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Summary: Not For Everyone
Review: No, not everyone will like The Beyond. That's the understatement of the year. Me? Well, I enjoyed it quite a bit. I can watch this movie over and over again without getting bored. In fact, the more I watch it the more I enjoy it. Sure, the dialogue seems unintentionally funny at times. Sure, some of the acting leans toward hoaky. Yeah, the gore and monster effects sometimes look pretty bad, (those spiders). Instead of viewing these as hinderances, I've actually come to enjoy them along with all of the other BRILLIANT moments. What does the film have going for it? Beautiful cinematography. Plenty of truly tense scenes. A great soundtrack. A real sense of chaos and disorder, which is what Fulci was REALLY aiming toward. I recommend it to anyone willing to give it a chance - some of you will love it, others will hate it. Such is life.
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Summary: The excessive violence made up for the bad acting.
Review: This is one of the most realistic gore movies I have ever seen. And let me tell you now...if you can't stand movies with bad acting, then don't buy this. I didn't buy this because of the acting. I just fast-forward to get to the violence which includes people being crucified then having acid poured on em, people getting their eyeballs gouged out, and tarantula's eating people alive.The plot is simple enough. A woman gets an ancient hotel that contains one of the seven gateways to Hell. People that have anything to do with the hotel die in gruesome (and very cool) ways. The plot gets very shaky towards the end. At first the movie kinda resembles Hellraiser, but then it takes a violent shove into Night of the Living Dead. I recommend this for gore freaks like me.
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Summary: The best movie ever
Review: I think all need to say about this is buy it buy it now. Itsthebest movie ever. Make sure you get the Limited Edition dvd and not the... diomond one. its more but its worth it.I would buy a dvd playerjust for this one movie.LUCIO FULCI's best movie right next tozombie.If you like fuci as much as me this will probibly one of yourfavs also.
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Summary: ZzZzZzZzZz
Review: ... yep, gore ... yep, bad acting ... and long stretches of nothing ... yawn ..... Fulci is one of the most overrated of the Italian horror directors, and THE BEYOND is the prime example why ... I think alot of viewers might be drawn in because for a long time, these films ( in their glorious uncut form ) were so hard to find ... But being obscure doesn't always mean being good ... If silly waxy effects are your thing, then go for it ... I give 2 stars to the cool blind woman, and continue to appreciate to vastly superior LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE for my zombie entertainment ...
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Summary: Enjoyable but overrated
Review: After hearing about "The Beyond" for years and then finally watching it, I didn't find that the film quite lives up to its notorious reputation. The various scenes were not particularly shocking, aside from one episode involving some carnivorous spiders. As I summarized the movie to my wife: "Italian horror at its least subtle." But the film is not without interest, despite its wayward plotting. I was intrigued to notice the inclusion of the book called "Eibon", clearly a nod to Clark Ashton Smith's "Book of Eibon", although there were no other specific Cthulhu Mythos references in the movie.
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Summary: It is ordinary, only cruel.
Review: I have seen many films of Lucio Fulci. I think, he make a film just to be cruelly. Sometimes, sound effects are very good. Especially this film. But, the content is very plain. This movie is similar to "house by the cemetary" Same actress, mystery which is generated in a old house and very cruelty. It seems that this film is the most cruel movie in films of Lucio Fulci. Anyway, It was not interesting. Lucio's early works would rather better than this film, such as "Don't torture a duckling".
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Summary: What every movie should aspire to.
Review: I recommend this flick for anyone who A: has a strong stomach, and B: likes to see horror made into art. The Beyond is one of the best horror flicks that I have seen in years. Keeping in mind that it was made in 1981 or somewhere around then, the gore is top-notch. The tarantulas and their lunch were very impressive. Although the plot leaves out a whole lot (when did the blind chick enter the picture? and they kind of forgot to explain how the gate to hell was opened in the first place), it really never phased me because the atmosphere and mood were done so well. The music is the best I've heard in a long time. It adds a whole lot to the movie. This movie deserves more praise than I can give it, and Lucio Fulci should be immortalized for making it. Buy it, love it, tell someone else about it.
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Summary: Open the Gates and let The Beyond in (your DVD player)
Review: Generally a well-done release, a good movie for those who like this kind of stuff and for Fulci fans anyway... five stars for the picture quality and four and a half stars for the sound... with a lot of nice extras, the DVD is worth buying. It`s a bit disappointing that the picture is rather dark, the widescreen- bars cover too much of the picture (earlier released versions showed much more at the top and bottom... even have been a bit "wider" than this release)... but someone who doesn`t know any other version won`t notice that. Anyway, a nice thing to see this movie in such a good quality with interesting extras.
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Summary: Awesome rerelease of an amazing movie
Review: Rolling Pictures (founded by Tarantino) and Grindhouse (Co-founder Sage Stallone, responsible for rerelease of Cannibal Ferox) team up to rerelease this classic Italian horror movie. For those new to Fulci, or even Italian horror, here is a film to start with. Italian horror films, such as those from Fulci and Argento, rely less on plot, so don't expect any classic lines, a realistic plot, first-rate acting or a Hollywood ending. Instead, what the Italians were going for was mainly atmosphere, and you get lots of it here. Horror films back then were more visual and atmospheric, designed to truly scare the audience, relied less on Computer FX, and no confusing script; The plot only serves as a clothesline for the AMAZING gore scenes here (all close-up), which come out of nowhere and will shock even the most jaded viewers. These include realistic scenes of tarantulas eating away at a face, two gruesome scenes of eye gouging, a dog attack on its owner (homage to Suspiria), and a gunshot to a girl which blows away the top half portion of her head. Needless to say, gorehounds and horror fans must pick this up, especially the Limited Edition, which automatically is a keeper, and will be worth more than what it is selling for in the years to come. This film, always condemened for its hokey acting and lame dialogue, was very important to the Italian horror film movement, and this film was just as significant. Just like Kurosawa's "Stray Dog" was important to the growth of Japanese film, Fulci's "The Beyond" was one of the great classics of Italian horror (and one of the last), right up there with Bava and Argento, and no doubt influenced many horror filmmakers to come (Raimi, Jackson etc). The Collector's Edition comes with a keeper's box, a 40+ page in-depth analysis of the film, Fulci, and other Italian filmmakers, and miniature posters from other countries. This restoration of a classic movie is important, as it harks back to the days where filmmakers did not rely on computer special effects, but in fact constructed FX from scratch (this shows the effort of real artists), while having fun at it (and thus more realistic). This film is true inspiration: Made on a very small budget (nowhere even close to $1 million), this film still survives, very much talked about at film festivals and finally, rereleased in a very beautiful print (you couldn't tell it was made nearly 20 years ago), this is the one you must have in your collection. Congratulations to Rolling Thunder and Grindhouse. Support the horror scene, so that many more horror films out there only available in the public domain can be rereleased in beautiful prints so the fans can enjoy truly what a horror film is.
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Summary: FULCI'S BEST in a nice package...
Review: This is incredible. The print is excellent, the sound has been remastered into scary stereo, and it's UNCUT! Let's have more packages like this from Anchor Bay - this one contains 6 poster replicas and an excellent booklet, as well as the overwhelming pile of extras on the disc. If you do not buy this DVD, you deserve your eyes gouging out. A bargain, no less!
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