Beyond the Black Rainbow

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Beyond the Black Rainbow

R

Released May 18, 2012

1h 49m

Sci-Fi

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A heavily sedated woman (Eva Allan) with ESP tries to escape from the secluded commune where she's been held captive.

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Inkoo Kang

Boxoffice Magazine

'Beyond' would be more interesting with limitations.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 29, 2012

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

Comprehensibility does not appear to be one of this writer/director's goals, but if someone is able to help Cosmatos marshal his raw visual talent, I'll be first in line to see his second film.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jun 8, 2012

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Mark Feeney

Boston Globe

"Beyond the Black Rainbow" has a doomy, dreamy, druggy, draggy feel that's impressively sustained - until it becomes oppressive, then pointless, then laughable.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jun 7, 2012

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

The razor-thin narrative feels mainly like a delivery system for psychedelic visuals and an enchanting musical score, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 24, 2023

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Taylor Baker

Drink in the Movies

Episode 9: Phantasmagoria

Rated: 90/100

Aug 28, 2021

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Isaac Feldberg

Inverse

As the emptiness of pop culture's ongoing love affair with nostalgia increasingly finds Hollywood huffing its own fumes, Beyond the Black Rainbow aesthetically leans in to tease the endpoint of all that retromania.

Rated: 4.5/5

Jul 21, 2021

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Meriton A

The story has a dreamlike quality that's a bit elusive (or weird and senseless) at times but the visuals are stunning! Definitely worth checking out. Panos Cosmatos is one of my fav Directors.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/01/24

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Slightly G

Interesting aesthetics and visuals. Doomy, slow-paced scenes are very well made. The black-and-white scene from '1966' segment just killed me.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/18/23

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Valerii Ege D

I always support and endorse experimental movies yet this one is a big no. Watching the movie was like a torture to me.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/26/23

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Mario C

Must have been on drugs who ever wrote this movie. Makes no sense. A lot of music with strange scenes that make no sense. To watch this movie makes no sense....waste of time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/11/23

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Joe W

It's mindboggling how anything this awful gets made. Looking at the production quality, the budget must have been under a hundred dollars. The acting is non-existent. The cinematography basic is just a camera lingering on a face. And then lingering some more. And some more...

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/10/23

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Audience Member

Entrancing and atmospheric sci-fi that works as both an effective homage of classic '80s VHS fare and solid Lovecraftian horror in its own right.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Synopsis

A heavily sedated woman (Eva Allan) with ESP tries to escape from the secluded commune where she's been held captive.

Director: Panos Cosmatos
Producer: Oliver Linsley, Christya Nordstokke
Screenwriter: Panos Cosmatos
Distributor: Magnet Releasing
Production Co: Chromewood Productions
Rating: R (Drug Content|Disturbing Images|A Graphic Sexual Illustration|Language|Some Bloody Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 18, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 12, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $56.1K
Runtime: 1h 49m

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