Jeremy Sisto and Alexandre Aja on The Other Side of the Door
In the past two months, there have been a number of wide-release horror films, all focused on an American overseas encountering a supernatural entity of some kind (almost always a ghost). InThe Forest– it was Natalie Dormer in Japan versus a ghost; inThe Boy– it was Lauren Cohan in Britain versus a ‘ghost’; and in this week’sThe Other Side of the Door, it’sSarah Wayne Calliesin India versus, well, a ghost. Setting the standard ‘woman terrorized by an angry spirit’ in a foreign locale adds flavor to the well-worn genre both in setting and theme....