This, bob clarks black christmas 1974 and lamberto bavas demons 1985 can scare me something awful when its quiet. In 1981, lucio fulci made the cosmic horror film the beyond, and today we are going to bring it back up to discuss how the film deals with dreams, tragedies, and. Released 1981, the beyond stars catriona maccoll, david mitchell, al cliver, veronica lazar the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 20 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. The afterlife, known in english as the beyond or 7 doors of death, is a 1981 surrealist exploitation horror film directed by lucio fulci, loosely based on the works of h. The beyond was his greatest masterpiece, combining a better plot than most of his works, with the high quality level of gore fulci was and always will be well known for.
Its plot follows an architect who suspects his wife is possessed by a former resident of the historic colonial mansion they have just moved into. A young woman inherits an old hotel in louisiana where after a series of supernatural accidents, she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to hell. From beyond is a 1986 american sciencefiction body horror film directed by stuart gordon, loosely based on the short story of the same name by h. The beyond 1981 lucio fulci cast and crew allmovie. The beyond 1981 horror movie directed by lucio fulci. Jul 25, 2009 filmed on location in the south pacific, this adventure centers upon the unique bond forged between a native boy and a maneating tiger shark who keeps watch upon a sacred cache of black pearls. A fictional region of space in the demon princes novels by jack vance. From hell to texas western movie in full length, cowboy film free full westerns duration. Chopped by censors in 1983, it took nearly 20 years and quentin tarantinos help before the film saw a proper uncut release in the u. The film slowly but evenly unhinges with the world the characters know and systematically assimilates them into fulcis vision of hell. The second film in fulcis unofficial gates of hell trilogy along with city of the living dead 1980 and the house by the cemetery 1981. The beyond 1981 the cellar of an old hotel is built on top of the door to the beyond. In fulcis defense, what he was trying to create in the beyond was not a straightforward movie, but a movie that does whatever it can to instill despair.
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. A fictional zone of thought in the novel a fire upon the deep by vernor vinge, and its prequel, a deepness in the sky. The middle film in lucio fulcis 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. Fulci was inspired by this controversial french artist. The beyond band, a uk progressive metal band the beyond, an album by cult of luna.
The beyond is a 1981 english language horror movie directed by lucio fulci. The beyond was released theatrically in italy on 29 april 1981, where it grossed 747,615,662 lire on its initial run. The beyond is a very graphic and gory horror film created by the italian director lucio fulci. A movie rated r for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the pg rating would permit. The beyond not only used to have another title, but its director used to have another name. Receiving a movie like this without any reflection is a hard thing for many film goers to do. The beyond 1981 a bleak ending to the movie youtube.
Liza merril catriona maccoll is a young woman who arrives from new york city to claim the hotel as her inheritance. The narrative incoherence present in the film, endemic to italian horror filmmaking for a decade on either side of 1981, was probably never as wellsuited to the topic at hand as in fulcis hell trilogy. The cellar of an old hotel is built on top of the door to the beyond. Needless to say, if the rock were in the beyond he wouldnt last long. 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. Aug 29, 2012 the beyond 1981, horror the trailer for lucio fulcis eerie and often nonsensical the beyond. No sooner has architect friend marin avery michele mirabella begins to show her around the property, strange incidents begin to happen.
Find movie and film cast and crew information for the beyond 1981 lucio fulci on allmovie. The prologue lucio fulcis 1981 film, the beyond, is a film i have a long history with. The beyond is simply a mesmerizing horror tale, and i cant recommend it enough. Fulci had his zombie 1979 star tisa farrow in mind for the lead in this film, but. We were totally blown away by john mccain and joe the plumber being in the same movie from 1981. Those that say that the movie was bad probably thought ouija was a masterpiece. First released in 1981 as seven doors of death, directed by louis fuller, it now returns in an uncut original version as the beyond, directed.
City of the living dead 1980 the beyond 1981 the house by the cemetery 1981 movies like the beyond 1981 the year after infection 2012 insidious. Id give the beyond a three out of five tombstones, just good mindless fun. Lucio fulcis the beyond, from 1981, featuring catriona maccoll and david warbeck. Here is the scene in the video nasty, the beyond where a guy gets torn to pieces by blood thirst spiders. Lucio fulcis movie about demonic forces entering our world is a visual feast of flesh splattered onto a cinematic canvas not unlike the. A boy forges a unique bond with a maneating shark in this film set in the south pacific. For a film that doesnt have much plot, and dives between.
Gruesome deaths occur when a woman katherine maccoll inherits a hotel that is one of seven gateways to hell. A woman inherits an old hotel that was built over an entrance to hell. The beyond 1981 is one of the rare films that still freak me out. By melissa antoinette garza the beyond 1981 is one of the rare films that still freak me out. Its some of the goofiest shit ive ever seen in a movie.
The sound effects are perhaps not exceptional but effective and nerve wracking as were held in suspense, knowing full well something is about to be unleashed but when and how. From beyond doesnt quite measure up to reanimator its not trashy enough and it doesnt have the insane tunnel vision of the first movie but in its own way, this is quite a job. The beyond is a cult favorite over the years, and it just might be because of its originality and gore factor. Start your free trial to watch the beyond and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics, hulu originals, and more. Having first ran across the movie when i was a small child and being totally freaked out, it was a film that stuck with me throughout the years. Quella villa accanto al cimitero is a 1981 italian slasher film directed by lucio fulci. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Beyond evil is a 1980 american supernatural horror film directed by herb freed and starring john saxon and lynda day george. I saw part of a movie where the rock was facing off against a dinosaur, a trex i think. In this gore classic, a woman inherits a hotel built over an entrance to hell. Its a movie that gets better with multiple viewings, familiarity lessening the startling goofiness of some of the dialogue and dubbing. Fulci, who died in 1996, was sort of an italian hershell gordon lewis.
