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Portal to Hell

Movie 2025 93 min Comedy, Horror Last reviewed 23 Sep 2026
Official Rating R ClearAge 16+

No Australia rating available — showing United States

Why our age differs

Official is R. We say 16+ because the kills stay comic and gore is limited, but feeding people to a demon plus heavy swearing still need mid-teens

What we flagged

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Violence
Moderate
Sex and Nudity
Mild
Frightening
Moderate
Language
Strong

Our take

A debt collector finds a portal to hell in a washing machine and makes a deal with a jokey demon to spare a dying neighbour by delivering bad souls. Frequent strong swearing, comic murder and abduction, demon creature effects and cocaine talk come with a later turn toward guilt and grief. Fine with a parent from 16. Younger teens who dislike hell imagery or vigilante killing should skip it.

Uplifting themes

It asks what kindness and forgiveness mean when people are flawed The lead tries to help a neighbour, even as his methods go wrong

Story (may spoil tone)

After a debt-collector finds a portal to hell in a washing machine at his local laundromat, he’s propositioned into feeding it sinners to save his neighbor’s soul, maybe even at the expense of his own.

What we flagged

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Violence
Moderate
Sex and Nudity
Mild
Frightening
Moderate
Language
Strong

Details

Violence Moderate Comic murders and abductions play out as sinners are fed to a hell port…

Comic murders and abductions play out as sinners are fed to a hell portal

Language Strong Lots of strong swearing from the start, mostly the f-word, plus the a-w…

Lots of strong swearing from the start, mostly the f-word, plus the a-word and s-word

Sex / nudity Mild A brief sex remark in dialogue

A brief sex remark in dialogue

Drugs / alcohol Moderate A cocaine dealer is part of the hunt, along with beer and drunk talk

A cocaine dealer is part of the hunt, along with beer and drunk talk

Frightening Moderate A demon, a fiery portal and hell-bargain dread sit under the deadpan jo…

A demon, a fiery portal and hell-bargain dread sit under the deadpan jokes

Self-harm / suicide Mild Dialogue names someone who killed himself; no method is shown

Dialogue names someone who killed himself; no method is shown

Gore / death / weapons Mild Some blood and hellish injury appear around the portal, without long go…

Some blood and hellish injury appear around the portal, without long gore close-ups

Grief / bereavement Mild A dying neighbour and guilt over loss drive the emotional stretch

A dying neighbour and guilt over loss drive the emotional stretch

Flashing lights We do not have enough information about flashing lights for this versio…

We do not have enough information about flashing lights for this version to confidently confirm.

Talk after watching

  • Is it ever okay to hurt one person to save another you love?
  • How do loneliness and guilt push someone into a bad bargain?