Be Unkind, Rewind

Director Jackson Stewart tells us about his retro-flavoured horror Beyond The Gates…

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Remember Atmosfear? It was a boardgame that pitted ’80s kids against a horror host seen on a video tape that you watched while playing. Known as Nightmare in the States, it was one of a host of such VHS games, titles that served as key inspirations for new movie Beyond The Gates.

“I got my hands on all the games I could,” says first-time feature director Jackson Stewart of his ’90s-set shocker. “I looked at all of the Nightmare titles. We checked out the Star Trek game, RoboCop,