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Summary: this was the first ghiallo i saw and:
Review: i wasn't disappointed.although not as colorful or for that matter as audiophile fulfilling as an argento move, fulci puts together a classic haunted house tale that spans the generations of a swampland mansion in louisiana. with some very tense grusome scenes that take place from the mansion's basement to the county morgue, our hero doctor and his love interest fight their way through zombies at every turn. good movie.
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Summary: and you will live in terror.....
Review: this movie actually did look terrific but i'll tell you upfront that this isn't a movie for everyone. the atmosphere here is very creepy and the gore tends to be excessive at times but this is italian horror we must remember. catriona macoll and david warbeck gave great performances here and i should admit the dubbing was also excellent. it literally took me halfway through the film to actually realize this film was indeed dubbed. gruesome effects here were awesome as they tend to veer away from computer generated junk we've come to expect in the past umteen years. there is plenty of eye gouging here ofcourse and flesh ripping which at times reminds ONE of what we would see later in clive barker films and what we loved so much about george a romero. our story begins as a very strange ghost story centering around an attractive woman who inherits this louisiana hotel. it should be blatantly obvious from the beginning the woman doesn't spook too easily and completely ignores the warnings from a blind woman who tells her she should leave at once before it's too late. according to the blind woman's legend, a warlock opened one of the 7 gates of hell nearly sixty years ago and then was crucified by the townspeople in room 36. the blind woman urges the new hotel owner never to open door 36 as she feels he has returned from hell or the dead ?? although this story doesnt give us a clear cut answer to all our questions, i believe it will please horror fans who love zombie films, amityville horror films, or even the hellraiser series which came later in the eighties. see it for yourself and this limited edition tin box is definately the way to go. the box includes several lobby cards from around the world, a booklet detailing much of lucio fulci's work, and some awesome extras. the extras include interviews with the actors which i really liked and a very special but rare interview with the director himself lucio fulci. there is also a death metal music video for those of us who haven't seen enough fulci as well as some screen clips and the usual scene selections or chapters. this is a must have for the serious collector or anyone who is interested in italian horror at its best.
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Summary: Surprizingly entertaining
Review: I admit, I enjoy the worst horror film ever made more than the best romantic comedy. Call me crazy. I am always on the lookout for good horror films, and the search has led me to countless viewings of poorly dubbed, impossible to follow Italian beauties. However, "The Beyond" is different in that one can actually discern a plot-line thru all the gore. I won't go into specifics since there are already several other reviews that will clue you in. Suffice to say, Fulci has actually turned out a watchable and fairly decent horror film in "The Beyond". I definitely recommend this film to horror/gore fans. You won't be disappointed.
Now, if romantic comedy is more your bag...well, better stick to anything with Meg Ryan in it and skip any and all of Fulci's "masterpieces".
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Summary: the Beyond
Review: This movie leaves a very unpleasant, depressing feeling, like most European horrors.It is a true horror.
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Summary: The Beyond delivers
Review: Atmospheric, wonderfully shot, well-acted, The Beyond provides great entertainment. The Goblins music -- they scored Dario Argento's movies too -- adds to the tension, although I must admit that in my view, the score of The City of the Living Dead is unbeatable. I highly recommend that show and I don't think that anyone has the flair for horror that Lucio Fulci had!
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Summary: great,gooey,gorey movie
Review: The Beyond is, by far, my favorite Fulci movie. The acting isn't that great but it's watching all the eerie scenery that makes it fun anyway.
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Summary: Plotless, and practically Zombie-less
Review: I've read review after review (here and on the net) calling this film a classic zombie flick. This couldn't be farther from the truth. This movie fails at everything it attempts. It's not scary nor suspenseful. It's not even coherent. Why is the death of a man, found with his eyes torn from his head, ruled an accident?? This film is filled with similar head-scratching plot-holes. Probably the most glaring problem I had with this film is WHERE ARE THE ZOMBIES?? You don't even see any decent zombie action until the last 15 minutes of the film. "The Beyond" is not even rent-worthy. Stick with Romero or try one of the Asian Zombie flicks like Bio-Zombie.
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Summary: Fulci's Most Terrifying Film Ever!!!!!!!!!
