The Beyond

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The Beyond

R

1981

1h 20m

Horror

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Gruesome deaths occur when a woman (Katherine MacColl) inherits a hotel that is one of seven gateways to hell.

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Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

Fulci traps everyone in his illogical, uncanny canvas of errant ideas and associations.

Jan 13, 2020

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

Atmosphere alone can't keep this creaky pseudo-zombie flick from rapidly decaying into confusing, derivative tedium.

Rated: C

Sep 3, 2005

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

Even by Argento standards, Fulci's film is nonsensical to the point of distraction.

Rated: 1.5/4

Nov 5, 2002

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Guillem Martinez Oya

Cinematismo

An horror cult film about the truth hidden among the fake things. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

May 15, 2025

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

It’s mad and eerie and borderline insane, and of course features [director Lucio] Fulci’s claim to fame—ocular horror—in abundance.

Oct 21, 2024

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Al Topich

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The Beyond is one of those films that comes along from time to time that can move you -- both intellectually and emotionally -- with its images.

Oct 14, 2022

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xpig332 B

Incredibly slow, I lost all interest by 25 minutes.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/09/25

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Jason H

Cheesy with a capital "C".

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/25/25

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Nick O

Mondo creepy Italian zombie flick set in Louisiana on the seventh gate of hell! Very weird and VERY gory…just the way we like it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/27/25

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Mark J

Really struggled with this. I did like it enough and it did invoke unease well. Just, the story doesn’t appear to exist.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

05/26/25

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Omar G

The Beyond (1981). The plot about the house was like the houses of the Three Mothers by Nicolodi-Argento . The best film by Lucio Fulci, I like the elegant style of the Italian directors with close-ups like in Catriona MacColl's eyes. The remembered deaths for the visual like that of Dr. Harris with the crystals as if they were thrown knives, the violent death of Emily was like the death of the blind man in Suspiria (1977) but improved, the German shepherd dog rips the neck of his master, Jill aged 12-13 with a shot blows her head off. As well as the death of Marta which was like of Olga Karlatos' character with the splinter in her eye in Zombi (1979) and the death of the guy devoured by tarantulas. The end seems to be in Cocytus in the Divine Comedy.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/25

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Justin T

This is a better than average Italian horror but a below average horror. There is just no sense of horror or fear. There is plenty of bloody gore but little in the way of story or suspense. One or two bits made me jump and much of the violence was sickening but nothing really lasting. I still think that the only acceptable Italian horror film by all standards is Zombie Flesh-Eaters (1979).

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/07/24

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Synopsis

Gruesome deaths occur when a woman (Katherine MacColl) inherits a hotel that is one of seven gateways to hell.

Director: Lucio Fulci
Producer: Fabrizio De Angelis
Screenwriter: Dardano Sacchetti, Dardano Sacchetti, Giorgio Mariuzzo, Lucio Fulci
Production Co: Fulvia Film
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 15, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $123.8K
Runtime: 1h 20m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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