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The Beyond (2010)

July. 16,2010
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6.6
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NR
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A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.

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Smartorhypo
2010/07/16

Highly Overrated But Still Good

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XoWizIama
2010/07/17

Excellent adaptation.

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ChicRawIdol
2010/07/18

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

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Fleur
2010/07/19

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

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Brian L
2010/07/20

This is probably my favorite horror movie of all time, and that stacks up against the pure genius of stuff like Phantasm, Evil Dead, Phenomenon and Dead Alive or any Romero. We have "Shocktoberfest" at my place every year over several nights, and I remember it being the 2008 election season when we watched The Beyond (like we do just about every year). We were totally blown away by John McCain and Joe the Plumber being in the same movie from 1981!!! Well, it's actually "John McCabe" but being that close to the election we could only hear "McCain," and our heads probably weren't on completely straight. Fulci is a master and transcends space-time to bring us the ultimate in fear and gore.

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arhodestaylor
2010/07/21

I was recently lucky enough to be able to see this film coming off of Zombie, City of the Living Dead and The House by the Cemetery. I am surprised that so many of these films were cut or banned as part of the video nasties scare, adult control should be enough to allow films like these to be released uncut as long as people are aware of what they are like and that violence and gore are involved. Unlike many films which kill time passably The Beyond has become for me something far more memorable. I can't say whether the story itself plays a strong part in this, I will say only that there are a number of very strong shock scenes which have stayed with me. The pre- credits opener is as surprising and violent as one could hope for and sets the tone for the rest of the film straight away. Of the rest, the spiders, the dog and the death of the girl particularly stood out, also the two scenes with the handyman once being killed and then causing death as an undead himself. The acid death was not bad either. I was a little surprised that zombies figured into the film well maybe not much they were in the other films also but it seems like zombies being added to the story just for the sake of it the film would have been just as good with no zombies at all and still just as gory. The use of strong gore effects was a definite highlight including flesh tearing and eye gouging all good. The climax was also extremely good and very downbeat, did not really see that one coming but it certainly felt right.

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Leofwine_draca
2010/07/22

Probably Italian director Lucio Fulci's best film. Certainly there are no shoddy production values here, the film is edited together well and it all fits together nicely (unlike some other Fulci work). This is the film which led me to accept the fact that Fulci really was something of a genius, as with this film he transcends the boundaries of schlock horror and goes on to create a Gothic, haunting atmosphere. The result is absolutely fantastic. This is one of the four infamous zombie films Fulci made in the late '70s/early '80s and artistically is the best of the four.This film has it all: amazingly gory deaths, great atmosphere, frightening scenes, a sense of dread, even good acting for a change. Catriona MacColl is superb, pretty and sympathetic as the lead. Genre stalwart Warbeck gives it some dry humour to great effect. The characters are interesting and the locations are authentic. The music is awesome as well, the tunes you keep on humming to yourself afterwards. There is a huge fan base for this film and it was even re-released in American cinemas a few years ago. Watch it and you'll see why. THE BEYOND is a must for any Italian horror fan.

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Johan Louwet
2010/07/23

There seems to be a pattern in the movies of Fulci. He does have a story with good to great potential and the graphics (especially the gore) are really well taken care of. However the execution of story and character development often lacks to enjoy the whole picture. Also the endings are not really satisfactory. I have seen this with his City of the Living Dead and House by the Cemetery. However I think I need to rate those movies higher because The Beyond really has nothing else than the gore. The killings which sometimes look like accidents are shown in gruesome details. They look very real, certainly a treat for the fans of graphical horror. And yes the spider scene was really chilling. I assume they were sacrifices to open the gates of hell and it needed to be a certain number. Too bad two very interesting characters in the little Jill and the blind lady were not elaborated on. But every character was a tool in this even the female protagonist. that doctor character he literally made me facepalm and scream "shoot the head, you idiot".

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