Synopsis
The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. When a beautiful psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she unwittingly opens the door to a hostile parallel universe.
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Cast
- Jeffrey CombsCrawford Tillinghast
- Barbara CramptonDr. Katherine McMichaels
- Ken ForeeBuford 'Bubba' Brownlee
- Ted SorelDr. Edward Pretorius
- Carolyn Purdy-GordonDr. Roberta Bloch
- Bunny SummersNeighbor Lady
- Bruce McGuireJordan Fields
- Del RusselAmbulance Driver
- Dale WyattParamedic
- Andrew Lord MillerPatient - Strait Jacket
- 80
Los Angeles Times
Re-Animator is a hard act to follow, but Gordon only falls a notch short here, creating some genuinely gruesome thrills as well as an unsettling current of sexual hysteria. - 75
Slant Magazine
The functional plot and Gordon’s non-flashy directorial style aren’t what make From Beyond such a memorable cult item; as with Re-Animator, it’s more the audacity of staging elaborate sequences that mix up steamy sexual proclivities and monster madness. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Although perhaps not as mind-blowing in its uniqueness as RE-ANIMATOR, this is definitely one of the best horror films of the 1980s. - 75
Chicago Tribune
In its brash, enthusiastic tackiness, From Beyond is a show that would do any carnival proud. [27 Oct 1986, p.5C] - 75
Chicago Tribune
We could do without the film's leather sex scenes, but otherwise From Beyond is a decent enough low- budget horror film that delivers what audiences have every reason to expect--a funny, horrific grossout. [24 Oct 1986, p.A] - 70
Newsweek
Gordon's back at it in From Beyond, which puts the audience in the same pickle: do I laugh or do I scream? Both. [17 Nov 1986, p.89] - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie is the latest horror show from Stuart Gordon, whose Re-Animator was one of the great trash pictures of 1985. From Beyond doesn't quite measure up - it's not trashy enough and it doesn't have the insane tunnel vision of the first movie - but in its own way, this is quite a job. - 50
The New York Times
The symbolism here is dream-book basic.