Beyond the Door (1975)

Lack of good storyline.

How sad is this?

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Finally, after years of searching, I found a copy of the long lost gem, Beyond the Door. Even better, I found the longer, director's cut released under the title The Devil Within Her, which has everything from the original chopped up version that I first saw when I was eight years old, but it made a bit more sense with all the additional footage--I'm pretty sure the version I saw forty years ago as a kid didn't have a woman floating in mid-air begging someone to rip the fetus out of her vagina! Wow. No, this is NOT an Exorcist ripoff any more than Friday the 13th is a Halloween ripoff. It's just a movie about satanic possession. What do you want a movie about satanic possession to look like, Lassie? Of course it's going to look like The Exorcist. And with all the lame Exorcist ripoffs being produced today, you should be glad to see something original from the day and something NOT politically correct. Beyond the Door was one of my absolute favorite movies growing up. It scared that bejesus out me and today, when I finally got a chance to watch it again, of course it didn't scare me as much as it did when I was a child, but I still found it scary as all hell and an absolute blast to watch. And it's funny. It's camp. Unintentionally camp, which is important. If you are a movie buff do yourself a favor and give this one a screening before Quentin Tarantino makes an absolute joke out of it or something. Beyond the Door is the ULTIMATE low budget schlocker.

In all fairness, this movie is a ripoff. However, if you know what it's gonna be and you're cool with that, it is damn entertaining.From the get-go with the kids cussing and the bizarre antics of the parents, you know you're in for an Italian trash treat. It just gets better and better. By the end, you'll be loving life, if you're anything like me.Recommended for fans of Fulci, Argento, D'Amato, etc. It was a little more old school than I thought it was gonna be, but I'm good with that. It is definitely more early 70's than late 70's. I like that Bava used the same kid in "Shock" aka "Beyond the Door 2." 6 out of 10, kids.

In 1973, William Friedkin shocked audiences with his powerful movie adaptation of Peter Blatty's bestseller The Exorcist; unsurprisingly, 1974 saw opportunistic Italian film-makers offering eager horror fans several tawdry rip-offs, including Alberto De Martino's L'anticristo (The Antichrist), Mario Gariazzo's L'ossessa (AKA The Sexorcist), and this convoluted mess by Ovidio G. Assonitis, which also sees fit to throw in a bit of Rosemary's Baby for good measure.Beyond the Door (AKA The Devil Within Her) stars Juliet Mills as Jessica Barrett, wife of successful record producer Robert, and mother to pea-soup drinking Ken and foul mouthed Gail. When Jessica unexpectedly discovers that she is expecting a third child, she begins to suffer from severe mood swings, frightening her kids and worrying her husband.As Jessica's strange behaviour worsens (head spinning, vomiting, swearing, etc.,), a concerned and exasperated Robert eventually accepts an offer of assistance from stranger Dimitri (Richard Johnson), who just happens to be his wife's ex-lover; but is Dimitri genuinely concerned for Jessica, or does he have his own selfish reasons for helping her? Juliet Mills makes a very poor substitute for Linda Blair, dribbling puke from her mouth rather than expelling with force, levitating a paltry six inches above the floor, and lacking imagination when it comes to cursing, and Assonitis's dull direction, plus a script that makes virtually no sense, results in a turgid mess that is only worth watching if you're a movie masochist. In fact, the only moment in the whole film that really grabbed my attention was when Robert was inexplicably harassed by street musicians, including a funky jazz flautist who plays with his nose. Hilarious!

i have seen this movie back in the exorcist year...never figure out this movie then because it was all chopped up..saw it 5 time too..but all of you guys who saw it back in the 70's.get the code red version,uncut,unrated and more details about Dimitri encounter with Jessica and the devil.it's like let's make a deal with Satan and get jag in return.a Rosemary's baby vs The Exorcist.it's also resorted.don't get the VHS version also.back than i gave it 4 stars.but code red version save the story and received a 7 stars.there is a scene that was cut that explain more about Dimitri's mystery approach toward Jessica.now the repeated words,the child must be born was driving me crazy.the final scene will leave you questing.i also found the cans of green peas as a tribute to the devil films.yes,it's a ripoff of The Exoricst and i believe they paid warner bother 90 millions as Julietta mills quote on the extra features...