Review: Your damn right I own this DVD and I almost forgot how terrifying this movie is. I went to see this when it was released in U.S. theaters as "The Seven Doors of Death" I had a very hard time sleeping after watching this movie it completely creeped me out. This DVD is great there is an interview on it with Fulci and hell I didn't even know the Maestro spoke english.Also there is the hidden trailer of his other movie "Cat in the Brain" but you have to know how to find it and the hidden original opening of the movie is also on this DVD and again you just have to know how to find it.Buy this DVD and see what an hour and half with Fulci will do to your brain.This movie will scare the $#*! out of you!!!!!!
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Summary: Dissecting "The Beyond"
Review: There's an intentionally ironic scene in Italian horror filmmaker Lucio Fulci's "The Beyond" involving a hospital cart with excruciatingly squeaky wheels. This cart is wheeled by a soon-to-be victim of Fulci's special-effects crew. Listening to the weird, erratic soundtrack, I found myself praying for those sqeaky wheels to return. Lucio Fulci is the Italian gore king that brought us such classics as "The New York Ripper", "Zombi", "The House By the Cemetery", "The Gates of Hell", "City of the Living Dead", and the inexplicably titled "Don't Torture Duckling" (?!). "The Beyond" isn't so much a film as, say, an excuse to show off 14 or 15 really cool gross-out scenes. Acid on face, plastic tarantulas eating face, acid on face again (Fulci apparently had a thing for acid), and various scenes where eyes are popped out of their sockets. I mentioned the music. The schizophrenic music varies between very chilling, effective mood pieces to completely confounding horror-disco. Nothing funkier than a scene that builds, and builds, and builds until the shocking acid-on-the-face climax is accompanied by the Italian equivalent of the Bee Gees. Watching this "film", one is left with several questions: why film in Louisiana if all the actors are all British and Italian? Why is it that Bob the dead plumber rises from the dead in a completely new outfit? When did he change his clothes? Are the dead that conscious about fashion? Is the video store still open so I can go rent something better? If you enjoy watching dogs tear out people's throats, chain-beatings, and bad overdubbing (and who doesn't, I ask?) then Lucio Fulci's "The Beyond" hits the spot. Since I'm reviewing the DVD version, I'll mention the extras. Each schlocky, unbearable frame of the original print is lovingly restored for the DVD. There are lots of other goodies, like a slide show of the posters, articles, and promotional materials. Of course, the experience of suffering through such a wretched film may leave you asking yourself why you're watching the extras about a film you wish you'd never seen in the first place.
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Summary: Dissecting "The Beyond"
Review: There's an intentionally ironic scene in Italian horror filmmaker Lucio Fulci's "The Beyond" involving a hospital cart with excruciatingly squeaky wheels. This cart is wheeled by a soon-to-be victim of Fulci's special-effects crew. Listening to the weird, erratic soundtrack, I found myself praying for those sqeaky wheels to return. Lucio Fulci is the Italian gore king that brought us such classics as "The New York Ripper", "Zombi", "The House By the Cemetery", "The Gates of Hell", "City of the Living Dead", and the inexplicably titled "Don't Torture Duckling" (?!). "The Beyond" isn't so much a film as, say, an excuse to show off 14 or 15 really cool gross-out scenes. Acid on face, plastic tarantulas eating face, acid on face again (Fulci apparently had a thing for acid), and various scenes where eyes are popped out of their sockets. I mentioned the music. The schizophrenic music varies between very chilling, effective mood pieces to completely confounding horror-disco. Nothing funkier than a scene that builds, and builds, and builds until the shocking acid-on-the-face climax is accompanied by the Italian equivalent of the Bee Gees. Watching this "film", one is left with several questions: why film in Louisiana if all the actors are all British and Italian? Why is it that Bob the dead plumber rises from the dead in a completely new outfit? When did he change his clothes? Are the dead that conscious about fashion? Is the video store still open so I can go rent something better? If you enjoy watching dogs tear out people's throats, chain-beatings, and bad overdubbing (and who doesn't, I ask?) then Lucio Fulci's "The Beyond" hits the spot. Since I'm reviewing the DVD version, I'll mention the extras. Each schlocky, unbearable frame of the original print is lovingly restored for the DVD. There are lots of other goodies, like a slide show of the posters, articles, and promotional materials. Of course, the experience of suffering through such a wretched film may leave you asking yourself why you're watching the extras about a film you wish you'd never seen in the first place.
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