The Ninth Gate is a deemed cult classic supernatural thriller from 1999 that has pretty much been forgotten by many. That is perhaps why the Johnny Depp-led occult movie has scaled the Tubi movie chart 12 days after landing on the platform. Of course, there is also the fact that the film is now somewhat controversial when taking into account it is directed by the polarizing Roman Polanski, and stars Depp – we don’t need to tell you about that court case again, do we? – and Frank Langella, who became a Hollywood outcast following his firing from Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher after allegations of on-set inappropriate behavior.

The Ninth Gate delivered a stylish but ultimately hollow horror story 25 years ago, with Depp playing rare book dealer Dean Corso, who is hired by Langella’s wealthy collector Boris Balkan to authenticate a mysterious book called The Nine...