Rent The Beyond (1981)
3.2 of 5 from 86 ratings
1h 23min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- A young woman inherits a decaying hotel on the edge of a Louisiana swamp, unaware that more than fifty years ago it served as the gateway to hell, and that it's horrific evil lives on to this day. Her dream to build a new life for herself becomes a nightmarish fight for survival as horrors straight out of Lovecraft's Book of Eibon lay their own claim to her property, and the souls around her...
- Actors:
- Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck, Cinzia Monreale, Antoine Saint-John, Veronica Lazar, Larry Ray, Giovanni De Nava, Al Cliver, Michele Mirabella, Gianpaolo Saccarola, Maria Pia Marsala, Laura De Marchi, Calogero Azzaretto, Pino Colizzi, Ottaviano Dell'Acqua, Roberto Dell'Acqua, Lucio Fulci, Gilberto Galimberti, T. David Pash, Tonino Pulci
- Directors:
- Lucio Fulci
- Producers:
- Fabrizio De Angelis
- Writers:
- Dardano Sacchetti, Giorgio Mariuzzo, Lucio Fulci
- Aka:
- E tu vivrai nel terrore - L'aldila / 7 Doors of Death
- Studio:
- Vipco
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror
- Collections:
- Top 10 Dangerous Dog Films, Top Films
- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 14/03/2011
- Run Time:
- 88 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Mono, Italian LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Introduction by star Cinzia Monreale
- Audio Commentary with Antonella Fulci and Calum Waddell
- Audio Commentary with David Warbeck and Catriona MacColl
- AKA Sarah Keller; Cinzia Monreale remembers 'The Beyond'
- Catriona MacColl Q&A from the Glasgow Film Theatre
- Open Your Eyes Easter Egg
- One Step Beyond: Catriona MacColl Remembers a Spaghetti Splatter Classic
- Beyond Italy - Louis Fuller and the Seven Doors of Death: Interview with US distributor and editor of 'The Beyond' Terry Levene
- Butcher, Baker and Zombiemaker: The Living Dead Legacy of special effects wizard Gianetto Di Rossi
- Fulci Flashbacks: Dario Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Sergio Stivaletti, Antonella Fulci and others remember The Godfather of Gore
- Alternative colour pre-credits sequence
- Original International Trailer
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Reviews (1) of The Beyond
A collection of gruesome set-pieces ... - The Beyond review by NP
I quite enjoyed this beautifully shot, nicely directed, highly brutal and gratuitous horror film. When we were all a lot younger, it was known as a ‘video nasty’ and gained its reputation by being banned on several levels. I do have reservations, however, and fairly sizeable ones.
A Lucio Fulci film, it suffers from dubbing, which is a turn-off for some viewers. It doesn’t bother me, but some of the voices are inappropriately camp. Secondly, and this is the stinger – there’s no real plot. No sense or feeling of growing jeopardy or effective pacing that would make the gloriously gory moments ever more powerful; the anticipation is the thing, and it’s not allowed in this choppy narrative.
Ultimately, it seems to be a series of set-pieces strung together in which to highlight particularly gruesome moments, but without context in a comprehensible story, isn’t as effective as it could be. My score is 6 out of 10.
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