The Pale Door

The Pale Door is a raucous ride through a different type of wild west.

Koontz's command over the material is so absent that it is at times hard to distinguish his film from a spoofy Western-themed fair where a group of friends play dress-up for amusement.

As a B-horror movie, The Pale Door holds its own. As a Western, however, the film struggles.

Truly great Horror Westerns likely number in the single digits, and, despite his best intentions, Aaron B. Koontz’s The Pale Door is another such stringy cut of supernatural cowpokery that should be more fun than it is.