Michael Nankin

Three buddies sneak off to their secret fort and to their surprise discover a Russian sailor, Mischa, hiding there. The boys eventually decide to help poor Mischa make it back to his home.

Three buddies sneak off to their secret fort and to their surprise discover a Russian sailor, Mischa, hiding there. The boys eventually decide to help poor Mischa make it back to his home.

When best friends Glen and Terry stumble across a mysterious crystalline rock in Glen's backyard, they quickly dig up the newly sodden lawn searching for more precious stones. Instead, they unearth The Gate – an underground chamber of terrifying demonic evil. The teenagers soon understand what they've released as they are overcome with an assortment of horrific experiences. With fiendish followers invading suburbia, it's now up to the kids to discover the secret that can lock The Gate forever… if it's not too late.

At the peak of the Cold War, anti-Soviet sentiment is a common bond for the residents of a coastal Florida town. When a Russian sailor (Whip Hubley) washes up on the shore, a group of all-American boys (Joaquin Phoenix, Peter Billingsley and Stefan DeSalle) defy their parents' belief systems, spurn government propaganda and befriend the stranded foreigner named Mischa. A climactic ending caps director Rick Rosenthal's tale of youthful naïveté.

When an old tree is removed from their back yard, Glen and his sister Al find a fascinating stone in the hole left behind. Intrigued, the siblings dig deeper into the hole and unearth a mysterious gate that opens a portal to a hellish underworld.

When best friends Glen and Terry stumble across a mysterious crystalline rock in Glen's backyard, they quickly dig up the newly sodden lawn searching for more precious stones. Instead, they unearth The Gate - an underground chamber of terrifying demonic evil. The teenagers soon understand what they've released as they are overcome with an assortment of horrific experiences.

When best friends Glen and Terry stumble across a mysterious crystalline rock in Glen's backyard, they quickly dig up the newly sodden lawn searching for more precious stones. Instead, they unearth The Gate - an underground chamber of terrifying demonic evil. The teenagers soon understand what they've released as they are overcome with an assortment of horrific experiences.

When best friends Glen and Terry stumble across a mysterious crystalline rock in Glen's backyard, they quickly dig up the newly sodden lawn searching for more precious stones. Instead, they unearth The Gate-an underground chamber of terrifying demonic evil. The teenagers soon understand what they've released as they are overcome with an assortment of horrific experiences. With fiendish followers invading suburbia, it' now up to the kids to discover the secret that can lock The Gate forever...if it's not too late.

A genius grad student organizes an all-night treasure hunt.

When best friends Glen and Terry stumble across a mysterious crystalline rock in Glen's backyard, they quickly dig up the newly sodden lawn searching for more precious stones. Instead, they unearth The Gate an underground chamber of terrifying demonic evil. The teenagers soon understand what they've released as they are overcome with an assortment of horrific experiences. With fiendish followers invading suburbia, it's now up to the kids to discover the secret that can lock The Gate forever if it's not too late.