Synopsis
“It was never meant to be opened.”
Grieving over the loss of her son, a mother struggles with her feelings for her daughter and her husband. She seeks out a ritual that allows her say goodbye to her dead child, opening the veil between the world of the dead and the living. Her daughter becomes the focus of terror. She must now protect against the evil that was once her beloved son.
Audience Engagement
770 audience reviews — more than 98% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 93th percentile among India films.
Thriller + Horror in India
35 India titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Horror genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Other Side of the Door itself).
The 2015–2017 India Window
In the crowded 2015-2017 India release window, The Other Side of the Door sits at #254 of 314. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2010s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in India, 919 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Other Side of the Door premiered alongside 94 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 94 other India films in 2016.
The 1250th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Other Side of the Door, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- ritual · 4
- grieving parents · 2
- grieving · 1
- india · 84
- death · 43
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,595 of 1,983 India films indexed here (20th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.9 points below the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Thriller productions specifically: #384 of 482 (top 80%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | United Kingdom, India |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Pindrop, Kriti Productions, Fugitive Studios, HireWorks, Lipsync Productions |
| Runtime | 1h 36m |
| Release Date | February 25, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt3702652 |













