiple stories. Perhaps as shorts, each segment could stand a bit stronger, but overall, the wrap around is what shines brighter, even if just barely.
One of my personal favorite horror movies of all time, 1987’s gateway horror classic The Gate is opening back up on May 14 with a brand new Blu-ray SteelBook release from Lionsgate!
The new release will feature fresh SteelBook artwork from Vance Kelly, seen below.
Special Features, all of which were previously released, include…
- Audio Commentaries
- Director Tibor Takacs, Writer Michael Nankin, and Special Effects Designer & Supervisor Randall William Cook
- Special Effects Designer & Supervisor Randall William Cook, Special Make-Up Effects Artist Craig Reardon, Special Effects Artist Frank Carere, and Matte Photographer Bill Taylor
- Isolated Score Selections and Audio Interview
- Featurettes:
- The Gate: Unlocked
- Minion Maker
- From Hell It Came
- The Workman Speaks!
- Made in Canada
- From Hell: The Creatures & Demons of The Gate
- The Gatekeepers
- Vintage Featurette: Making of The Gate
- Teaser Trailer
- Theatrical Trailer
- TV Spot
- Storyboard Gallery
- Behind-the-Scenes Still Gallery
When best friends Glen (Stephen Dorff) and Terry (Louis Tripp) 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.
If you’ve never seen The Gate, it’s now streaming on Prime Video and Tubi.
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