The Beyond
Directed by Lucio Fulci
In this gore classic, a woman inherits a hotel built over an entrance to Hell. But when she starts to renovate, the gates get opened, bringing forth enough demons, killer spiders, ghosts, and evil zombies to make a grand reopening highly unlikely. The middle film in Lucio Fulci's "Gates of Hell Trilogy" is considered one of his best by fans, thanks to some of the most extremely terrifying and gory sequences in horror history. Chopped by censors in 1983, it took nearly 20 years and Quentin Tarantino's help before the film saw a proper uncut release in the U.S.
In this gore classic, a woman inherits a hotel built over an entrance to Hell.
Cast: Catriona MacColl, Cinzia Monreale, David Warbeck
Member Reviews
Great watch for me, it had everything and what was bad made it great
REALLY?!
Fa molto bene!
The Beyond is, as often these Italian horror movies are, structurally baffling. The whole movie feels like a nightmare unfolding in front of your eyes. It never quite makes sense, the logic is dream-like, but it's compelling and stylish. I feel like I ought to mark it down to two skulls for dwelling on the gory deaths (which it does, a lot) in a movie with a fairly short runtime... But for whatever reason I find it fascinating. I know it's not a smart movie, I'm never going to discover some deeper meaning to it, but I can still put it on and enjoy the hell out of it.
Quentin Tarantino thinks this is a classic, and im sure he knows better than me. But to my layman's eyes, this might possibly be the worst film ive watched. Everything starts bad and rapidly goes down hill. Gore for the sake of gore and absolutely void of anythings decent to enjoy!