The beyond starts with a warlock being executed in the 1930s by a lynch mob. Beyond the reef 1981 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. If fulci had been directing that movie, however, the rock would have been viciously torn to shreds by that beast in one excessively painful minute. His movies each played like paint on canvas from beginning to end. It was written by dennis paoli, gordon and brian yuzna, and stars jeffrey combs, barbara crampton, ken foree and ted sorel. He believes it to have the soul of an old man and eventually discovers that it only eats those that. Lucio fulcis 1981 film, the beyond, is a film i have a long history with.
The second film in fulcis unofficial gates of hell trilogy along with city of the living dead and the house by the cemetery, the beyond has gained a cult following over the decades. Movies like the beyond 1981 if you like the beyond you are looking for gothic, scary and bleak movies about with ghost, zombie, hotel, supernatural, morgue, murder and survival themes of horror genre shot in. A reporter and a psychic race to close the gates of hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from their graves. The film centralizes around a foreboding hotel in louisiana called seven doors hotel where a grisly murder has taken place. The afterlife is a 1981 italian southern gothic supernatural horror film directed by lucio fulci, and starring catriona maccoll and david warbeck. When new yorker liza merril inherits an old hotel in louisiana and invests her savings to reopen the place, she doesnt realize that the hotel houses the body of a dead painter murdered decades earlier, nor that its about to become a gateway to hell. Praesent vestibulum tempor augue, vel egestas nulla commodo quis. Having first ran across the movie when i was a small child and being totally freaked out, it was a.
First released in 1981 as seven doors of death, directed by louis fuller, it now returns in an uncut original version as the beyond, directed by lucio fulci. For italian producers an exotic locale, with rotogravure effect, louisiana, 1927, opening director lucio fulcis the beyond, 1981, liza catriona mccoll communing with a book of prophecies. Before coming to the imdb to write my own user comments for the beyond, i had a feeling there would be a sharp divide in the opinions people before me wrote. If i was alone, i would not be venturing into this territory. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
That and her dreadfully mangled eyes stand as a symbol for the rest of the film, gracing the movie poster as well as most film stills. Jun 25, 20 lucio fulcis the beyond, from 1981, featuring catriona maccoll and david warbeck. The original trailer in high definition of the beyond directed by lucio fulci and starring catriona maccoll, david warbeck, cinzia monreale. The beyond is a 1981 italian southern gothic supernatural horror film directed by lucio fulci, and starring catriona maccoll and david warbeck. The last key 2018 rise of the zombie 20 demon of paradise 1987 freaks 1932 full movie.
Its very gory and if you dont like gore, give fulci movies a pass in general. The beyond is a grotesque film and given its subject matter, its fully appropriate and proportionate. The beyond the 1981 horror occult movie featuring catriona maccoll and david warbeck at the award winning 80s movies rewind. The beyond is a film directed by lucio fulci with catriona maccoll, david warbeck, cinzia monreale, antoine saintjohn, year.
The original trailer in high definition of the beyond directed by lucio fulci and starring catriona maccoll, david warbeck, cinzia. The ideas of artoud are present in most of fulcis work. A young woman who is heir of the hotel wants to restaurate it. Mother drops off jill maria pia marsala outside the morgue where her deceased plumber father lies, much sound effects, and big zombie trouble, in lucio fulcis the beyond, 1981. Beyond the universe is a wannabe sci fi epic, except the problem is that they only had a couple of hundred dollars to make the film, so.
And from the day the gates of hell are opened, the dead will walk the earth. With catriona maccoll, david warbeck, cinzia monreale, antoine saintjohn. Outland is a 1981 british science fiction thriller film written and directed by peter hyams and starring sean connery, peter boyle, and frances sternhagen set on jupiters moon io, it has been described as a space western, and bears thematic resemblances to the 1952 film high noon. Film trailers are inherently advertisements, and as such i present them here under.
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. Abridged trailer for an italian film, derived from a 1980s source. I was correct some people liked the movie, but there were other that despised it. The beyond 1981 releases dates, movie score, movie trailer, movie poster, synopsis, and plot. P lovecraft play a major influence on the beyond 1981. Jun 26, 20 lucio fulcis the beyond, from 1981, featuring catriona maccoll and david warbeck. The beyond does have a lovecraftian plot as such a woman inherits a hotel in louisiana that contains one of the doorways to hell but that is basically an excuse for fulci to string together a series of fantastic and frequently gory images. The beyond is a slightly plotless, surrealist, and frightfully gory horror film that remains cult to this day, and for good reason. An rrated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a pg movie. The beyond cast starring michele mirabella, al cliver, roberto dellacqua, lucio fulci, catriona maccoll. Shop the beyond 3 discs bluraycd bluray 1981 at best buy. However, what he ended up creating is overall, once we accept the unexplained as unexplained.
1464 1271 821 33 1145 779 548 1570 336 730 522 1396 193 704 684 272 1645 775 696 1355 1224 1376 1382 1086 247 129 489 443 1371 1375 905 1342 680 472 169