![]() The portals themselves look like shrunken iterations of the monolith in “2001,” with some geometric adjustments. Its immediate effects are worldwide blackouts, and the appearance worldwide of cosmic portals-miniature black holes, perhaps-that use varying methods of persuasion to invite human beings inside. Herbert Lom’s sweaty doctor bringing to a head the “one wacky hospital” thread in “Asylum,” Peter Cushing’s antiques dealer with a unique was of dealing with cheats and thieves in ‘From Beyond the Grave.” Varying degrees of cleverness have manifested themselves in self-explanatory recent concepts such as “VHS” and “The ABCs of Death.” “Portals,” a multi-narrative, multi-director picture, has a good hook: a unifying narrative about the aftermath of a collider project that results in the creation of a black hole, on earth. “Plans?” he replied with memorable sharpness. Ralph Richardson’s original Crypt Keeper, balking at his charges’ protest that they couldn’t stick around to hear morbid tales because they had other plans. Often the unifying hooks of those pictures were a big part of the fun. ![]()
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