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
No unnecessary nudity was disappointing. Accents and backstories were ludicrous. Acting, plot and continuity substandard. But that bellend shooting the kid in the head without hesitation without knowing she was a zombie while shooting the others in the stomach with his unlimited bullets was legendary. Was he fitting a silencer at one point??
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.