Joe D'Amato approached Lucio Fulci and asked him to make a movie based on short story "Porte del nulla" Fulci himself wrote. Fulci made the movie and Joe D'Amato then added some footage and edited and "Le porte del silenzio" or "Door to Silence" was finally finished. It's basically Fulci's attempt at making a psychological horror. Problem is, anyone with a little bit of functioning brain can understand what the idea of the movie is relatively quickly and after that we are left with mostly silent protagonist who drives a lot through the countryside encountering various problems that slow down his journey or make him confused and afraid. One would think that all those silent scenes are perfect for the main character to have many monologues or maybe think about what's happening to him and we as an audience can hear those thougts, you know, so the character gets at least a little bit character development, but no. Melvin is, simply put, a boring and unlikable main character. He's rich, arrogant and prone to getting himself into danger. He tries to cheat on his wife two times during the movie and he's just not interesting at all. And then, when you realize that you understood the whole point (or plot twist, if you will) of the movie (which isn't very original) before it even ended and that the main character is boring and that there aren't any hallmarks of Fulci's work like gore and nudity at least to give you something to look at, you conclude that the movie isn't really good. If anything the best thing in the movie are the nature shown and (sometimes) the music. Don't get me wrong, this is not the worst movie ever and it's functional. It's refreshing to not receive the same thing from Fulci from time to time. But in the end, the movie is boring and I see no reason for you to watch it if you are not a Fulci fan. 5/10! I don't recommend it...
